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"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I too wish to thank Mrs Miguélez Ramos. First and foremost, it should be clarified and highlighted that the practice of finning has been regulated by the EU since 2003, meaning that sharks cannot be caught solely for their fins.
In other words, this type of fishing is centred on a species, just as any other, which means that sustainability is just as important for this species as for any other. The issue of encouraging more catches does not therefore form part of the objective of this report but falls instead under the scope of quotas or perhaps recovery plans on the basis of the usual scientific reports.
What is under discussion here is the fact that the Commission communication has acknowledged the positive effect of the 2003 regulation and compliance with it. A more contentious issue in this debate, however, is the weight of fins as a percentage of the total weight of the shark. According to ICCAT reports, the total use of the fins by the Community fleet differs, for example, from the US fleet’s partial use. We must therefore look into the possibility of changing the percentage, on the basis of these reports, which have proposed an increase from 5% to 6.5%. This is the crux of the matter.
To ignore this issue would be to confuse the total use of fish with the preservation of a fishing resource. We must indeed preserve the resource, but that must be done by other means. The nub of this debate is that, by ensuring that rates of use reflect reality and scientific reports, we will be able to plug all gaps. The compromise reached between the three main political groups implies that Parliament realises that this is the way to proceed, in line with the existing studies carried out by recognised bodies, to which the EU belongs, and in accordance with the law, thereby contributing to genuinely sustainable and regulated fishing."@en1
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