8 Amendments of Marco AFFRONTE related to 2018/0267M(NLE)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU-Côte d’Ivoire SFPA should promote more effective sustainable development of the Ivorian fisheries sectoring communities and of related industries and activities; whereas the support to be provided under the Protocol has to be consistent with the national development plans – in particular the Strategic Plan for the Development of Livestock, Fisheries, and Aquaculture (PSDEPA) – and the Blue Growth Action Plan, devised with the United Nations to increase production in, and professionalise, the sector in order to meet the population’s food and employment needs; whereas, according to the above-mentioned Strategic Plan, achieving those aims requires a budget of more than EUR 140 million;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the EU-Côte- d’Ivoire SFPA should pursue two equally important goals: 1) providing fishing opportunities for EU vessels in the Côte d’Ivoire EEZ, on the basis of the best available scientific advice and without interfering with conservation and management measures by the regional organisations to which Côte d’Ivoire belongs – primarily the ICCAT – or overrunning the available surplus; and (2) promoting cooperation between the EU and Côte d’Ivoire with a view to a sustainable fisheries policy and sound exploitation of fishery resources in the Côte d’Ivoire fishing zone, and contributing to sustainable development of the Ivorian fisheries sector through economic, financial, technical, and scientific cooperation, without undermining Côte d’Ivoire’s sovereign options and strategies regarding that development;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 5
Paragraph 3 – indent 5
– Improve conditions at smoke- houseliving and working conditions for local women fish smokers, including through direct access to "faux thon" landed by EU vessels, and improved smoking kilns, thus making for a more effective cursmoking system, better revenues for women and their families, and a better protection of women's health;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 7
Paragraph 3 – indent 7
– Strengthen partnerships with third countries in the form of fisheries agreements, ensuring transparency through the publication of the contents of these agreements, and also by establishing a regional programme for the training and use of observers;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 9
Paragraph 3 – indent 9
– Enable fishermen’s organisations to come into beingthe reinforcement of fishermen's and women in fisheries organisations, especially those involved in artisanal fishing, thereby helping to strengthen technical, management, and negotiating capabilities;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it desirable to improve the quantity and accuracy of data on all catches (target species and by-catches) and on the conservation status of fishery resources and to improve the implementation of sectoral support funding in order that the impact of the Agreement on the marine ecosystem and fishing communities can be gauged more exactly; calls on the Commission to help ensure that the bodies responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Agreement, including a joint scientific committee to be set up for that purpose, can operate regularly and transparently, with the involvement of artisanal fishermen’s and women fish smokers associations, trade unions, representatives of coastal communities, and Ivorian civil society organisations;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in their cooperation and official development assistance policies centring on Côte d’Ivoire, to bear in mind that the European Development Fund and the sectoral support laid down in this SFPA should complement each other with a view to contributing more rapidly and effectively to the empowerment of the local fisheries sectoring communities and to the full exercise of Côte d’Ivoire’s sovereignty over that country’s resources;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to send to the Parliament and make publicly available the minutes and the conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Committee provided for in Article 9 of the Agreement, the multiannual sectoral programme provided for in Article 4 of the Protocol, and the findings of the annual evaluations; calls on the Commission to enable representatives of Parliament to attend Joint Committee meetings as observers and to encourage the participation of Côte d’Ivoire fishing communities;