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"Mr President, first of all, I would like to subscribe 100% to what my colleague Lövin has said. I would refer, basically, to the Gallagher report. The fact that the EU, on the one hand, and Iceland and the Faroes, on the other, have been waging a – mostly diplomatic – war over quotas for mackerel in the north-east Atlantic has had as a consequence that the fish is being severely overfished, for the EU and Norway maintain their historic quotas, while Iceland and the Faroes have declared large unilateral quotas. The total catches thus far exceed the scientific advice.
This being so, it means that if a country fails in its international obligations regarding fisheries management, the EU can threaten an import ban on any fishery product coming from that country that swims in the same ecosystem. This is a significant step down the path of ensuring that only sustainably caught fish enters international trade. However, its importance depends upon the EU market, which is currently huge, though there are alternatives, especially in emerging markets such as China, Brazil, etc. Nonetheless, it is a very positive outcome."@en1
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