Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-05-15-Speech-1-147"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-05-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Recovery of the stock of European eel (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060515.17.1-147"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-05-15-Speech-1-1482
lpv:speaker	lp:Neil Parish2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I welcome Mr Maat's report on eels, because I believe that we need to take action. The biggest problem is the fishing of elvers. The problem is that they are so valuable, probably as valuable as gold, and for this reason people collect them. If we could reduce the number of elvers being taken, then we would build up the eel population. On my own farm, people sometimes fish illegally by letting fresh water out into the salt water to attract the elvers and then catch them. It is not always easy to catch the people who are catching the elvers. We need to control the quantity of elvers sold in each Member State. These elvers are collected in tanks in local towns and villages and it should not be too difficult for the authorities to clamp down on where they are being sold. It is a good idea to rejuvenate stocks and give money for this purpose. However, it is much more sensible to allow the wild elvers coming back from the sea to swim up the rivers and develop into large eels. Then we can either catch them and eat them as whole eels or use them to replenish the stocks. The problem is not the lack of eels but the fact that we catch them when they are very small. I welcome this report, because it is time that we took action. Otherwise we will be talking here for so long that by the time we have finished there will be no eels – either elvers or mature eels – left for us to catch."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; PECH (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2008-04-06)3 member; AGRI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (2006-02-01--2007-06-19)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2004-09-22--2007-02-14)3 chair; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-22--2007-02-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen (2004-09-28--2007-03-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2007-02-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Neil Parish (PPE-DE ). –"1

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