European Parliament
A6-0140/2006
Bairbre de Brún,
on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group
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(The speaker spoke Irish)
I welcome Commissioner Borg’s comments this evening on the sensible proposals put forward in the report with regard to closure and Member States’ abilities in this respect. I certainly hope that Commissioner Mandelson can move on the international trade aspect. The glass eel is particularly vulnerable, since large quantities of glass eels are exported to south-east Asia, and this has consequences for the industry as a whole. Today’s report contains very sensible proposals.
In my own constituency, the Lough Neagh Fishermen’s Cooperative Society has taken great care over the years to manage the fishery in such a way as to conserve stocks, and I will continue to commend this to the Commission and Parliament as a model of best practice, which should be supported at both national and EU level.

