45 Amendments of Linnéa ENGSTRÖM related to 2017/2055(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the importance of the Joint Communication entitled ‘International ocean governance: an agenda for the future of our oceans’ (SWD(2016)0352), but stresses its generic terms, suitable only for describing general guidelines; regrets the lack of attention to thewhich recognizes that the current framework for ocean governance is not effective enough, while encourages more concrete actions neebe recommended to accomplish the Sustatedinable Development goals;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges that Blue economy is steered towards rebuilding resilience of coastal communities to restore the productive potential of fisheries, in order to support food security, poverty alleviation and sustainable management of living aquatic resources; recalls that before any activities of the Blue economy sectors are implemented an impact assessment and a full information and participation process of all stakeholders must be guaranteed; insists that Blue economy must contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal number 14 on conservation and sustainable use of oceans and marine resources;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
- having regard to the ongoing preparatory process fordocument adopted at the UN Ocean Conference to be held from 5-on 9 June 2017 in New York entitled "Our ocean, Our future, Call for Action",
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the fisheries sector has tremendous importance as one of the main traditional human activities carried out in the marine environment, making it an essential element of the Integrated Maritime Policy; points out that fisheries is the sector most affected by the many other uses and activities taking place on the seas, such as maritime transport and tourism, urban and coastal development and the exploitations of renewable energies,energies, deep-sea mining as well as by environmental problems such as marine pollution and climate change;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Expresses concerns about the fact that, following a recent European Parliament study 1a whereas Blue Economy could have a positive socio- economic impact (employment, revenues, Gross Value Added) the environmental impacts are generally negative, in terms of alterations of coastal dynamics, marine pollution, eutrophication, seabed morphology, habitats/ecosystems/biodiversity alterations; there is concern that the cumulative burden of environmental effects would be detrimental to fisheries; _________________ 1aKim Stobberup, María Dolores Garza Gil, Aude Stirnemann-Relot, Arthur Rigaud, Nicolò Franceschelli, Roland Blomeyer, April 2017, Research for PECH Committee – Small-scale Fisheries and "Blue Growth" in the EU, European Parliament, Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies, Brussels
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
- having regard to Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive),
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the Common Fisheries Policy shall ensure that fishing mortality rates are set at levels that should allow fish stocks to recover and maintain above levels that are capable of producing the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) in order to protect marine resources;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of increasing and optimising the percentage of marine protected areas in the light of scientific advice and conservation objectives in order to conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development goal 14.5;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the EU to promote and protect women in fisheries activities and fish-related industries, including by supporting local processing industries; by stimulating fair price for processed fish products and by ensuring better access to public support and financial resources by women in fisheries, including in its negotiations with third countries over the use of sector support in SFPAs, and in its programming of developing aid instruments and in different international fora;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the EU, in line with the CFP, to minimise the impacts of aquaculture on the environment by ensuring sustainable sourcing of feed and promote research to focus on the reduction of the pressure on wild fish stocks used for feed production;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas current pressures on the marine environment include damage to habitats and ecosystems, invasive species, pollution and nutrient enrichment, as well asmaritime traffic, as well as exploitation of raw materials and high exploitation rates of marine species and acidification induced by climate change;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the EU regulation to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has made advancements, but that implementation should be improved in order to ensure that no illegal fish enter the EU marketcalls on the EU to continue its international efforts for other market states to also take measures to close markets to IUU-caught fish;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Urges that all States become parties to relevant fisheries instruments, the FAO Compliance Agreement, the United Nations Agreement on Straddling Fish stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks and the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (PSMA) in particular, as well as to fully implement their provisions and those of the different FAO International Plans of action;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Suggests that Member States and third counties should be more consistent and effective in checks on catch documentation (catch certificates) and consignments, with a view to ensuring that the fish have been caught legally; encourages States to take measures to ensure better coordination between the fight against IUU fishing, and trade and market policy; stresses that the EU should promote and support, in all international spheres, the necessary action to eradicate IUU fishing;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that the Fisheries Transparency Initiative has recently adopted its global standard; encourages States to apply as Candidates to FITI; calls for the EU and its Member States to support this initiative;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the trans-boundary nature of the ocean means that activities and the pressures that they cause necessitate collaborative work between governments across marine regions as well as across the land-sea interface in order to ensure the sustainability of shared resources; whereas the multiplicity and complexity of ocean governance measures therefore calls for a broad range of interdisciplinary expertise as well as regional and international cross- sectorial cooperation;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for greater cooperation among Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) and urges their Contracting Parties to ensure that they are sufficiently resourced and strengthened;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on RFMOs to: – continue to conduct regularly independent performance reviews as well as to fully implement the recommendations from such performance reviews; – fully implement the recommendations from the 2nd Resumed Review Conference of the United Nations Agreement on Straddling Fish stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks; – harmonise measures, monitoring, control, surveillance and enforcement measures in particular, including agreeing on deterrent penalties and sanctions;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the EU to promote that allocation of fisheries resources must take into account the environmental and social impact, food security needs and developing countries aspiration to develop their own fisheries while at the same time ensuring a sustainable level of fishing that do not lead to excess of fishing capacity in line with the targets of Sustainable Development Goal number14;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the essential role of oceans for supporting life on earth, sustainable development, employment and innovation; shares the growing concern about the need for bettera more effective and integrated governance and protection of the oceans;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, in order to implement the actions listed in the Joint Communication successfully, the Commission ought to have set clear deadlines, put forward legislative proposals, where appropriate, and set up mechanisms to support coordination at EU levels well as on-going monitoring and evaluation at EU level; highlights the Treaty provisions on precautionary and polluter-pays principles and insists on the ecosystem-based approach in all EU actions on Ocean Governance;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that the European Union has a comprehensive assemblage of legislation and management tools focused on distinct elements of ocean governance, however, EU regional seas remain in a critical state with over exploitation of resources, organic and inorganic pollutants impacting ocean health and productivity, biodiversity loss, degraded habitats, invasive species, declining coastal communities, and conflict between marine sectors;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that improvensuring transparency, including access to information and the legitimacy of UN organisation, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters as required under Aarhus Convention and the legitimacy of UN organisations, including public accountability of country representatives at international bodies, such as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the International Seabed Authority (ISA) is a matter of priority in addressing existing governance shortcomings; calls on Member States and the Commission to work through the ISA to ensure transparency in its working methods and effective capacity to assess environmental impacts and ensure the effective protection of the marine environment from harmful effects and for the protection and preservation of the marine environment as required under Part XI and XII of the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need for a specific and tangible action plan on the EU’s engagement in the Arctic, in which the aim of preserving the Arctic’s vulnerable ecosystems as well as increasing their capacity for resilience to the effects of climate change should be the starting point;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that the precautionary principle must be applied to the emerging sector of deep sea mining, and that given the warnings of science about significant and potentially irreversible environmental harm, the EU should not support the development of this industry but invest instead in sustainable alternatives, i.e. a transition to sustainable consumption and production, as called for in SDG 12 under Agenda 2030;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Urges Member States to refrain from sponsoring deep-sea mining exploration licenses in Area Beyond National Jurisdiction and to not issue permits for deep-sea mining on their continental shelf until a full assessment of the potential environmental impacts is conducted and made public and the assessment demonstrates that deep-sea mining will not negatively impact the marine environment;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that creating a sustainable maritime economy and reducing pressures on the marine environment require action on climate change, sustainable agriculture, marine pollution and eutrophication, on the preservation, conservation and restoration of marine ecosystems and biodiversity, and on the sustainable use of marine resources;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Expresses concerns that while the Blue economy could have a positive socio- economic impact, its environmental impacts are generally negative; insists that actions classified under the Blue Economy must be subject to environmental impact assessments with full disclosure of all information to stakeholders and the public; stresses that such projects should not be allowed to proceed if their environmental impacts are negative until such time as these negative impacts can be eliminated;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Believes that investment in the blue economy should not rely on finite resources but be focused on 'eco- innovation' and not exceeding natural regeneration rates, on nature conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Member States to make further efforts for the timely implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in order to achieve good environmental status for marine waters for 2020, with a particular commitment to avoiding harm to the coastal and marine environment from all marine pollution including nutrient pollution, marine litter, as well as to removing harmful subsidies which encourage unsustainable fishing and strengthening the global fight against marine litter and plastic;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges the Commission to strongly integrate ocean governance issues in its aid and development policies;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Highlights the importance of women in the seafood industry which according to FAO represent half of the total working population; calls on the EU to promote and protect women in fisheries activities and fish-related industries by stimulating fair prices for fisheries products and by promoting that women active in fisheries are given better access to public support and financial resources, including in negotiations with third countries over the use of sector support in Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) and in its programming of developing aid instruments and in different international fora;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Reiterates the need for well- thought-out product policy that increases products' expected lifetime, durability, reusability and recyclability as stressed in European Parliament resolution of 9 July 2015 on resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy (2014/2208(INI)); and further emphasises that this must urgently be applied to disposable plastic products and packaging in the upcoming Plastic Strategy, in light of the environmental damage caused by these items as marine litter;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Requests the Commission to propose new legislation to address microplastic pollution in all its forms, but specifically by banning microplastic ingredients in all personal care products, and by ensuring that all businesses that handle plastic production pellets implement proper protocols for minimising pellet leakage;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges the Commission to reduce marine litter from shipping by promoting 100% no special fee cost recovery systems for garbage in all European ports in the revision of the Directive 2000/59/EC, as has already been adopted in the Baltic area as a method to incentivise waste delivery;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Reiterates that in order to protect marine resources and avoid overexploitation the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) shall ensure that fishing mortality rates are set at levels allowing fish stocks to recover and to remain above levels capable of producing the maximum sustainable yield;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in its action programme on Ocean Governance; encourages it to continue the fight against IUU fishing in all RFMOs and other relevant fora; considers that EU-flagged vessels that are engaged in IUU fishing should be publicly listed, as provided for under the IUU Regulation; urges the EU to pressure other market States to take action to prevent IUU-caught fish from entering their markets;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Recalls that since January 2016, to improve vessel identification as a tool in the fight against IUU fishing, International Maritime Organisation (IMO) numbers have been required for all EU vessels of more than 24 metres in length overall (LOA) or 100 gross tonnage and above, fishing in EU waters, and for all EU vessels of more than 15 metres LOA fishing outside of European waters; encourages the EU to introduce an IMO number requirement for non-EU vessels in line with those that exist for EU vessels (more than 15 metres LOA), which is reported on an importing catch certificate, to ensure an even playing field and assist Member States with import controls;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Stresses the need to integrate at- sea labour and human rights considerations within global oceans governance; calls on the Commission to undertake targeted efforts to promote decent work in global fisheries in recognition of the connection between labour and human rights abuses and unsustainable, destructive fishing practices, in particular IUU fishing; calls on the Commission to take measures to prevent seafood products caught using workers that have been trafficked or subject to other labour and human rights abuses from reaching markets in the EU and to work with industry to encourage the use of due diligence mechanisms for them to screen such seafood from their supply chains; and calls on Member States to transpose into national law and implement the ILO Work in Fishing Convention C188;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls upon the EU and its Member States to commit to invest in social capital to ensure better stewardship of ocean and coastal resources. In particular, strongly encourages the involvement of women and youth in ocean literacy programmes and in ocean stakeholder consultations;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to step up their efforts to implement a holistic approach to thensure the ecological coherence and connectivity of networks of Marine Protected Areas and their effective design, management and evaluation of Marine Protected Areas, in order to reach their full potential for protecting marine biodiversity; calls on the Member States to increase the number of designated Marine Protected Areas;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses the need for urgent global action to mitigate the adverse impacts of rising atmospheric carbon on ocean ecosystems and health, particularly within the Paris Agreement adopted under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; points out that these adverse impacts include rising ocean temperatures, coastal and ocean acidification, sea-level rise, changes in ocean circulation, coastal erosion and extreme weather events, decreasing polar ice coverage, salinity changes, nutrient availability, deoxygenation and may be cumulative in nature; stresses the importance of well-functioning ecosystems to enhance ocean resilience; reiterates the urgency to address these impacts that impair the crucial role of the ocean as a climate regulator, carbon sink, source of biodiversity, a key provider of nutrition, livelihoods, energy and ecosystem services;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Encourages greater resources dedicated to increasing marine knowledge and understanding of the ocean with particular regard to marine scientific research, collection of new data, knowledge and data sharing platforms and to promote policy development and decision-making based upon the best available scientific evidence; reiterates the importance of the precautionary approach where adequate scientific evidence is unavailable;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Points out that renewable energy from the seas and oceans has significant potential for meeting climate and energy targets and diversifying energy sources; stresses further research on waves, currents and salinity is necessary as well as development of adequate environmental sustainability criteria;