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The EU comes to the aid of fragile marine ecosystems
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Bottom fishing gears damage vulnerable marine ecosystems in the high seas. The EU has already taken measures to protect deep sea corals and other vulnerable habitats in European waters in the Atlantic, off the west coast of Scotland, and in waters around the Canary, Azores and Madeira Islands, in the Mediterranean. However, EU fleets operate throughout the world's oceans. We are therefore proposing a precautionary approach to protect vulnerable habitats throughout the high seas.
We are headed out into the Atlantic towards international waters,
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right in the middle of the ocean where trawlers come to ply their trade.
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The fish they are bringing up to the surface were caught hundreds of metres below.
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These, for instance, are rat tails.
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These fisheries first emerged some 20 years ago,
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but where there are fish, there are necessarily fish habitats.
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Ecosystems of remarkable biodiversity are to be found at depths of between 400 and 2000 metres,
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such as corals, which play host to many unique species.
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Corals live not only in warm tropical waters, but also in cold waters,
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at great depths where they can form coral reefs.
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Over 800 species of fish and invertebrates can be found there.
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When you trawl over a coral ecosystem, it largely destroys the structure of that coral ecosystem.
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It's a highly destructive method of fishing.
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It causes a tremendous amount of collateral damage.
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In addition to purely environmental considerations, there are other concerns.
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We didn't want to go in the corals because it's very, very damaging for our trawls.
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And the other reason, of course, is that there's a lot of juvenile fish in these corals.
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So we want the juvenile fish to grow to be big fish so that we can harvest them later.
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Fishermen use heavy plates to keep the trawl on the ocean floor.
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The damage caused by these plates can be tremendous.
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This is what it looks like after the trawl's passage.
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And this is what it may have looked like before.
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This is an international problem.
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The European Union has already taken measures in its own waters.
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We have taken measures to ban bottom trawling, bottom gers, bottom set gers.
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And this means that we have done so, for example, to the west of Scotland,
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where we have identified sensitive marine habitats.
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We have done so also around the islands of the Azores, Madeira, and the Canaries.
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In December 2006, the United Nations adopted a resolution on sustainable fisheries to protect fragile marine habitats.
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During the debate, the European Union worked to get an ecosystem approach to managing these fisheries adopted.
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It also encouraged the regional fisheries organizations,
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which are responsible for high seas fisheries, to take this approach fully on board.
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We, as a community, would like to see to it that the relevant regional fisheries management organizations
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have the clout, the power to take action themselves in order to see to it that destructive fishing practices are eliminated.
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In those areas, such as the southwest Atlantic, where there are no regional fisheries organizations to regulate high seas fisheries,
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fishermen will now first have to submit a fishing plan.
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The authorities should then ensure that the fishing will not affect any vulnerable areas.
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The European Commission's position is quite balanced, since it allows for protection of fragile ecosystems where these need protecting,
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but also for ongoing economic activity for our fishermen, which is fundamental for their survival.
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Europe is also working to identify these fragile ecosystems through major research projects such as HERMES or OASIS.
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It's also collecting precise data on these fisheries worldwide with the aim of enhancing our knowledge,
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so as to protect these vulnerable marine habitats.
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- 23 de octubre de 2007 - 9:14
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- European Commission
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- 03′ 28″
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