Activities of Marco AFFRONTE related to 2017/2118(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Towards a sustainable and competitive European aquaculture sector: current status and future challenges PDF (563 KB) DOC (91 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the EU environmental legislation is based on directives (the Marine Strategy Directive, the Birds and Habitats Directives, the Water Framework Directive), and it is thereforetheir application is left to Member States and to local and regional administrations to apply it at their discretion; whereas, consequently, there is no uniform implementation throughout the EU and this leads to legal uncertainty for enterprises and farms;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
T a. Whereas the widely varying practices with respect to aquaculture lead to significant differences in product quality, environmental impact and sanitary conditions, among others, leaving the consumer frequently uncertain of the resulting product;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z a (new)
Recital Z a (new)
Z a. Whereas aquaculture can pose serious risks to wild fish stocks and other species through the spread of disease and parasites, genetic alterations due to escapes, lethal predator control, etc.;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA
Recital AA
AA. whereas available data show a growing gap – estimated at 8 million tonnes – between the level of consumption of seafood in the EU and the volume of captures from fisheries; whereas sustainable aquaculture can guarantehelp to ensure long-term food and nutrition security, including food supplies, as well as growth and employment for Union citizens, and contribute to meeting the growing world demand for aquatic food, providing that sustainable sources of food are found for aquaculture activities and environmental degradation is prevented; whereas it can thus contribute to the overall objective of filling the gap between consumption and production of seafood in the EU;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AB
Recital AB
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AB a (new)
Recital AB a (new)
AB a. Whereas the use of fish mean and oil in aquaculture for carnivorous species requires the catching of significantly larger quantities of wild fish than are harvested as the final farmed product, resulting in potentially significant impacts on wild stocks; whereas research has resulted in the reduction, but not the elimination, of the need for wild fish as feed; whereas excessive catches of fish from lower trophic levels, such as small pelagics, can have serious impacts on the trophic structure of marine ecosystems
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to boost the development of and innovation in EU aquaculture, to improve the competitiveness of the sector, to foster economic activity and diversification, to increase the sector’s contribution to food and nutrition security for EU citizens, and to improve the quality of life in coastal and inland areas; insists that this must be done while conserving the proper functioning of the marine ecosystems so as to allow the continued practice of profitable commercial fisheries and other sustainable uses of the marine environment;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to do what is within its competence to bring order to the various administrative conditions and requirements in different parts of the EU;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Whereas aquaculture of non- carnivorous species has a reduced impact in terms of its environmental impact due to its source of protein;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Whereas production of molluscs such as mussels can, under proper conditions, have a beneficial environmental impact due to the filtering quality of the shellfish;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point a
Paragraph 10 – point a
a) simplification of administrative procedures - less red tape - while ensuring that the marine environment is not further degraded;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point i
Paragraph 10 – point i
i) adequate public financial support at EU and national level for sustainable and responsible aquaculture production, innovation and development;;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls for imported products of aquaculture to be required to meet the same environmental standards that EU operators must meet;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. In this vein, notes that antibiotic resistance is becoming a very serious problem across human and animal medicine, and calls for strictly limiting the use of antibiotics to situations where there is a serious risk of an epizootic in the aquaculture establishment and not simply as a preventive measures;