Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-03-10-Speech-1-153"
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"Mr President, the fisheries industry in crisis - we have heard it all before. But this time it is extremely serious. Where I come from in Northern Ireland fishermen have already suffered severe setbacks and quotas and have cooperated in six-week closures during the spawning season, for the last three to four years. That was done in a cooperative way. No doubt they will cooperate again in the future, if such closures happen.
But what is the future to be? It certainly looks very bleak at present for those fishing communities. That is why I believe that this proposal - which I support - gives hope to the people who live in these remote communities, where no other hope exists for them and no one seems to want to help. By that commitment to those areas we would begin to show that we are giving them a lifeline for some kind of a future and that they have not been forgotten.
As to that future, I have no doubt that the industry must be involved in the decision-making process. This has been one of the weaknesses down the years, for as long as I can remember. The scientists blame the fishermen, the fishermen blame the scientists and we try to find a way through. High-wire negotiations only lead to mistrust. I was in Brussels, along with Mr Stevenson, when the negotiations took place last December. The way they were conducted was no way for us to conduct such important negotiations. I hope you will bear that in mind and make sure it does not happen again.
I appeal for the stakeholders in the industry to be consulted in a meaningful way, not with platitudes. Their views should not be overlooked in any way. We are discussing people's livelihoods, their way of life, indeed their very existence. I call on the Commission and the United Kingdom Government - because in the past they have not shown themselves to be prepared to put up the matching funding - this time to put their money where their mouth is and make sure they give support to these communities."@en1
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