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"Mr President, because fishing is a major economic factor and because it also represents a source of employment and income for many people, we need to put an end to illegal fishing. After all, we naturally want future generations also to be able to continue to catch fish.
Prevention of illegal fishing no longer just involves fishing per se, as truly criminal activities have also grown up around the industry. It is also high time that other measures were taken, as proposed in the report.
It is also important for us to deal with the problem together with our partners in the US and Asia, as otherwise, we will simply end up shifting the problem back and forth around the world. Fish stocks in the world’s oceans are an indivisible quantity. That is why we need to address this problem on a global basis.
I was a little shocked to learn that even the European Union estimates that, although we support sustainable fishing on the one hand, nonetheless, we also import approximately 500 000 tonnes of illegal fish. This is unacceptable, which is why I voted in favour of the motion."@en1
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