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". We have the whole of ‘blue Europe’ stretching out before us waiting to be reorganised. The reality of the situation is that fisheries resources are being depleted, whilst the discussion focuses on the reliability of instruments used to measure the extent of the rarity of fish shoals. Our instruments for managing catches, the market, fleets and relations with third countries are criticised by professionals. The Commission wants to act as a substitute for the Council of Ministers in decision-making processes. It persists in its Malthusianism tactics by scrapping boats and even by refusing to fund modernisation. This is how, in addition to jeopardising the safety of fishermen, the problem of unfair competition arises. Whilst we undermine our own industry’s fishing possibilities, other fishermen from third countries are coming in their place. The margin for manoeuvre is, nevertheless, very small. Even aquaculture is not a genuine solution as, in order to ‘manufacture’ one kilo of farmed fish, you need to use between 4 and 7 kg of fish meal. This is the absolute limit of industrial fishing. The potential solutions are acknowledged: regionalisation of management for greater flexibility, more accurate scientific evaluation of resources to avoid disputes, greater involvement of the profession …"@en1
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