Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-27-Speech-3-332"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-27"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The exploitation of North Sea plaice and sole (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060927.25.3-332"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-27-Speech-3-3332
lpv:speaker	lp:Jim Higgins2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I wish to begin by congratulating the rapporteur for taking on the Commission and for taking it to task in relation to its glaring omissions and its oversights. On the one hand we have the Commission’s explanatory memorandum openly acknowledging that the North Sea Regional Advisory Council is a principal forum for advice in relation to the management plan for the preservation and regeneration of plaice and sole stocks in the North Sea. Then, on the other hand, in its document the Commission makes no further reference to the NSRAC’s opinion. I should be very grateful if the Commissioner could tell me who is or was responsible for drafting the Commission’s management plan. How can the Commission justify omitting the body or agency it openly recognises as an authority on North Sea fisheries and then studiously ignore the NSRAC? As has been stated and restated time and time again, forums such as the NSRAC were established in order to canvass and to utilise the wide body of expertise and opinion among people on the ground, people on the coalface, people who know the industry and to counteract the perception that Brussels or Strasbourg make policies which are often seen as ‘about you, without you’. Is it any wonder that people turn off Brussels or Strasbourg? The NSRAC has provided a bridgehead for bringing fishing interests, biologists and environmentalists together, getting them to agree collectively on ways of conserving stocks of plaice and sole. The proposals, if adopted, would increase the level of plaice stocks to above the precautionary levels of three to five years. I have to say that the rapporteur has other reservations about the Commission’s approach, with which I agree, but time restraints do not permit me to elaborate on them, except to make a brief reference to the issue of MSY – maximum sustainable yields. The Commission’s proposal to launch a debate on MSY in advance of agreement by the Council and Parliament simply is not on. It is simply not acceptable, Mr Commissioner."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Fine Gael Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; REGI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Jim Higgins (PPE-DE ). –"1

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