13 Amendments of Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ related to 2016/0074(COD)
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Certain destructive fishing gears or methods which use explosives, poisons, stupefying substances, electric current, pneumatic hammers or other percussive instruments; towed devices and grabs for harvesting red coral or other type of corals and coral-like species and certain spear- guns are and should be prohibited except in the specific case of the electric pulse trawl which may be used under certain strict conditions.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The practisces of highgrading and slipping should be prohibited except. Slipping may only be permitted in cases where exemptions are introduced under the landing obligation and only if data collection requirements are introduced alongside to the exemptions.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The creation of real-time closures in conjunction with moving-on provisions as an additional measure for the protection of juveniles or spawning aggregations or sensitive species should be allowed as an option to be developed under joint recommendations. The conditions for the establishment and lifting of such areas as well as the control and monitoring arrangements should be defined in the relevant joint recommendations.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to update the list of fish and shellfish for which directed fishing is prohibited; to update the list of sensitive areas where fishing should be restricted; to adopt technical measures as part of multiannual plans; and to adopt technical measures as part of temporary discard plans. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and based on STECF assessment. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) ensure that the environmental impacts of fishing on marine habitats are minimised and where possible eliminated such that they do not represent a threat to the conservation status of those habitats;
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 42
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point 42
(42) 'high grading' means the practice, of discarding low priced fish that are subject to catch limits, even though they couldght to have been legally landed, so as to maximise the total economic or monetary value of the fish brought back to harbour.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. PWithout prejudice to paragraph 1, shall notlipping may apply to catches of species which are exempted from the application of the landing obligation in accordance with Article 15(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6
Article 19 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission mayshall require the STECF to assess the joint recommendations referred to in paragraph 5.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. The adoption of the technical measures, pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2, shall be conditional upon a positive assessment by the STECF
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Amendments to the closed or restricted areas listed in Part C of Annexes V to VIII and X and Part B of Annex XI shall only take place when scientific assessments required in line with Article 19(6) give a positive assessment to the amendments proposed.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
When Member States submit joint recommendations in accordance with Article 19 to allow for the creation of real- time closures and moving on provisions with the aim of ensuring the protection of aggregations of juveniles or spawning fish or shellfish species or sensitive species, they shall include the following elements:
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. The use of innovative fishing gears shall notonly be permitted wheren those assessments are finalised and indicate that their use will not lead to negative impacts on sensitive habitats and non-target species.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph a
Article 28 – paragraph a
(a) transpose into Union law certainthe technical measures agreed by the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC), including lists of vulnerable marine ecosystems and specific technical measures related to fisheries for blue ling and redfish defined in NEAFC Recommendations 05:2013, 19:2014, 01:2015, 02:2015; and