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"A Uachtaráin, cuirimse fáilte roimh an Choimisinéir agus go háirithe roimh an Uachtarán-in-Oifig, Simon Coveney, anseo inniu. Tá áthas ar ndóigh orm deis a fháil páirt a ghlacadh sa díospóireacht thábhachtach seo faoi athbhreithniú ar Chomhbheartas Iascaigh an Aontais agus, ar ndóigh, déanaimse comhghairdeas chomh maith le mo chara Ulrike Rodust a rinne an-obair.
The Irish seafood sector employs some 11 000 people and contributes up to EUR 700 million annually in national income. The fishing, processing and aquaculture sectors create and maintain jobs in rural, coastal and small island communities, where there is often no source of alternative employment.
We have a collective duty, not only in Ireland but throughout the Union, to these communities. In our country, over 80% of vessels in the fleet are below 15 metres in length, and they fish mainly inshore and from coastal islands. These islands off the coast of Ireland are characterised by their dependence on small vessels at the mercy of adverse weather conditions on the Atlantic seaboard. This is a unique, dramatic and harsh aspect of the common fisheries policy, and indeed of our European heritage, which we lose at our peril. I am pleased by the support I have received for my amendment on small coastal islands at committee stage, and I am hopeful of the same support at plenary.
Furthermore, the Hague Resolution of 1976 reinforces the right to protect, sustain and develop island communities, and I am seeking to enshrine in the reform this commitment which is already recognised in the recitals. Decision-making procedures under the new reform must be simplified. I am pleased by the decision of the committee to support my amendment, which recommends the introduction of a standardised control and enforcement regime. It is very difficult to understand how something can be a criminal offence in one Member State and be dealt with by an administrative sanction in another Member State. This leads to an unlevel playing field within the Union. In my view, a common system will help to address key issues surrounding illegal fishing.
A move to regional structures is absolutely essential. The issue of discards is a complex and multi-faceted one; it is not a simple one, as suggested by the celebrity chefs. I will continue, in the context of trialogue negotiations, to emphasise again and again that a solution to discards must be based on avoidance and minimisation in the first instance, and appropriate incentives to encourage compliance and stakeholder support.
In conclusion, it would be remiss of me, in the presence of the Commissioner and the rapporteur for the trade sanctions, not to mention the unsustainable fishing which is being carried out in the North-East Atlantic in relation to mackerel."@en1
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