Activities of France JAMET related to 2021/2169(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the CFP must ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities are environmentally sustainable in the long term and are managed in a way that is consistent with the objectives of achieving economic, social and employment benefits, and of contributing to the availability of food supplies with a view to ensuring that Member States have the necessary strategic independence;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that, since 2014, the implementation of the CFP has primarily focused on the environmental aspect of this policy, as a prerequisite to and at the expense of socioeconomic and food security considerations; considers that the resulting negative impacts on the fishing sector have been exacerbated since Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, and that these negative impacts co, in the context of the recent inue to increase and have become unsustainable due to recent international geopolitical developmentsternational geopolitical developments that have doubled the price of fisheries fuel, these impacts have become unsustainable;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that seafood has a generally lower carbon footprint than land- based food and does not require any chemical fertilisers or pesticides, which indicates the strategic value of seafood in the context of the European Green Deala sustainable agri-food policy;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the strategic role of fishers in the food value chain and in food security; calls on the Member States to run public information campaigns to restore the image of fishers, often maligned by certain environmental NGOs, highlighting their role as guardians of the sea and defenders of our strategic independence;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that fisheries is the sector most affected by the many other uses of, and activities taking place on, the seas, such as maritime transport and tourism, urban and coastal development, the exploitation of raw materials and energy sources, and sea-floor mining, as well as being affected by environmental issues such as marine pollution and climate change;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines that the relative stability, established four decades ago, is widely accepted as an essential instrument to provide long-term predictability and continuity in sharing fish stocks between countries; stresses, however, that the gap between national quota allocations and the actual interests of Member States’ fishing fleets has significantly increased over time and has been further exacerbated by Brexit; stresses also that climate change hasand land- based pollution have a considerable impact on the distribution of fish stocks;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to propose adapting the structural policy and making it easier for industry professionals to access the EMFAF in order to facilitate the decarbonisation of the fishing industry and to improve safety and working conditions, notably by fully utilising the available gross tonnage within national capacity ceilings and excluding the ‘social and safety’ related tonnage from the calculation of the fishing capacity;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. EU strategies and fisheries (a) Stresses the need for greater integration of the CFP into Community strategies in order to avoid conflicting or non-synergistic measures; (b) Highlights and shares the fears of operators in the fisheries sector over the significant reductions in fishing areas imposed, not without inconsistencies, by the Nature Restoration and Biodiversity 2030 strategies; (c) Draws attention to the objectives of the Integrated Maritime Policy and the ensuing need to strike a better balance between the various economic activities relating to the blue economy, particularly as regards maritime spatial plans;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Considers that imported seafood products must be subject to high environmental and social standards, similar to that are as strict as those applied in the EU;
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Firmly emphasises the need for scientific research to focus more on the interactions between environmental changes due to climate change and fisheries resources, so as to prevent the depletion of stocks being attributed solely to the fisheries sector;