24 Amendments of Linnéa ENGSTRÖM related to 2014/0285(COD)
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The United Nations Convention of 10 December 1982 on the Law of the Sea16, to which the Union is a contracting party, provides for conservation obligations, including the maintaining or restoring populations of harvested species at levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield, as qualified by relevant environmental and economic factors. __________________ 16 OJ L 179, 23.6.1998, p. 3
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) It is appropriate to establish a multi- species fisheries plan taking into account the dynamics between the stocks of cod, herring and sprat, and also considering the by-catch species of the fisheries for these stocks, namely the Baltic stocks of plaice, brill, flounder and turbot. The objective of this plan should be to aim at achieving and maintaining maximum sustainable yields for the stocks concernedrestore and maintain stocks of harvested species above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield. It should also allow for measures to reduce incidental catches of seabirds and marine mammals.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The exploitation of cod and pelagic stocks should not jeopardise the sustainability of the stocks taken as by- catches in these fisheries, namely the Baltic stocks of plaice, brill, flounder and turbot. Therefore, the plan should also aim at ensuring the conservation of these by-catch stocks above biomass levels corresponding to precautionary approachlevels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Regulation 1380/2015 further aims to gradually eliminate discards, taking into account the best scientific advice, by avoiding and reducing unwanted catches, which can be achieved by improving the selectivity of fishing gears and practices.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) These targets should therefore be established and expressed in terms of fishing mortality rates that would restore and maintain stocks above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield, based on scientific advice19. __________________ 19 ICES technical services, September 2014 http://www.ices.dk/sites/pub/Publication% 20Reports/Advice/2014/Special%20Reque sts/EU_Fmsy_range_for_Baltic_cod_and_ pelagic_stocks.pdf
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It is necessary to establish conservation reference points to allow for additional precaution when a stock size is reduced to certain critical level posing serious risk. Such conservation reference points should be determined at levels of minimum spawning biomass of a stock that is consistent with full reproductive capacity. Remedial measures should be envisaged in caseorder to prevent the stock size fallsrom falling below minimum spawning biomass.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The plan shall aim at contributing tofollow the precautionary approach and aim to achieve the objectives of the common fisheries policy listed in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, and in particular:
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) achievrestoring and maintaining maximum sustainable yield for the stocks concernepopulations of the stocks concerned above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield, and
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ensuring the conservation of the stocks of plaice, brill, flounder and turbot in line with the precautionary approachabove levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The plan shall aim at gradually eliminating discards, taking into account the best available scientific advice, by avoiding and reducing unwanted catches, as well as by contributing to the implementation of the landing obligation established in Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 for the stocks concerned and for plaice.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The plan shall implement the ecosystem-based approach by aiming to achieving good environmental status by 2020, as required in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1380/2013 and Directive 2008/56/EC, in particular Article 1(1) therein.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The target fishing morIn order to achieve the objectives establity shall be reached by 2015 and maintained onwards for the stocks concerned withinshed in Article 3 above, the fishing mortality for the stocks concerned shall, by 2015, be in the range of between zero and the following rangvalues: Stock Target fishing Western Baltic 0.23-0.29 cod Eastern Baltic 0.41-0.51 cod Central Baltic 0.23-0.29 herring Gulf of Riga 0.32-0.39 herring Bothnian Sea 0.13-0.17 herring Bothnian Bay Not defined herring Western Baltic 0.25-0.31 herring Baltic Sprat 0.26-0.32 mortality range mortality range Western Baltic up to 0.8 times cod value of F-MSY Eastern Baltic up to 0.8 times cod value of F-MSY Central Baltic up to 0.8 times herring value of F-MSY Gulf of Riga up to 0.8 times herring value of F-MSY Bothnian Sea up to 0.8 times herring value of F-MSY Bothnian Bay up to 0.8 times herring value of F-MSY Western Baltic up to 0.8 times herring value of F-MSY Baltic Sprat up to 0.8 times value of F-MSY ( Note - numbers in table to be filled in according to values provided by ICES report "EU request to ICES to provide F-MSY ranges for selected North Sea and Baltic stocks" in March 2015)
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. In accordance with Article 16(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, fishing opportunities shall comply with the targets set out in paragraph 1. In particular, they shall ensure that there is less than a 5% probability of exceeding the mortality rate corresponding to F-MSY
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Article 5 – title
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. When the spawning biomass of any of the stocks concerned for a certain year is below the minimum spawning biomass levels set out in paragraph 1, appropriate remedial measures shall be adopted to ensure rapidthe return, as soon as possible, of the stock concerned to precautionary levlevels above those capable of producing maximum sustainable yielsd. In particular, by way of derogation from Article 4(2) of this Regulation and in accordance with Article 16(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 fishing opportunities shall be set at levels lower than those resulting in target fishing mortality ranges laid down in Article 4(1). These remedial measures may also include, as appropriate, the submission of legislative proposals by the Commission and emergency measures adopted by the Commission under Article 12 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When the biomass of any of the stocks concerned for a certain year falls below the levels set out in the table below, appropriate measures shall be taken to halt targeted fishing for the relevant stock. Stock Limit biomass level (in tonnes) Western Baltic 26 000 cod Eastern Baltic 63 000 cod Central Baltic 430 000 herring Gulf of Riga Not defined herring Bothnian Sea Not defined herring Bothnian Bay Not defined herring Western Baltic 90 000 herring Baltic sprat 410 000
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter IV – title
Chapter IV – title
Specific conservation measures for plaice, flounder, turbot and brill and other incidental catches
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Measures in case of threat to plaice, flounder, turbot and brill and other incidental catches
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. When scientific advice states that the conservation of any of the Baltic stocks of plaice, flounder, turbot or brill, brill, seabirds or marine mammals is under threat, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 on specific conservation measures concerning the stock under threat and regarding any of the following:
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – subpoint 5 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b – subpoint 5 a (new)
(5a) other characteristics linked to selectivity.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall aim at achieving the objective set out in Article 3(1)(b) and be based on the best available scientific advice.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Article 7
By way of derogation from Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 the landing obligation shall not apply to the stocks concerned and plaicecod when fishing with the following gears: trapnets, pots and creels.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 onwith the aim of achieving good environmental status in the Baltic Sea and, in particular, of ensuring that the conditions described in Descriptors 1, 3, 4 and 6 of Commission Decision 2010/477/EC are fulfilled. Such delegated acts may include, inter alia, the following technical measures:
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall aim at achieving the objectives set out in Article 3 and in particular the protection of juveniles orand spawning fish and minimizing the incidental capture of seabirds and marine mammals.