37 Amendments of Isabelle THOMAS related to 2015/2091(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is one of the few players that has a strong presence in all the world’s oceans through its network of bilateral fisheries agreements, its outermost regions in the southern hemisphere in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans, its participation in all of the major regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs), and private investments, and whereas its absence could, conversely, encourage far less sustainable agreements to be made;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the agreements that we make must be understood in the context of the regional policy of the EU's outermost regions;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)
Recital F e (new)
Fe. whereas the EU is also the recipient of financial compensation for access to its waters, and whereas the surplus approach must apply accordingly in Mayotte and French Guiana;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Recognizes the importance of maintaining and expanding the coherence and compatibility of the existing legal framework;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls for an increased cooperation between fisheries relevant bodies within the European Commission, namely DG MARE, DG DEVCO and DG TRADE;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. The development of the external dimension should also aim the creation of quality jobs in the Union and elsewhere;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists on the importance of sustainable fishing, in the EU and abroad, athat the promotion, by the EU and its partners, of environmental, social and economic sustainable fisheries, based on transparency and the participation of non-governmental stakeholders, especially the professionals who depend on fishing for their livelihood is the only way to secure a future for coastal communities, the employment generated by fishing, and the contribution of fishing to food security and national economies;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Recalls that the environmental standards that must also apply to EU external fisheries include the implementation of the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management along with the precautionary approach so as to rebuild and maintain exploited stocks above levels that can produce the maximum yield by 2015 wherever possible and by 2020 at the latest for all stocks;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Acknowledges that sustainable fishing, both in the Internal and External Dimension of the CFP, is the basis to ensure the viability for the European fleets and fishing industry. The socio- economic sustainability must be part of the EU Commercial Policy to avoid that European fleets are replaced by non-EU fleet with lower social and labour standards;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Considers important that the scientific research conducted by the Union includes relevant countries; The Union should contribute for the development of endogenous scientific capabilities in third countries and territories;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls for the increase of independent observer programs that contribute to the monitoring of the fisheries and the collection of scientific data;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Insists that the EU should promote, through its SFPAs and its work in RFMOs, the harmonisation of the conditions of access for all foreign fleets to African waters to fish tuna, small pelagic and demersal species, with a view to establishing favourable conditions for fishermen operating sustainably and responsibly;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is convinced that it is only through regional management of fisheries (including the establishment of regional observer programmes, regional inspection and control system both at ports and at sea, etc.) that sustainable and equitable exploitation can be developed for highly migratory stocks and straddling and shared stocks as recommended by UNCLOS;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recognises that international good governance can only be led by example, applying to EU fleets the highest social and environmental standards and showcase it as benchmark for improving international standards within the RFMOs so they can be extended to the non EU fleets;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned that certain other fisheries, especially for shared stocks not found on the high seas, do not yet have an effective forum for regional cooperation and management; considers this a serious problem, particularly for the stocks of small pelagic species in West Africa, given their strategic importance for food security, as noted in a recent Advisory Opinion of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea4 ; __________________ 4 Advisory Opinion of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea of 2 April 2015, in response to the request submitted by the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) https://www.itlos.org/fileadmin/itlos/docu ments/cases/case_no.21/advisory_opinion/ C21_AdvOp_02.04.pdf.
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Is convinced that, as far as EU fleets have access to other fisheries (e.g. demersal), there is a need for the EU to promote measures applicable to all to guarantee harmony between the industrial and the artisanal fishing fleets, which may require a zoning system that allows for the protection of the local artisanal fishing sector;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the requirement in the basic regulation that all foreign fleets operating in a country with which the EU has an SFPA must be grantedsubject to similar conditions of access that promote sustainable fisheries, as an important measure ensuring that other distant-water fleets operate to the same standards as the EU rather than undermining those standards; encourages the Commission to pursue this condition vigorously;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for SFPAs to ensure that access by distant-water fleets is limited to the surplus, as required by the CFP, and to provide preferential access to fleets using the most environmentally and socially sustainable practices for the region and stocks concerned;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Encourages the EU to avoid the negotiation of SFPA with countries where corruption is accepted;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Recognises the importance of the creation of a larger framework with developing countries that encompasses fisheries in integration with other development related themes;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12e. Calls for the enforcement of methodologies to ensure proper and transparent use of Union funds;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recognises the importance of fisheries for developing countries, especially artisanal fisheries, on account of their contribution to food security, the local economy and man and women employment;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Recognises the importance of the European market of fishing and aquaculture products and the pivotal role that the EU has as leading market in the world, exercising its responsibility when requesting that the supply to the European market comes only from legal sources compliant with international rules adopted at the RFMOs. The application of the IUU Regulation must be enhanced and more transparent to make it effective and improve the international governance of the oceans of the seas;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Calls for instruments to protect workers and decent working conditions to be included in European regulations on fishing matters (especially ILO Convention 188 on working conditions in the fishing sector) as well as in fishing partnership agreements to guarantee the same working conditions, the same protection of workers' rights and the same levels of training;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Warmly welcomes the transparency provisions of the most recent protocol with Mauritania, whereby the latter undertakes to publish all agreements with either States or private entities granting foreign vessels access to Mauritania’'s exclusive economic zone; Transparency provisions must be extended to all SFPAs;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Encourages other third countries to consider RFMOs recommendations, resolutions and decisions promoting transparency of fisheries agreements within its EEZ;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that vessels fishing under the provisions of an SFPA but which do not fulfil their obligations such as on supplying their Member State and the Commission with the data required under the terms of their fishing authorisation should not be issued with authorisations in subsequent years (no data, no fish);
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Transparency is a pre-requisite for consultation and informed participation of fisheries stakeholders, especially the professionals that depend on fishing for their livelihood. Such consultation and participation should be further promoted in SFPAs and should cover the following elements: the negotiation of fisheries partnership agreements; the application of the concluded agreements (joint committee), the allocation and use of sectorial support; the work carried out in the framework of the RFMOs; the application of development cooperation projects, etc.;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Sectoral support from SFPAs must be transparently assigned to the fishing sector given the growing needs of African countries with respect to covering the costs of fishing management; infrastructures (port infrastructures, basic services, e.g. water/electricity supply), capacity building and training of fisheries inspectors and crew members; improving the supply and availability of fish for food security of African populations by providing support to the work done by women in the fisheries sector;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Promotes the development of a unique international system to register all vessels sailing in international waters;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Welcomes the EU IUU Regulation and acknowledges its contribution to the promotion of sustainable fishing in the world;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Insists that the IUU (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) Regulation must be applied rigorously and objectively and in a non-discriminatory manner, and must not be allowed to be used for political purposes, be subject to the short-term needs of the EU’s trade policy or be used by EU fishing interests as a tool for improving competition;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Believes that economic, social and environmental conditions prevailing in the collection and processing of fish should be clear to consumers;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Believes that similar working conditions and remuneration should be given to crew members on board of fishing vessels regardless of their nationality;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view, in particular, that the provisions of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements should include an explicit reference to the IUU Regulation; warns the Commission against proposing any type of improved trade relations to a third country that has been identified under Article 31 of the IUU Regulation; believes that the GSP+ Regulation should be revised at the earliest opportunity so that GSP+ status cannot be awarded to any country identified under Article 31 of the IUU Regulation.
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)
Paragraph 26 d (new)
26d. Considers important to have detailed guidance and monitoring of efforts made by countries which have been the subject of yellow or red cards;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 h (new)
Paragraph 26 h (new)
26h. Recalls the duty of the Commission as guardian of the Treaties to ensure that Member States meet their due diligence obligations regarding the external activities of their fleets and citizens and for the EU to take account of the provisional opinion of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea identifying the EU as flag state in the context of bilateral fisheries agreements;