Este art\u00edculo ya est\u00e1 publicado en Euractiv<\/a><\/p>\nMuireann Kavanagh es una pescadora de 16 a\u00f1os de la isla de Arranmore, Donegal, y una apasionada defensora de las comunidades pesqueras insulares de Irlanda. Pescando polaca tradicional con anzuelo y sedal con su familia, se convirti\u00f3 en una voz nacional tras desafiar la pol\u00edtica de captura cero de la UE. Es representante de la Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation, que hace campa\u00f1a para abordar las desigualdades en la gesti\u00f3n pesquera europea.<\/p>\n
Nac\u00ed en una familia de pescadores en la isla de Arranmore, en la costa noroeste de Irlanda. <\/p>\n
Mis padres son ambos de Arranmore, al igual que sus familias antes que ellos. Mi padre y mis t\u00edos son pescadores y due\u00f1os de peque\u00f1os barcos. Mi hermano es capit\u00e1n de uno de los ferries de la isla y ayuda en nuestro barco de pesca en sus d\u00edas libres. La pesca corre por mis venas, y es algo que me encanta hacer. <\/p>\n
La isla de Arranmore, con sus costas rocosas, altos acantilados, playas blancas y colinas azotadas por el viento, es mi hogar, uno en el que deseo quedarme y ganarme la vida honradamente del mar que nos rodea, tal como lo ha hecho mi familia durante m\u00e1s de cien a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n
Pero me han arrebatado mi derecho de nacimiento. No tengo futuro en Arranmore cuando termine la escuela secundaria. No hay trabajo para m\u00ed, a pesar de que nuestra isla est\u00e1 rodeada de agua con 34 especies de magn\u00edficos peces. Debido a restricciones injustas, ahora solo se nos permite pescar muy pocos. <\/p>\n
Empec\u00e9 a pescar con mi t\u00edo Anton hace varios a\u00f1os, cazando cangrejos y langostas por la ma\u00f1ana y luego saliendo por la tarde con seis sedales y anzuelos para abadejos. Salimos en el barco de 11 metros que mi abuelo James Kavanagh construy\u00f3 en 1970 con mi t\u00edo abuelo Tully Coll y el constructor de barcos Hughie Boyle. Lo construyeron en la playa de Arranmore, sin herramientas el\u00e9ctricas, y mantuvo a nuestra familia y a las tripulaciones durante d\u00e9cadas. <\/p>\n
Ahora, ella est\u00e1 varada en esa misma playa, atascada, desde que entr\u00f3 en vigor la prohibici\u00f3n de la pesca de abadejo. <\/p>\n
La temporada de pesca de la polaca es muy corta y nadie puede predecir cu\u00e1ndo aparecer\u00e1 el pescado en la bah\u00eda, pero tuvimos varios a\u00f1os buenos de ello cuando empec\u00e9 a pescar. <\/p>\n
En 2024, todo se nos arrebat\u00f3 de repente una vez m\u00e1s. Bas\u00e1ndose en un cuestionable asesoramiento cient\u00edfico, el Consejo de la Uni\u00f3n Europea afirm\u00f3 que no hab\u00eda carbonero en las \u00e1reas 60 y 70 del CIEM, por lo que se cerr\u00f3 la pesca de carbonero con anzuelo. Cuando trabajamos en esas aguas, podemos ver claramente carbonero all\u00ed. Podr\u00edamos seguir pescando de forma sostenible, con la peque\u00f1a captura que podemos obtener con nuestras l\u00edneas.<\/p>\n
Sin embargo, mientras estamos sentados en la orilla, vemos 20 o 30 barcos factor\u00eda enormes, con grandes motores di\u00e9sel y redes gigantes, en el agua. Pueden capturar en una sola red lo que nosotros capturar\u00edamos en un a\u00f1o o m\u00e1s, y se les permite pescar. <\/p>\n
Compara esos grandes barcos factor\u00eda con mi peque\u00f1o barco de pesca con un motor peque\u00f1o y seis anzuelos en una l\u00ednea que puedes sostener con una mano. Seguramente, \u00bfes obvio qu\u00e9 m\u00e9todo de pesca es m\u00e1s perjudicial para el medio ambiente y las poblaciones de peces?
\nEl actual sistema de gesti\u00f3n pesquera en la UE no funciona para los pescadores a peque\u00f1a escala, como yo, mi padre y mis t\u00edos. Nos quedamos con cada vez menos opciones. Estamos ejerciendo cada vez m\u00e1s presi\u00f3n sobre las poblaciones de cangrejos y langostas ahora, porque no hay otras especies a las que recurrir: todas las dem\u00e1s especies est\u00e1n ahora prohibidas o tienen una cuota cada vez menor, a la que no podemos acceder. <\/p>\n
No deber\u00eda recaer en un adolescente de diecis\u00e9is a\u00f1os la responsabilidad de pedir un cambio. Estoy en la escuela, tengo deberes que hacer, adem\u00e1s de la pesca que tanto me gusta. Pero al haber visto a mi padre y a mis t\u00edos luchar cada a\u00f1o con normas y regulaciones incoherentes, unas regulaciones que perjudican tanto a las comunidades pesqueras como al medio ambiente, no me queda otra opci\u00f3n. <\/p>\n
He estado colaborando con Low Impact Fishers of Europe, IIMRO y Blue Ventures, organizaciones que ayudan a amplificar las voces de los pescadores artesanales, porque nuestras opiniones necesitan ser escuchadas, en lugar de que los eurodiputados solo escuchen a las grandes empresas de pesca de arrastre. He viajado a Estrasburgo y a Bruselas para reunirme con miembros de la comisi\u00f3n PECH y otros eurodiputados para discutir nuestros problemas. <\/p>\n
Estoy hablando en nombre de mi familia, mi comunidad y mi isla. <\/p>\n
Quiero que los eurodiputados den prioridad a la preservaci\u00f3n de la pesca tradicional. Quiero que hagan cumplir el art\u00edculo 17. Y, en \u00faltima instancia, quiero que logren el equilibrio adecuado que permita que la pesca contin\u00fae durante siglos. Eso significa dejar que las comunidades pesqueras que han cuidado las aguas durante generaciones marquen el camino. <\/p>\n
No quiero tener que pasar mi tiempo abogando. Espero que los legisladores escuchen y tomen las medidas que necesitamos ahora, para que, dentro de diez a\u00f1os, pueda estar viviendo la vida que deber\u00eda: pescando con mi familia, capturando peces en aguas irlandesas y vendi\u00e9ndolos localmente. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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