11 Amendments of Marco AFFRONTE related to 2018/0074(COD)
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) It is appropriate to establish the target fishing mortality (F) that corresponds to the objective of reaching and maintaining MSY as ranges of values which are consistent with achieving MSY(FMSY)should be limited to a range of values below FMSY in order to ensure populations are maintained above levels that can produce MSY to achieve the objectives expressed in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, by 2020 the latest. This is also key to keep alive artisanal small scale fisheries. Those ranges, based on best available scientific advice, are necessary in order to provide flexibility to take account of developments in the scientific advice, to contribute to the implementation of the landing obligation and to take into account the characteristics of mixed fisheries. The FMSY ranges should be calculated by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), in particular in its periodic catch advice. Based on this plan they are derived to deliver no more than a 5% reduction in long-term yield compared to MSY24 . The upper limit of the range is capped, so that the probability of the stock falling below Blim is no more than 5%. That upper limit also conforms to the ICES "advice rule", which indicates that when the spawning biomass or abundance is in a poor state, F be reduced to a value that does not exceed an upper limit equal to the FMSY point value multiplied by the spawning biomass or abundance in the total allowable catch (TAC) year divided by MSY Btrigger. ICES uses these considerations and the advice rule in its provision of scientific advice on fishing mortality and catch options. _________________ 24EU request to ICES to provide FMSY ranges for selected stocks in ICES subareas 5 to 10
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) For stocks for which targets relating to MSY are available, and for the purpose of the application of safeguard measures, it is necessary to establish conservation reference points expressed as trigger spawning biomass levels for fish stocks, and trigger abundance levels for Norway lobster, for use only until biomass levels capable of producing the maximum sustainable yield are established.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) It should be possible to set the total allowable catches (TACs) for Norway lobster in Western Waters as the sum of the catch limits established for each functional unit and of the statistical rectangles outside the functional units within that TAC area. However, this does not preclude the adoption of measures to protect specific functional unitsshall be established for each functional unit and measures to protect specific functional units shall be adopted where necessary. These measures shall be based on best available scientific advice.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to comply with the landing obligation established by Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and to minimise negative impacts on the ecosystem, the plan should provide for additional management measures, in particular measures to gradually avoid and eliminate discards and to minimise the negative impact of fishing on the ecosystem, taking into account the best available scientific advice, to be further specified, where appropriate, in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013. In the absence of joint recommendations, the Commission may adopt delegated acts.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 37 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 37 a (new)
(37a) Thornback ray (Raja clavata) in divisions 7a, 7d-g, 8, and 9a;
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 37 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 37 b (new)
(37b) Undulate ray (Raja undulata) in 7d and e.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The plan shall implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management in order to ensure that negative impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are minimised. It shall be coherent with Union environmental legislation, in particular with the objective of achieving good environmental status by 2020 as set out in Article 1(1) of Directive 2008/56/EC and the objectives set out in Articles 4 and 5 of Directive 2009/147/EC and Articles 6 and 12 of Council Directive 92/43/EEC.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to Article 7, tThe total allowable catch for the stocks of Norway lobster in the Western Waters may be the sum of the catch limits of the functional units and of the statistical rectangles outside the functional unitsshall be established for each of the functional units and measures to protect specific functional units shall be adopted where necessary.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Fishing opportunities may not be set for stocks listed in Article 1 (1) and Article1(4) when the best available scientific advice indicates that the spawning stock biomass, and in the case of Norway lobster stocks – abundance, of any of the stocks referred to in Article 1(1) and Article 1 (4) is below the Blim.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1