Europski Parlament glasa o legalnoj pljački Baltičkog mora


27 lipnja 2016

EU-plan legalizira pretjerani izlov

MEP Anja Hazekamp poziva kolege u Europskom parlamentu da glasaju protiv višegodišnjeg EU plana za ribarstvo na Baltičkom moru. Originalni plan je bio da se zaustavi pretjerani izlov bakalara, haringa i papalina u Baltičkom moru. No, prema Stranci za životinje, taj plan za Baltičko more je tako oslabljen da više ništa nema od toga. Ovaj plan ne štiti ribe. Ovaj plan legalizira pretjerani izlov,” upozorava Hazekamp.

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Stranka za životinje između ostalog kritizira istezanje takozvane Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) granice: granica maksimalnog izlova. Prema postojećim europskim ugovorima, poslje 2020. godine više se ne smije loviti preko MSY-granice. Ovaj plan za Baltičko more uvodi iznimke gdje ribari ipak imaju pravo da hvataju više ribe.

Dopuštanje pretjeranog izlovla u Baltičkom moru će također dovesti do pretjeranog izlova ostalih voda. Ribari koji sada dobivaju pravo na iznimke za pretjerani izlov u Baltičkom moru, uskore će htjeti te iznimke i za Sjeverno i Sredozemno more. Plan za Baltičko more postavlja presedan i otvara vrata za strukturno pljačkanje svih europskih voda. Ako je to maksimum koji Europa želi učiniti, onda će se pretjerano izlovljavanja tek zaustaviti kada sve vode stvarno postanu prazne,” rekala je Anja Hazekamp.

EU plan legalises overfishing

MEP Anja Hazekamp calls on her colleagues in the European Parliament to vote against the EU multiannual plan for managing the Baltic Sea. The plan was initially intended to put an end to the overfishing of Baltic Sea cod, sprat and herring stocks. However, according to the Party for the Animals, the Baltic Sea Plan has been mitigated to such an extent that ending overfishing is no longer an option. “This plan does not protect fish; it legalises overfishing,” warns Hazekamp.

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Among other things, the Party for the Animals criticises the stretching of the boundaries of the so-called Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY): the largest yield that can be taken from a species’ stock. From 2020, fishing beyond the MSY limit will not be allowed under the existing European agreements. However, the Baltic Sea Plan introduces exemptions that allow fishermen to cross the MSY limit.

Allowing overfishing in the Baltic Sea will ultimately lead to overfishing in other waters. Fishermen who are now granted derogations for legally overfishing in the Baltic Sea, will soon demand the same exemptions for the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. This Baltic Sea Plan creates a precedent which opens the door to the possibility of a continued structural pillaging of all European waters. If this is all Europe is willing to do, overfishing will not stop until all waters are truly and entirely empty,” according to Anja Hazekamp.