15 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2017/0043(COD)
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) In order to enable the industry to cope with the fishing effort reduction measures and the consequent reduction in income for businesses and for seafarers, there should be arrangements for priority access to appropriate support from the European Fund for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (EMFF) in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 b (new)
Recital 21 b (new)
(21b) It is therefore desirable, on the one hand, to grant derogations from the time limits for temporary cessation measures as referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, extending it only to the vessels involved in the present multiannual plan and, on the other hand, to allow reopening and access by the same vessels to the permanent cessation measure set out in Article 34 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) ‘Northern Adriatic Sea’ means GFCM Geographical Sub-Areas 17 and 18;
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) ‘fishing day’ means a continuous period of 24 hours, or any part thereof, when a fishing vessel is engaged in activity entailing ‘searching for fish, shooting, setting, towing and hauling of a fishing gear, taking catch on board, transhipping, retaining on board, processing on board, transferring, caging, fattening and landing of fish and fishery products’, as defined in Article 4(28) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The multiannual plan shall contribute to the eliminareduction of discards by avoiding and reducing, as far as possible, unwanted catches, and to the implementation of the landing obligation established in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 for the species which are subject to it and to which this Regulation applies.
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, in order to achieve the targets set out in Article 4, the following measures shall apply for a period of four years: (a) in 2019 the catch limits for small pelagic species for each Member State shall be set at the level of catch in 2017, as communicated in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011. Starting from 2020, catch limits for small pelagics shall be gradually reduced each year by 3% in comparison to the previous year, until 2022. However, the reduction shall not apply if in the preceding year the total catches of the Member States concerned are more than 2% below the catch level in 2014; (b) the fishing effort of fishing vessels targeting small pelagics shall not exceed 180 fishing days per year and 20 fishing days per month, with a maximum of 144 fishing days per year targeting sardine and a maximum of 144 fishing days per year targeting anchovy; (c) spatial and temporal fishing activity limits shall be implemented each year in order to protect nursery and juvenile areas. Such limits shall cover the entire distribution of small pelagics in the Adriatic Sea, for periods of no less than 15 continuous days and up to 30 continuous days. Those limits shall be implemented during the following periods: – for sardine, between 1 October and 31 March, and for anchovy between 1 April and 30 September; (d) for all fishing vessels whose overall length exceeds 12 metres, spatial and temporal closures shall also be implemented of at least: – 30% of the territorial waters of Croatia and Slovenia for at least six months; – 50% of the territorial waters of Italy for at least four months. (e) the overall fleet capacity of trawlers and purse seiners actively fishing for small pelagic stocks shall not exceed the registered fleet capacity of the active fleet in 2014 in terms of gross tonnage (GT) and/or gross registered tonnage (GRT), engine power (kW) and number of vessels.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The prior notification obligation shall apply to masters of Union fishing vessels retaining on board at least one tonne of anchovy or one tonne of sardine. These quantities shall be calculated after deduction of the catches referred to in paragraph 11 of Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By way of derogation from Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, the masters of all Community vessels of an overall length equal to or more than 12 metres shall send the information referred to in Article 14 of that Regulation before the start of landing operations
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 2000 kg tonnes of anchovy;
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 2000 kg tonnes of sardine.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a Socio-economic accompanying measures 1. Priority shall be awarded, in the implementation of actions provided for in Article 30 of the European Fund for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (EMFF) referred to in Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, to fishermen affected by the implementation of the measures contained in this multiannual plan. 2. Vessels subject to the spatial and temporal closures laid down in this Regulation may benefit from support from the European Fund for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), as referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, for a maximum of 90 days, until 31 December 2020, even if the limit referred to in Article 33, paragraph 2 has been exceeded. 3. Until 31 December 2020, the vessels concerned by the measures to reduce the fishing effort referred to in this Regulation may be eligible for support for permanent cessation as referred to in Article 34 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014.