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    "content": "looking at it at the national, but also from the regional level. We are looking at the partnerships that can come to the fore and how they can be put together to ensure that whole issue is adequately addressed. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is also the important issue on food security and enabling to ensure that all countries can fully exploit their resources. One key finding from the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is that 87 per cent of the world’s marine fish stocks are fully exploited, over-exploited or depleted. What does that mean for the fishermen communities? What does it mean for the safety, security and the possibility of exploiting the sea, which is already over-exploited? This is just one aspect because of commercial farming in new areas. Once again, there is need to balance so that we are looking at an eco-system which, if it is over used or over exploited, it will move us into a problem. That is also one of the reasons why we are having climate change. Madam Temporary Speaker, those issues which were discussed are key and they resonate. It is, therefore, up to us to look at the specific details in this report. It is important to stress the importance of investments and also financing the blue economy projects, which I had already mentioned. That is the last one I want to talk about because it is key. Madam Temporary Speaker, the work that was done through this particular Assembly is very helpful and I congratulate the team. I wish we can take some of these issues they brought on board and implement them, even as we shape our own policies in this country. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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