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"Mr President, for me and my constituents in Northern Ireland, the fishing industry and 27 years of the common fisheries policy is summed up in paragraph 138 of this report which reiterates that one of the few areas in which the CFP has been relatively successful is where Member States have had control.
The ideal for us would be the scrapping of the CFP or the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from it, thus allowing Member States to take back control of their waters.
Regretfully, we are not living in this ideal world. The reform of the CFP will inevitably result in another second best for Northern Ireland’s fishermen, a second best that has, for the past three decades, been marked by an unjustified decline of our fishing industry, and unanswered questions surrounding the state of those fish stocks on which our industry depends.
And this was absolutely demonstrated by the debacle around the December Fishing Council and the decisions on quotas.
Whilst it is very much a second best, I strongly support the regionalisation of the CFP as set out by the rapporteur. I support the view that the CFP should be based on three core principles of environmental, social and economic dimensions. And my most honest hope is that we can deliver a policy that will reverse the disastrous consequences of the CFP.
However, I fear that radical change promised by some in this review will result in another lost opportunity for our fishing industry and our fish stocks."@en1
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