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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-02-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Multi-annual plan for western stock of Atlantic horse mackerel - TAC and quotas regulation for 2012 - Contribution of the common fisheries policy to the production of public goods (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120214.3.2-026-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-02-14-Speech-2-027-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Andrew Henry William Brons2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the best conservation measure would be for the UK to withdraw from the EU and regain exclusive control of our fishing grounds. Overfishing is the direct result of access to our waters by other Member States. Our default position is opposition to any common fisheries policy. However, it would be churlish not to recognise the improvements that some of the proposals would bring. The end to the discard policy is welcome but long overdue. The return of unwanted fish that are likely to survive, the counting of other unintentionally caught adult fish towards quotas, and the selling of accidentally caught undersize fish for pet food and fishmeal are all reasonable proposals within the context of the common fisheries policy. But why has it taken so long for the EU to address the obscene discard policy? We are told that the policy will end in 2016. Will it really? And why has it been so long in coming? For as long as we remain in the EU, the total allowable catch figures and the number of days at sea allocated to the UK must reflect the fact that we provide a massively disproportionate amount of the total fishing grounds and the stock of fish. When it comes to Community aid to the fishery sector, our fishermen, such as those in Whitby, Hull and Grimsby, do not receive fair treatment. Our fishing sector gets only 3% of the aid, whereas Spain gets 26%, and Poland 17%. Our tonnage is just under half that of Spain, and our total catch is about three quarters. Even Romania, whose main catch is goldfish, gets more aid than the UK."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; LIBE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 unknown; British National Party (2009-07-14--2012-10-16)3 member; AFCO (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2013-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Andrew Henry William Brons (NI ). -"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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