47 Amendments of Lucas HARTONG related to 2011/0195(COD)
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources should be based on the precautionary approach, which is to be derived from the precautionary principle referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 191(2) of the Treatyindependent scientific data.
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) It is important that the management of the Common Fisheries Policy is guided by principles of good governance. Those principles include decision-making based on best available independent scientific advice, broad stakeholder involvement and a long-term perspective. The successful management of the Common Fisheries Policy also depends on a clear definition of responsibilities at Union, national, regional and local levels and on the mutual compatibility and consistency of the measures taken with other Union policies.
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Landings of unwanted catches should not result in full economic disadvantages for the operator. For landings of catches of fish under the minimum conservation reference size, the destination of such catches should be limited and exclude sale for human consumptiofishermen.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) For the sake of conservation of stocks clear objectives should be applied with respect to certain technical measures and independent scientific advice.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Fisheries management based on the best available independent scientific advice requires harmonised, reliable and accurate data sets. Therefore Member states should collect data on fleets and their fishing activities, in particular biological data on catches, including discards, survey information on fish stocks and on the potential environmental impact of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) DIndependent data collection should include data which facilitate the economic assessment of undertakings active in the fisheries sector, in aquaculture and in the processing of fisheries and aquaculture products and of employment trends in these industries.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 a (new)
Recital 39 a (new)
(39a) Sustainable Fisheries Agreements should prove to be financially beneficial to the Union and Member States before the agreement is renewed.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 b (new)
Recital 39 b (new)
(39b) No Sustainable Fishing Agreements should be concluded with countries that do not respect human rights or are ruled by a corrupt regime, according to criteria based on information from Transparency International.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52 a (new)
Recital 52 a (new)
(52a) Member States should be in a position to present substantiated requests to the Commission for it to impose operators who endanger the lives of other operators fishing in the same waters.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ensure independent, systematic and harmonised data collection and management.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f – point i
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f – point i
(i) modifications or additional devices to improve selectivity or to reduce impact on the benthic zone, including the promotion of pulse trawl fishing;
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Part 5 – Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 (new)
When recalculating the fishing capacity ceilings a level playing field among Member States shall be ensured.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 4
Citation 4
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 5
Citation 5
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Common Fisheries Policy should ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities contribute to long-term sustainable environmental, economic, and social conditions. It should contribute moreover to increased productivity, a fair standard of living for the fisheries sector, and stable markets, and ensure the continued availability of resources and that supplies reach consumers at reasonablefair prices.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Union is a Contracting Party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (UNCLOS) and it has ratified the United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks of 4 August 1995 (UN Fish Stocks Agreement). It has also accepted the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas of 24 November 1993 of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO Compliance Agreement). These international instruments predominantly foresee conservation obligations, including among other things obligations to take conservation and management measures designed to maintain or restore marine resources at levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield both within sea areas under national jurisdiction and on the high seas, and to cooperate with other States to this end, obligations to apply the precautionary approach widely to conservation, management and exploitation of fish stocks, obligations to ensure compatibility of conservation and management measures where marine resources occur in sea areas of different jurisdictional status and obligations to have due regard to other legitimate uses of the seas. The Common Fisheries Policy should contribute to the Union's proper discharge of its international obligations under these international instruments. Where Member States adopt conservation and management measures, for which they have been empowered in the framework of the Common Fisheries Policy, they should also act in a manner which is fully consistent with the international conservation and cooperation obligations under the said international instruments; Member States, particularly those in the Mediterranean, should besides comply with current international and European legislation without delay and refrain from engaging in jurisdictional battles between their 'own' fishermen and fishermen from other Member States for reasons of purely nationalistic economic gain.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources should be based on the precautionary approach, which is to be derived from the precautionary principle referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 191(2) of the Treaty. The Commission may also not base any decision on current fish stocks on figures from a monopolistic research agency in the Member States and free market forces should be left to do their work in determining (national) fish stocks.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) An ecosystem based approach to fisheries management needsNotes with satisfaction that European fishermen are doing everything in their power to be implemented, an environmental impacts of fishing activities should be limited and unwanted catches should be minimised and progressively eliminatedly aware approach to fisheries management and to minimise and progressively eliminate unwanted catches; urges the Commission in this context therefore to grant pulse fishing permits as quickly and as widely as possible, as this system is particularly environmentally friendly, especially for reducing fuel consumption by vessels.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Rules in place restricting access to resources within the 12 nautical mile zones of Member States have operated satisfactorily benefiting conservation by restricting fishing effort in the most sensitive part of Union waters. Those rules have also preserved traditional fishing activities on which the social and economic development of certain coastal communities is highly dependent. Those rules should therefore continue to apply; threats against and attacks on EU Member State fishing vessels by national coastal fishermen should, however, be roundly condemned, as should the misuse of 'own' (inter)national nautical charts such as those unfortunately used by France, for example.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) In their 12 nautical mile zone, Member States should be allowed to adopt conservation and management measures applicable to all Union fishing vessels, provided that, where such measures apply to Union fishing vessels from other Member States, the measures adopted are non-discriminatory, prior consultation of other interested Member States has taken place and that the Union has not adopted measures specifically addressing conservation and management within that 12 nautical mile zone; in the event of arbitration between Member States, at least one independent representative of the respective national supervisory authorities should be present.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Sustainable fisheries agreements concluded with third countries should ensure that Union fishing activities in third country waters are based on the best available scientific advice, ensuring a sustainable exploitation of the marine biological resources. Those agreements, which provide for access rights in exchange for a financial contribution from the Union, should contribute to the establishment of a high quality governance framework to ensure in particular efficient monitoring, control and surveillance measures; a positive return on investment for the EU should be the deciding factor here and it should not be some disguised form of development aid.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Respect for democratic principles and human rights, as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, and for the principle of the rule of law, should constitute an essential and, if necessary, binding element of S(sustainable) Fisheries Agreements and be subject to a specific human rights clause. This clause and compliance with it will also play a determining role with respect to the possible continuation of such fisheries agreements with third countries.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) It is important that the management of the Common Fisheries Policy is guided by principles of good governance. Those principles include decision-making based on best available independent scientific advice, broad stakeholder involvement and a long-term perspective. The successful management of the Common Fisheries Policy also depends on a clear definition of responsibilities at Uninternational, national, regional and local levels and on the mutual compatibility and consistency of the measures taken with other Union policies.
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Union fishing vessels should have equal access to UnioEuropean waters and resources subject to the rules of the CFP.
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 352 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Landings of unwanted catches should not result in full economic advantages for the operator. For landings of catches of fish under the minimum conservation reference size, the destination of such catches should be limited and exclude sale for human consumptiondisadvantages for the operator.
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Fisheries management based on the best available independent scientific advice requires harmonised, reliable and accurate data sets from more than one source. Therefore Member states should arrange for the independent collection of data on fleets and their fishing activities, in particular biological data on catches, including discards, survey information on fish stocks and on the potential environmental impact of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem.
Amendment 482 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Policy-oriented fisheries science should be reinforced by means of nationally-adopted fisheries scientific data collection, independent research and innovation programs in coordination with other Member States as well as by Union research and innovation framework tools.
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Respect for democratic principles and human rights, as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, and for the principle of the rule of law, should constitute an essential element of Sustainable Fisheries Agreements and be subject to a specific human rights clause. States which violate human rights should not be eligible for a fisheries agreement.
Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) The objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Union, unlike the Member States, given the problems encountered in the development of the fishing industry and its management, and the limits on the financial resources of the Member States. Therefore, multiannual Union financial assistance focused on the priorities of the Common Fisheries Policy should be granted to contribute to the achievement of those objectives. The common fisheries policy should therefore be renationalised as soon as possible on the basis of the subsidiarity principle. In order to achieve this, the Union should therefore as soon as possible formulate a policy to carry out this renationalisation.
Amendment 551 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55