18 Amendments of João PIMENTA LOPES related to 2021/2189(INI)
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the establishment of the new EU aquaculture assistance mechanism as an innovative tool to aid the Commission, Member States, industry and other stakeholders to develop further guidance and consolidate best practices on different relevant areas; considers that all relevant stakeholders should be involved in the creation of this mechanism, in particular all members of the Aquaculture Advisory Council, in accordance with Article 11 TEU that recognises participatory democracy as a fundamental democratic principle; calls for the creation of meaningful dialogue with civil societyrelevant stakeholders in the sector, and in the fisheries sector and the academic world;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the growth potential of the EU aquaculture sector needs to be developed in a sustainable manner, taking all three pillars of sustainability – economic, social and environmental – into consideration; points out the need to have a market-oriented sectorsector focused on meeting the needs of Member States by helping to cover their consumption needs and ensure food sovereignty, with a legal framework for attracting businesthat promotes investments and protecting the environmentenvironmental protection by using sustainable feed sources, improving aquatic health and biosecurity, reducing the burden of disease and encouraging the responsible and prudent use of antimicrobials only as strictly necessary;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the aquaculture sector capable of providing a consistent contribution to ecosystem services for society, and algae and shellfish farming especially can only contribute to decarbonising the EU economy and mitigating climate change if it helps to shorten production-consumption circuits within supply chains, which requires the productive capacity of each Member State to be developed; supports the proposed actions on climate change but highlights the need for a common methodology to measure the carbon footprint of individual aquaculture farms and requests an impact assessment for all the proposed measures;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that the implementation of the strategic guidelines should pay more attention to micro and small, small and medium- sized aquaculture enterprises and their specific needs; considers, therefore, that support for developing this subsector should be directed, as a priority, at such enterprises, which will help to ensure production diversity and counteract concentration phenomena;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Takes the view that support should be provided for developing aquaponic systems, which are closed production systems on land that combine aquaculture production with crop production, with the latter using the organic matter in the water, thereby reducing the effects of pollution caused by excess organic matter;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that freshwater aquaculture is very important in many rural regions of Europe, and provides not only high- quality food and employment but also interesting ecosystem services; calls on the Commission to generalise the use of the term ‘aquatic food’ which is a more comprehensive and inclusive expression and does not leave freshwater farmers behind;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to support green business models, such as those based on carbon sequestration, in order towhich make supply chains more sustainable; stresses, in this regard, that certain aquaculture practices, such as mussel or oyster farming, can be successful models for the future, in the context of the Emissions Trading System; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support this type of green business in the light of the strategy’s objectives;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the aquaculture sector should commit to actively applying evidence-based interventions to improve fish welfare, including maintaining water quality within welfare-relevant limits, particularly in production on land, as a way of reducing the prevalence and spread of diseases, which diminishes the need for antibiotics, and lowersto paying particular attention to feeding methods to control levels of organic matter, whether in open or closed circuits, with the aim of lowering pollution levels; highlights that the aquaculture sector should continue to improve farming methods in line with the most up-to-date scientific knowledge available in order to achieve better environmental results, resilience against climate change and the optimisation of resource use;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to continue encouraging the promotion of algae farming without neglecting the more conventional aquaculture farmed species; considers that restoring and better managing seaweedalgae populations could be an effective way, in addition to their farming algae, to comba, help to a certain extent to counteract eutrophication phenomena and remove excess carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from water;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the role of women in aquaculture value chains and urges accordingly that they be guaranteed decent working conditions and that the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value be respected; considers further that their visibility and representation in decision-making structures and processes; should be enhanced;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that aquaculture production sites planned and established in open water should not coincide or conflict with fishing zones; considers, further, that the fisheries sector and its operators and representatives should be fully involved in this process;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to acknowledge the importance of conducting EU-wide communication campaigns about the EU aquaculture sector and the importance of production with funds under direct management in line with the objectives of the strategic guidelines; calls on the Member States and the Commission to include the organisation of information and communication campaigns in all operational programmes, in line with the objectives of the strategic guidelines, on specific subsectors of the EU aquaculture sector in the EU;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to work further on levelling the playing field through the revision of international trade agreements, including updating rules for the better implementation of aquatic food labelling; considers that, in specific cases such as caviar labelling, the legal framework on information for consumers should be revised; calls on the Commission to analyse the inclusion of sustainable aquaculture sectors in the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in order to create incentives for European industries and EU trade partners toand the Member States to create incentives for decarboniseing their industries and therefore support both EU and global climate policies towardsfor implementing measures that will positively help to reduce greenhouse- gas neutralityes, particularly through a regulatory approach, and at the same time, without being discriminatory or constituting a disguised restriction on international trade;
Amendment 210 #
23. Stresses the need to improve the availability of veterinary medicines for the aquaculture sector in order to be able to comply with the proposed actions on fish health and welfare; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support scientific knowledge on fish welfare, promote best aquaculture practices on fish wellbeing and promote the creation of EU reference centres in the EU and Member States for fish welfare;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish permanent measures to regulate the number of cormorants andmitigate and control the impact of cormorants on aquaculture farms, with a view to reduceing their economic and social impact on aquacultproduction, and to guarantee the availability of support for implementing those dissuasive measures; considers that only some of Parliament’s demands have been fulfilled through the actions of the Commission, such as the guidance document for applying derogations under Article 9(1) of the Birds Directive, the CorMan Project and the EU Cormorant Platform; calls on the Commission to include the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) in Annex II, Part A of the Birds Directive, which consists of a list of species that may be hunted under national legislation;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Considers that organic aquaculture will play a key role in meeting the EU’s ambition for a carbon neutral Europecould help to reduce carbon emissions by 2050 by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to climate change mitigation, while supplying additional benefits to the environment and biodiversity;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States to include an increase in organic aquaculture among the objectives of their reviewed multi-annual national strategic plans for aquaculture; considers that the EMFAF should be used to promote sustainable aquaculture practices, such asincluding organic production, and finance income losses during the conversion period, which would level the playing field with respect to other organic farmers;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission to analyse how the rules for organic aquaculture are interpreted, implemented and monitored in each Member State; urges the Commission to publish guidelineconsiders that it would be useful to produce recommendations for the Member States, certification bodies and fish farmers, aimed at reducing heterogeneity in the implementation of the organic regulation, based on the conclusions of that analysis, without calling into question the decentralised approach to the sector’s management; highlights, however, the need for flexibility in those recommendations, bearing in mind the diversity of situations, resources, levels of development of the sector, and objectives that each country will set in its sovereign development strategy;