Activities of Ernest MARAGALL related to 2014/2240(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth (short presentation) ES
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on untapping the potential of research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth PDF (205 KB) DOC (150 KB)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2014/89/EU of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas growth based on finite resources is a forward flight to nowhere and whereas the oceans are plenty of renewable resources and sustainable potentialities;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas there is a great deal of ignorance about the seas and oceans, their resources, and the ways in which these interact with human activities and the environmental and cumulative impacts of the latter activities – whether taking place or still to be developed – and whereas inadequate knowledge on those points severely inhibits sustainable use of the resources concerned and poses an obstacle to innovation;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas sustainably developing the blue economy could greatly boost growth and economic development, as well as job creation, especially in coastal and island countries and regions and in the outermost regions; (This AM applies throughout the text)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas different adequate levels of competence are to be considered in Blue Economy activities, namely the international, European and Member States level;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas there is actually an international deep-sea mining rally ongoing, which the EU should not join with the motivation to grab its piece of the cake but rather as a proactive partner pushing for a smart, fair and sustainable approach, including the promotion of alternatives such as recycling and resource efficiency;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the state of marine and coastal biodiversity is declining, jeopardising increasingly needed ecosystem services as affirmed by the recently presented State Of the Environment Report 1 a , notably that the EU is not on track meeting is marine and costal biodiversity targets and that there is only poor implementation of marine environmental legislation; __________________ 1aSOER 2015 — The European environment — state and outlook 2015, European Environment Agency
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Commission communication entitled ‘'Innovation in the Blue Economy: realising the potential of our seas and oceans for jobs and growth’'; points out that the communication is of limited scope, confined as it is to relatively few sectors (deep-sea mining, energy, and biotechnology, for example); calls on the Commission to adopt an integrated and more comprehensive approach encompassing the challenges of innovation and job creation over the whole varied range of interacting sectors making up the blue economy;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission, in close coordination with Member States, to gauge the financing needs of the blue economy (at sectoral, national, and European level) with a view to realising its growthsustainable development and job- creating potential;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the sustainable development of the blue economy requires greater investment in knowledge and that, in order to improve understanding of the marine environment, the EU and the Member States must provide substantial funding under arrangements making for continuity and predictability over the long term;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for legal obligations, clear-cut objectives and time- frames to be laid down with a view to making data – whether relating to the sea- floor or to the water column and living resources – transparent and more accessible and more fully interoperable and; calls for information about seas and oceans to be supplied to the public;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the EMODnet project to explicitly include the survey of data relating to cumulative impacts, marine litter, marine noise and dissolvable endocrine disruptors in its human impact section;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that investment in the blue economy should be focused on ‘'eco- innovation’' that is not relying on finite resources, resource efficiency, the circular economy, nature conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and sustainable use of resources (ensuring that their rates of use do not, in the long term, exceed their natural regeneration rates); urges the Commission to incorporate these principles into present and future support programmes;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to support the efforts of Member States to promote smart specialisation strategies with a view to creating and exploiting value chains linked to the many and varied blue economy activities; considers that the development of clusters or ‘'hyperclusters’' implies that Member States must play an active role in fostering synergies between sectors;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
Advocates the application of an integrated approach to all sectors of the Blue Economy based on an Ecosystem-based approach to human activities, which implies an understanding of the relationships between human society and the ecosystems that support it, including their carrying capacity and the concept of cumulative impacts, and how this can inform management decisions; (This paragraph is meant to be the first paragraph under the sub heading)
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that the sustainable development of European aquaculture requires stronger support for scientific research and technological development related to the breeding of new species, especially indigenous species, in order to enable production and the supply of foodstuffs to be diversified and their quality enhanced while raisensuring sustainable sourcing of feed, avoiding escapes by adopting technical standards, minimising biodiversity impacts and by reducing the impact of chemicals and medicine use; Calls for stronger support for scientific research and technological development related to the effects of aquaculture on wider ecosystems, including the development of measurable targets and indicators; Underlines the importance of early and effective public participation and redirection of public funding and trade towards environmentally responsible aquaculture; Advocates to integrate environmental - and wider sustainability criteria - in production standards and labelling, the level of environmental safety; o reward responsible producers and to better inform consumer choices as this sector expands ;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that, for reasons to do with energy consumption, merchant shipping, compared with other ways of carrying goods, is increasingly assuming decisive importance; calls for resources to be channelled in order to support innovation and regulatory action in this sector with a view to improving energy efficiency, diversifying primary energy sources, and reducing noxious emissions; applying renewable fuels and energy sources (e.g. wind) , proper cross- enforcement of European legislation on ship source pollution and reducing noxious emissions, including black carbon, according the Clean Ship Concept 1 b ; __________________ 1bCommunication from the Commission - An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union {COM(2007) 574 final)} {SEC(2007) 1278}
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that studies on coastal erosion andecosystem resilience and restoration as well as natural based solutions such as Green Infrastructures 1 c to prevent coastal erosion and - as a last resort for remediation - maritime works to protect the coastline are a key blue economy sectorareas that isare becoming more important in the light of climate change; calls for greater EU support for this sector;ese areas; __________________ 1cGreen Infrastructure (GI) (COM(2013) 249 final)
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that energy from the seas and oceans, be it in the form of fossil fuels and above all in the form of renewables, has great potential from the point of view of utilising sustainable domestic resources and diversifying energy source, meeting our climate and energy targets and diversifying energy sources; underlines that this emerging sector is in need of focussed innovation and demonstration financing programmes beyond ongoing projects; stresses that prospection for, and the exploitation of, these resources has to include data research on waves, currents and salinity and allow for technology transfer requirements, especially as regards the training of skilled and highly qualified workers, as well as meeting stringent environmental sustainability criteria; draws attention to the potential multiplier effect of these activities in terms of jobs and related activities, both upstream and downstream;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Underlines that there is a lack of a complete legal framework in the area for both marine mineral resources (lack of exploitation regulation) and marine biological resources (lack of any legal framework), together with significant knowledge gaps on the environmental impacts on marine ecosystems from deep- sea mining as well as bioprospecting; advocates that any activities in these sectors, weather in the exclusive economic zones of Member States or by European companies in international waters, have to be in line with existing European legislations to protect the marine environment, including the relevant Directives on environmental Impact Assessment, Birds and Habitat or public participation and transparency;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that prospection and mining on the continental shelf require uninterrupted State involvement, especially as regards information, environmental impact assessment, analysing and minimising risks, and the exercise of sovereignty; points to the potential offered by these activities for embedding scientific knowledge and development and technology transfer; points to the challenges entailed in extracting minerals dissolved in sea water;the identification of areas off limits from mining, environmental impact assessment and the application of other EU environmental acquis, analysing and minimising risks, and the exercise of sovereignty; points to the European Parliament Scientific Bodies' recommended policy options 1 d in the relevant sector, notably to promote the reuse and recycling of minerals as preferred option to deep sea mining and the potential offered by these activities for embedding scientific knowledge and development and technology transfer; __________________ 1dTechnology options for deep-seabed exploitation - Tackling economic: STOA Options Brief 03-2015
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Advocates a coordinated and strong EU involvement in the International Seabed Authority to ensure an effective and precautionary environmental regulatory framework to prevent adverse impacts of deep-sea mining exploration and exploitation, including Areas of Particular Environmental Interest (APEIs), as well as societal impacts of deep-sea mining and bioprospecting on local communities and to guarantee full data transparency;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Strongly supports the EC initiative included in its Communication to promote a Skills Alliance and a Knowledge Innovation Center on Blue economy