Activities of Benoît BITEAU related to 2019/2159(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the challenges and opportunities for the fishing sector in the Black Sea
Amendments (17)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— Having regard to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 on life below water,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
— having regard to Directive 2008/56/EC establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy ("Marine Strategy Framework Directive"),
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the report by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) on the assessment of balance indicators for key fleet segments and review of national reports on Member States efforts to achieve balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities (STECF-20-11),
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
— having regard to the 2010 report by the European Parliament Policy Department B titled "Fisheries in the Black Sea",
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Black Sea has since the 1960s undergone dramatic environmental changes resulting from pressures such as eutrophication, introduction of invasive species and overfishing;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the environmental regime shifts in the Black Sea were triggered by the depletion of top predators in the pelagic food web and the subsequent reduction of planktivorous fish;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution acts on the mandate of the Black Sea countries (Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine) that signed and shortly thereafter ratified the Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (also referred to as "Bucharest Convention”), whereas this Convention requires all contracting parties to prevent, reduce and control pollution thereof in order to protect and preserve the marine environment of the Black Sea;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Black Sea characteristics such as its large drainage basin makes it a particularly sensitive area for marine litter pollution as well as to micro-plastic accumulation, whereas according to the report drawn as part of the EMBLAS-Plus project on the Black Sea, the Black Sea has almost twice as much waste as the Mediterranean;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the Black Sea ecosystem depends on major European rivers such as the Danube; whereas this dependency creates a close link between the ecological status of the Danube and others rivers and the one of the Black Sea, whereas these rivers transport large amounts of natural and anthropogenic debris from in-land sources; whereas both the Danube and the Black Sea are home to certain species, including the sturgeon;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights that for the Mediterranean and Black Seas, all but one of the 65 fleet segments for which the so-called Sustainable Harvest Indicator could be calculated were out of balance in 2018;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that statistics show that a large proportion of key fish stocks are being overfishedonly one stock (sprat) is considered sustainably exploited and that other key fish stocks are being overfished to the extent that some of them are close to depletion; stresses that this has been a growing trend in recent years;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for funding forat the lack of sufficient information concerning fishing activity, catch quantity, composition and its impact on the current state of the fish stocks are critical issues for the Black Sea region, underlines therefore the need for sufficient funding of the scientific bodies researching stocks both of fish species, including migratory species such as the sturgeon, and non-fish species (veined whelks, mussels, etc.), as well as linked parameters of the marine ecosystem;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that imported products have caused the limitation of traditionally prepared products and the reduction of their price until the limit of profitability, thereby jeopardising traditional fish based business models;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls for the full and urgent implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for targeted measures and adequate resources to reduce pollution throughout the basin through joint programmes and budgets; calls equally for basin-wide surveys to allow comparisons on marine litter composition and accumulation within and between countries;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls for the swift setting up of monitoring networks and programmes capable of systematically measuring the state of the environment of the Black Sea as required by the Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Emphasises that the reduction of land based pollution is crucial to reduce both eutrophication and the presence of harmful substances affecting the status of living marine ressources;