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We have chosen to vote for the agreement because, unfortunately, the country is now so economically dependent on the fisheries agreement with the EU. If the EU partnership agreement were to be terminated with immediate effect, that would have serious consequences for the country’s economy. We take scientific reports showing that the seas are being fished out very seriously indeed. Hence we do not see EU fisheries agreements as a viable means, in the long term, of combating poverty and supporting development.
We want to change the EU’s fisheries policy so that it leads to a recovery in fish stocks. We also want to support sustainable development in those countries for which current fisheries agreements with the EU are a major source of income by making changes to the EU’s trade and aid policy and through various forms of partnership.
The vessel owners should be accountable for the costs arising under the agreements from which they themselves draw benefit, and we want to see continued change in that direction. Hence we voted in favour of Amendment 8, although that change should take place in a wider context.
Guinea-Bissau is one of Africa’s poorest countries. We want to stress how important it is that the EU find other, longer-term and more sustainable ways of supporting Guinea-Bissau, since the fisheries agreement with the EU currently accounts for 30% of the country’s GNP."@en1
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