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Transcript of the Eu Maritime Policy Conference TRANSCRIPT OF THE EU MARITIME POLICY CONFERENCE The Scottish Parliament, Monday 4 December 2006 EU Maritime Policy Conference Programme Scottish Parliament Monday 4 December 2006 9.00 am Registration – Public Hall 10.00 am Opening plenary session – Debating Chamber • Welcome to the Scottish Parliament – Murray Tosh MSP, Deputy Presiding Officer • John Richardson, Head of the Maritime Policy Task Force, European Commission • Ross Finnie MSP, Minister for Environment and Rural Development • Linda Fabiani MSP, Convener, European and External Relations Committee 11.00 am Coffee break 11.15 am Workshop sessions – • Governance, regulation and enforcement – chaired by Linda Fabiani MSP, Convener, European and External Relations Committee (CR1) • Enterprise, Research and Development – chaired by Elspeth Attwooll MEP (CR4) • Environment and Sustainable Development – chaired by Struan Stevenson MEP (CR5) 12.30 pm Lunch 1.45 pm Workshop sessions – • Governance, regulation and enforcement – chaired by Catherine Stihler, MEP (CR1) • Enterprise, Research and Development – chaired by Phil Gallie MSP, European and External Relations Committee (CR4) • Environment and Sustainable Development – chaired by Eleanor Scott MSP, Deputy Convener, Environment and Rural Development Committee (CR5) 3.00 pm Coffee break Afternoon plenary session – Debating Chamber 3.20 pm • Feedback from workshop sessions by rapporteurs, followed by open debate 4.45 pm • Michael Scott, Chair, Scottish Marine Biodiversity Working Group • Concluding remarks – Linda Fabiani MSP, Convener, European and External Relations Committee 5.00 pm Evening reception ALPHABETICAL LIST OF DELEGATES A Jane Adamson (East of Scotland Phyllis Harvey (Orkney Islands Council) European Consortium) Ian F. Henry (Foster Yeoman Ltd) Elspeth Attwooll MEP (European Peter Holmes (Scottish Environment Parliament) Protection Agency) Neil Auchterlonie (Scottish Salmon Ian Hudghton MEP (European Producers' Organisation) Parliament) Lloyd Austin (RSPB Scotland) Jonathan Hughes (Scottish Wildlife Trust) B John Baxter (Scottish Natural Heritage) Ann Bell (North Sea Regional Advisory J Capt. Norman Jones (Calmac Ferries Council) Ltd) Doreen Bell (Scottish Water) David Bishop (British Ports Association) L Caroline Laffey (CEC) Martin Brebner (Aberdeenshire Council) John Lawson (CECAS) Edmund Brookes (Chamber of Dr B.S. Lee (Depat of Naval Architecture Shipping/British Rig Owners Association) and Marine Engineering) Dr Catriona Burness (European Roger Lockwood (Northern Lighthouse Parliament) Board) Alan Burns (Forth Ports Plc) Ken Lyall (GMLT Ship Management (UK) Ltd) C Dr Sally Campbell (Community of Arran Seabed Trust (Coast)) M Mary Louise Macquarrie (Argyll and Bute Alan Coghill (Orkney Fisheries Council) Association) Jessica Magnus (JNCC (nature con Prof. Robin Cook (Fisheries Research beyond 12m)) Services) Graham Marchbank (Scottish Executive Dominic Counsell (Scottish Natural Planning Unit) Heritage) Helen McLachlan (WWF Scotland) Martin Cox (Scottish Executive) Ian McMahon (Scottish Enterprise Katy Cragg (Scottish Parliament) Glasgow) Hazel Curtis (Sea Fish Industry Colin McMuray (Clyde Marine Training) Authority) Malcolm Morrison (Aberdeenshire Dr Christopher John Cutts (Scottish Council) Borders Council) N Dr Ian R. Napier (NAFC Marine Centre) D Ingrid Dobson (East of Scotland European Consortium) P Michael Park (Scottish Fishermen’s Iain Duff (Scottish Council (Development Federation) and Industry)) Joyce Petrie (Scottish Fishermen’s Federation) E John Edwards (European Parliament Guy Platten (Northern Lighthouse Board) Office in Scotland) Tavis Potts (Scottish Association for Marine Science) F Linda Fabiani MSP (Scottish Parliament) Anja Feilen (SPICe, Scottish Parliament) R John Richardson (European Ross Finnie MSP (Scottish Parliament) Commission) Prof. William Ritchie (Aberdeen Institute G Robyn Garrett (DG Fisheries and for Coastal Science and Management) Maritime Affairs) Philip Robertson (Historic Scotland) Robert W Gatliff (British Geological Maya Rousen (Scottish Enterprise) Survey) Rob Gibson MSP (Scottish Parliament) S Michael Scott (Scottish Marine Capt. Ken Gray (Cromarty Firth Port Biodiversity Working Group) Authority) Eleanor Scott MSP (Scottish Parliament) Graham Shimmield (Scottish Association H George Hamilton (Highland Council) for Marine Science) Fiona Harrison (Scottish Executive) Cllr Josie Simpson (Shetland Islands Institute in Scotland (RTPI)) Council) Richard Speight (Glasgow College of V Lynne Vallance (Scottish Executive) Nautical Studies) Sally Spence (Shetland Islands Council) W Joyce Walker (North Sea Regional Struan Stevenson (European Parliament) Advisory Council) Catherine Stihler MEP (Music Hall Lane) Stuart Wallace (Forth Ports Plc) Judith White (Scottish Executive) T Murray Tosh MSP (Scottish Parliament) Ruth Wolstenholme (SNIFFER (Scotland David Tripp (Scottish Executive) and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research)) U Graham U'ren (Royal Town Planning Rebecca Wright (European Parliament) TRANSCRIPT CONTENTS Monday 4 December 2006 Col. OPENING REMARKS ..............................................................................................................................................1 John Richardson (European Commission)......................................................................................................2 The Minister for Environment and Rural Development (Ross Finnie)...........................................................12 Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP) ........................................................................................................18 FEEDBACK FROM WORKSHOPS ...........................................................................................................................20 Peter Holmes (Scottish Environment Protection Agency).............................................................................20 Ann Bell (North Sea Regional Advisory Council) ..........................................................................................22 Iain Duff (Scottish Council for Development and Industry) ...........................................................................24 Ian McMahon (Scottish Enterprise Glasgow) ................................................................................................27 John Baxter (Scottish Natural Heritage)........................................................................................................29 Graham Shimmield (Scottish Association for Marine Science).....................................................................31 Edmund Brookes (Chamber of Shipping/British Rig Owners Association) ...................................................33 Ian McMahon.................................................................................................................................................34 Ian Hudghton MEP (European Parliament)...................................................................................................34 Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)..................................................................................................35 CLOSING REMARKS ............................................................................................................................................37 Michael Scott (Former Chair, Marine Working Group, European Environmental and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils) ...............................................................................................................37 John Richardson (European Commission)....................................................................................................42 Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP) ........................................................................................................46 1 4 DECEMBER 2006 2 officer based in Brussels to assist us with spotting European Union Maritime and reacting to those developments that are Policy significant to us. We seek to engage at all levels with the Commission and with European Monday 4 December 2006 Governments, Presidents, Prime Ministers, parliamentarians, ambassadors and civil servants, [THE DEPUTY PRESIDING OFFICER opened the and with the devolved bodies in a wide range of meeting at 10:03] European countries. We seek to engage with Europe, and today’s proceedings will be fed into a conference that will Opening Remarks be held in Scotland House early next year. As far as we are concerned, this is just the beginning of a The Deputy Presiding Officer (Murray Tosh): process. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to I am delighted to welcome you all here this the Scottish Parliament and, in particular, to our morning. I hope that you find the proceedings debating chamber. Ordinarily, it rings with the interesting and stimulating and that they will prove sound of the clash of ideas, disharmony and constructive in feeding into the evolution of a argument, but a great deal of consensus building Scottish contribution to a policy area that will be of and constructive debate and discussion go on as significance to us in many ways in the years to well, and I think that that is what we will have this come. morning in our reflective exchanges on maritime policy. We now enter the conference’s first session. I have three speakers to introduce. The first As you know, today’s event has been organised address will be given by John Richardson, who is by the Parliament’s European and External a chemist and an economist by
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