Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-02-11-Speech-2-141"

Predicate	Value (sorted: default)
rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-02-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EC-Chile Association Agreement2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030211.6.2-141"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-02-11-Speech-2-1422
lpv:speaker	lp:Patricia McKENNA2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, one thing that has not been mentioned during this debate is the fisheries protocol which has been attached to this agreement. The effect of this fisheries protocol is that EU-subsidised companies will now be allowed to invest in Chile with up to 100% ownership rights. It will allow them direct access to Chilean fish stocks. There are several aspects of concern for Chile's coastal communities: unfair competition with the local artisanal sector and the unknown impact on marine resources, for example. We have only to look at the Argentinean case. EU companies will be able to buy up Chilean fish quotas on fully exploited fish stocks; they will also have free access rights to Chile's under-exploited fisheries resources. The opportunities provided by this protocol for EU fisheries companies, combined with the process of privatisation in Chilean fisheries, threaten the sustainability of the artisanal fisheries sector. The protocol will be used to transfer part of the EU's overcapacity to Chilean waters. I am fed up with this irresponsible and exploitative approach to the problems of overcapacity of EU vessels. Is it any coincidence that this protocol was attached during the Spanish presidency and forced through? It seems to have been used as a bargaining chip, and it has taken no account of a sector that employs more than 60 000 fisherman and provides for some 400 000 jobs in the industry in that area. The artisanal fisheries contribute over 90% of fish consumed locally and provide 25% of export earnings for the fisheries market. So it is unacceptable that this aspect has not been properly assessed and taken into account."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Green Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"McKenna (Verts/ALE )."1

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