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Hood, Jim (1)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the outcome was of the Fisheries Council held in Brussels on 24th and 25th April; what the Government's voting record was at the Council; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what the outcome was of the Fisheries Council held in Brussels on 24th and 25th April; what the Government's voting record was at the Council; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Jim Hood
(Labour)
Answered by
Elliot Morley
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
26 April 2001
For answer on
26 April 2001
Answered on
26 April 2001
Mr. Hood: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what the outcome was of the Fisheries Council held in Brussels on
24 and 25 April; what the Government's voting record was at the Council; and if he will make a statement. [159573]
Mr. Morley: I represented the UK at the Fisheries Council on 25 April together with Ms Rhona Brankin, the Deputy Minister for Rural
Affairs in the Scottish Executive.
Commissioner Fischler made a first presentation of the Commission's Green Paper on the 2002 Review of the Common Fisheries Policy
(CFP) underlining the need for significant revision of the CFP in particular to achieve a better balance between catching capacity
and stock availability. The Council gave a general welcome to the Green Paper, with a number of member states endorsing the
Commission's concern to increase stakeholder involvement in fisheries management and to strengthen the regional dimension. There
will be a full discussion of the Green Paper at the June Council.
Commissioner Fischler reported on the current state of play on the stock recovery plans for cod and hake. General support for
recovery plans for close industry involvement in their development was expressed together with concerns about individual aspects of
the plans. I made clear the need for effective and workable technical conservation measures in the North Sea to take account of the
realities of the UK mixed fisheries.
The Council adopted conclusions on the integration of environmental concerns into the CFP, which will contribute to the forthcoming
report to the Gothenburg European Council on environmental integration, as required under the Cardiff Process. Commissioner Fischler
presented the Commission report on a bio-diversity action plan for fisheries which will now be considered in detail and the Council
adopted conclusions on a move towards multi- annual management strategies for setting Total Allowable Catches within a precautionary
framework.
We took note of the failure to conclude a further fisheries agreement between the EU and Morocco and of the Commission's intention
to bring forward measures for the necessary re-structuring of the Spanish and Portuguese fleets as a result of the lack of fishing
opportunities in Moroccan waters. All member states confirmed that they would be ready to ratify the UN Agreement on straddling and
migratory stocks by the end of this year. The Council agreed a common position on the criteria that the EU wants to see applied in
the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) in the future allocation of catching opportunities. These
take account both of the needs of EU fishermen and of developing countries.
Subjects
Common fisheries policy; EU action; Reviews; Quotas; White fish; EC Fisheries Council; Total allowable catches
Date
26 April 2001
Reference
159573; 367 c350-1W
House
House of Commons