Activities of Pierre KARLESKIND related to 2019/2162(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on More fish in the seas? Measures to promote stock recovery above the maximum sustainable yield (MSY), including fish recovery areas and marine protected areas
Amendments (13)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas fishing at maximum economic yield (MEY) refers to the level of capture at which social, environmental and economic benefits for socifleetys are maximised, which improves the resilience of the sector, and at which stocks are maintained above MSY;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the Member States are responsible for collecting data and that these data are essential to assessing the health of fish stocks; points out that under Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 on the establishment of a Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector, the Commission must submit to Parliament and the Council a report on the regulation's implementation and functioning;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to continue to support plans to improve selectivity and to take into account the results of studies showing the detrimental impacts of fishing techniques such as bottom-contacting gear or fish aggregating devices (FADs) by strongly limiti, with a view to implementing an ecosystem approach to fisheries management, to establish which practices are harmful to stocks, ocean biodiversity and marine environments and to introduce measures to limit and change their usem;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the EU, following the assessment of the CFP by 2022, should go beyond current fisheries management practices and promote a transition towards low-impact fisheries in order to rebuild fish stocks and restore marine ecosystems in consultation with stakeholders, particularly the fisheries sector;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to progressively seek scientific advice on MEY, starting with the most important stocklook into whether indicators other than MSY could be used in fisheries management by carrying out, for example, test phases on some stocks in consultation with the fisheries sector; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to look at MEY and mixed fisheries indicators;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal, in its 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, to have at least 30 % of sea area in the EU protected and 10 % strictly protected;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission to set strong science-based MPA management guidelines for Member States and to establish a classification of MPAs taking into account their stage of establishment, management plans and ecosystemic benefits, drawing on existing guidelines such as the global standards of the IUCN;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises that the success of MPAs and other protected areas lies in them being accepted and embraced by fishers, coastal communities and other stakeholders; calls therefore for the inclusion of the fisheries sector, including its artisanal component, as well as other relevant stakeholders, in the design, managementgovernance and monitoring of MPAs;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that the rebuilding of fish stocks and maintaining them at a sustainable level also requires tackling othersome anthropogenic effects linked to climate change, such as oxygen depletion and acidification, as well as various sources of pollution impacting the rebuilding of fish stocks, such as nitrates, waste water, fertilisers, pesticides, toxic chemicals, pollution from industrial activity and mass tourism, residues from aquaculture, plastic and microplastic pollution, sun creams, hormones, noise pollution, oil leaks and lost or discarded fishing gear;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to consider these requests and to respond to them in its new action plan to preserve fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems, which it plans to present by 2021, in its revision of the CFP, as well as in all forthcoming legislative proposals;