10 Amendments of Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS related to 2014/0138(COD)
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) VesselsFishermen carrying out fisheries with small-scale driftnetartisanal fisheries may need some time to adjust to the new situation and necessitate a phasing-out periodrequirements. In cases where they need to change the type of gear they use, support should be provided by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, provided that the new gear is less harmful than the gear used before. This Regulation should therefore enter into force onapply from 1 January 20157.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Small scale traditional fisheries using driftnets, such as "menaidi" in Italy, "estoueyre" and "bigearreyre" in France, "xeito" and "El Sardinal" in Spain, the "Mourne herring driftnet" fishery in Northern Ireland, the "Clovelly herring fishery" in North Devon or the "Southern North Sea herring fishery" in Essex and East Anglia in England, and the "sardinheira" in Portugal are part of the cultural identity of those countries.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to catch any marine biological resource with driftnetuse driftnets longer than 1000 metres; and
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to keep any kind ofcarry on board of fishing vessels driftnets on board of fishing vesself an aggregate length exceeding 1000 metres
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Objectives for driftnet fisheries Fisheries using driftnets that are not prohibited under Article 3 shall be carried out in such a way to ensure that: (a) catches of, and harm to, protected species as listed in the annexes of the Habitats and Birds Directives are avoided; and (b) unwanted catches are minimised.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 b (new)
Article 3 b (new)
Article 3b Conditions for driftnet fisheries 1. During a fishing trip involving the use of driftnets, no other kind of gear may be carried on board the fishing vessel. 2. Landing of catches from driftnet fisheries shall take place only in designated areas. 3. The master of a fishing vessel using one or more driftnets shall ensure that signals are attached to each end of the driftnets, so that its positions can be determined at any time. The driftnets must be permanently marked with the registration letter(s) and number of the vessel to which they belong. 4. Without prejudice to Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2209, the master of a fishing vessel longer than 10 metres using one or more driftnets shall record in a logbook the following information: (a) the total length of the nets on board; (b) the total length of the nets used in each fishing operation; (c) the number of cetaceans, reptiles and seabirds, by-catches and discard at sea; (d) the date and position of such catches. As provided for in point (e) of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, all fishing vessels using one or more driftnets shall, regardless of the length of the vessel concerned, have prior authorization to fish issued by the competent authorities of the flag Member State.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 c (new)
Article 3 c (new)
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 d (new)
Article 3 d (new)
Article 3d Procedure for adoption of regionalised measures 1. Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall apply to the regionalised measures referred to in Article 3c of this Regulation. Joint recommendations in accordance with Article 18(7) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 may be submitted by 1 January 2017. 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts upon receipt of the joint recommendations referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, following consultations with the European Parliament and the Advisory Councils and in accordance with Article 3g setting on the regionalised measures referred to in Article 3c. 3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 to 3 of this Article, in respect of waters covered by Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006, such regionalised measures may be adopted as part of the management plans referred to in Article 19 of that Regulation.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 g (new)
Article 3 g (new)
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2015the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2017, with the exception of Article 4 paragraph 3, which shall apply from 1 July 2017. It shall apply to driftnets covered by Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 and Regulation (EC) No 850/98 from the date when regionalised measures for the respective regions, as referred in Article 3c of this Regulation, enter into force.