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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should first like to applaud Mr Marques for his outstanding report and for taking on board the proposals tabled by the Committee on Fisheries contained therein.
As draftsman of the opinion of that committee, I should now like to say a few words of interest to the fisheries sector in those regions. Although I broadly welcome the content of the Commission’s communication in relation to this sector, I feel that it should have gone a little further. I therefore put forward a range of points that I consider essential in the opinion of the Committee on Fisheries. There is no doubt in my mind that POSEI-Fisheries should be updated, in keeping with POSEI-Agriculture, on which I was rapporteur, owing to the specific characteristics of the sector and the regions, and the constantly developing situation there.
I wish to highlight the highly vulnerable nature of the fishing zones there, of which we are all aware, and the social and economic importance of fisheries in some of these regions. The truth is that although there is a great deal of water, it is well known there are not many fish in the waters of the outermost regions. Added to which is the lack of a continental shelf, meaning that fishing essentially takes place on what are referred to as ‘submarine hills’.
On this basis, I am of the opinion that the Commission must always apply the precautionary principle where appropriate, unreservedly and without delay. We recall, for example, the recent proposal to ban deep-water trawling off the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, a position that we advocated in Parliament. Nevertheless, the Commission must give preferential treatment to the outermost regions when it comes to access to maritime resources with a view to safeguarding traditional fishing methods. I also feel that the Commission should place limits on fishing methods that may be harmful to ecosystems.
As for the financial aspect, I should like to remind the Commission of the vulnerable nature of the outermost regions. The Commission should therefore maintain, in the European Fisheries Fund, the level of aid currently granted under the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance, the level of aid for the processing industry and the derogations that have thus far enabled the outermost regions to modernise their fleet. It should also look to increase compensation levels in respect of the additional costs involved in marketing certain fisheries products."@en1
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