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I have on various occasions repeated the view in this House that fishermen and shipowners should play a more significant role in reforming the common fisheries policy, especially when it comes to drawing up plans for recovering species through bans and restrictions on fishing efforts.
I believe it is quite unrealistic to seek to impose effective measures to conserve resources without consulting the main players involved because they are precisely the people who are most affected, on a daily basis, by decisions and policies on fisheries management.
This is precisely the aim of this initiative to create Regional Advisory Councils (RACs), but although there is consensus on setting them up, there are disagreements over their composition and funding. It is my view that, without an appropriate budget, this measure will be meaningless and, without the majority representation of the fisheries industry in the RACs, the rights of the main players will suffer.
Only at the end of a transitional period will the composition and workings of the RACs have to be reassessed. Should the experiment prove these bodies to be effective, they must then be given a significant role in managing fisheries resources.
Lastly, I disagree with the geographical division of RACs proposed by the Commission, which divides up the entire EU territory into only five zones. Portuguese waters, both continental and around the islands, are thus included in the ‘South Western Waters’ zone."@en1
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