21 Amendments of Anja HAZEKAMP related to 2017/2118(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 98/58/EC on the protection of animals kept for farming purposes;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation 1099/2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to Special Eurobarometer 442 on Attitudes of Europeans towards animal welfare;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
- having regard to the European Commission Report SANTE/2016/G2/009 evaluating compliance with EU legislation on fish welfare in relation to OIE Guidelines for transport and slaughter 'Welfare of farmed fish: Common practices during transport and at slaughter'
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas coastal communities across Europe voice concern about aquaculture activities due to water pollution caused by these activities;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas EU products have to comply with a series of stringent environmental, animal health, animal welfare, and consumer protection rules and standards covering production operations, feed, welfare, transport, processing and social conditions of employment; whereas the result is excellent quality and sustainable products which may be more expensive and, thus, less competitive than the imported ones, which frequently arrive on the EU market at lower than expected prices thanks to practices which are unsustainable from an environmental and social point of view, and whose production has been accompanied by poor animal welfare standards;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. Whereas the EU lacks species- specific standards for fish welfare during rearing, transport and slaughter;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
K b. Wheras the recent EU report "Welfare of farmed fish: Common practices during transport and at slaughter" showed mostly poor, incomplete or uncertain compliance with EU legislative requirements for the welfare of farmed fish during slaughter;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
K c. Whereas citizens are expressing concern and interest in matters of fish welfare and fish sentience;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AB
Recital AB
AB. whereas in aquaculture one kilogram of low value fish can be transformed into one kilogram of high value fish (as in the case of capelin to turbot, where the value increases from EUR 0.10 to EUR 7 per kilogram); but also noting that over 20 billion capelin are caught from the wild each year globally to produce fishmeal and oil to feed farmed animals including fish;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AB a (new)
Recital AB a (new)
AB a. Whereas as aquaculture expands, there can be serious environmental problems associated with aquaculture activities; practices such as the use of formaldehyde raise concerns about the impact on the environment as well as fish health and welfare and public health;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AB b (new)
Recital AB b (new)
AB b. Stresses that that the use of chemicals, antibiotics and other substances in aquaculture that pose risks to the ecosystems should be forbidden in line with the precautionary principle.
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Current fish based feed depends on fish meal and oil from catch fisheries, thus increasing the pressure on wild fish populations. The sourcing of fish based feed should be sustainably sourced and not have a negative impact on the environment.
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Expresses concern at the lack of regulatory and environmental oversight that facilities large-scale industrial aquaculture producers to not fulfil their public and environmental obligations especially in individual Member States; Stresses that full licenses should not be permitted in the absence of public consultations and environmental impact assessments; Calls for public consultations and environmental impact assessments to be mandatory in the process of all licensing.
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)
Subheading 6 a (new)
Ensuring Animal Welfare
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. The EU should develop a strategy for improving welfare of farmed fish during rearing, transport and slaughter by developing species-specific standards;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. The strategy for slaughter should include proposals to ensure processes for developing effective parameters for humane methods of killing fish in accordance with OIE and EFSA Guidelines, means of assuring that equipment used for slaughtering fish works in accordance with those parameters, and that effective humane slaughter of farmed fish is implemented, assessed, evaluated and certifies throughout the EU.
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25 c. Calls on the Commission to develop species-specific legislation in regards to the welfare of farmed fish, after a consultation process with key stakeholders, including aquaculture industry and civil society;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Calls on the Commission to encourage exploring opportunities to further develop seaweed aquaculture, a sector with ecological and economic value, with due regard for social and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Reiterates the views it has already expressed in its resolution on the adoption of a European Cormorant Management Plan, and points out that reducing the harm caused by cormorants and other birds of prey to aquaculture farms is a major factor in production costs, and thus for their survival and competitiveness; stresses that this harm is indirectly caused by people themselves by creating an unnatural environment that attracts cormorants, stresses that the welfare of these birds should be respected at all times and that only non-lethal methods of control should be considered acceptable.