There is a growing understanding of the efforts that the European Union is making, and I would say that for the many years during which the Common Fisheries Policy has existed, the Union has failed, to a large extent, to convince the European public of the importance of the role it has been playing in trying to establish the facts of marine life, to provide the public with the scientific information and to take the necessary action.
Der er voksende forståelse for det arbejde, der gøres i EU, og jeg vil gerne sige, at i de mange år, der har været en fælles fiskeripolitik, er det i det store hele ikke lykkedes Unionen at overbevise europæerne om, hvor stor en indsats der er blevet gjort for at kortlægge de marine levende ressourcer, at forsyne offentligheden med videnskabelige oplysninger og at iværksætte de nødvendige foranstaltninger.