Activities of Ivo HRISTOV related to 2019/0246(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 as regards the introduction of capacity limits for Eastern Baltic cod, data collection and control measures in the Baltic Sea, and Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 as regards permanent cessation for fleets fishing for Eastern Baltic cod
Amendments (7)
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council3 commits to implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management in order to ensure that negative impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are minimised. The plan is to be coherent with Union environmental legislation, in particular with the objective of achieving good environmental status by 2020 as set out in Article 1(1) of Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council4. It is essential that the plan contributes to having a healthy stock, which is then linked to sustainable fishing. _________________ 3 Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 establishing a multiannual plan for the stocks of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 (OJ L 191, 15.7.2016, p. 1). 4Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) (OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Based on the stock assessment for Eastern Baltic cod, the Commission adopted Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/12485 , prohibiting until 31 December 2019 to fish for cod in ICES subdivisions 24 to 26. That prohibition has had a significant impact on the Eastern Baltic region, especially on the small artisanal fishing sector. _________________ 5 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1248 of 22 July 2019 establishing measures to alleviate a serious threat to the conservation of the Eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) stock (OJ L 195, 23.7.2019, p. 2)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Eastern Baltic cod is also caught by fishermen from third countries, which has an impact on the stock of the species as well.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The fishing fleets so far dependent on Eastern Baltic cod do not have the possibility to fish for other stocks as an alternative. It is estimated that offsetting the economic losses caused by the Eastern Baltic cod closure would require additional catches of around 20,000 tonnes in alternative species. However, the Council also agreed severe reductions for three consecutive years for other stocks, and notably a severe reduction of 65% for Western Baltic herring, 60% for Western Baltic cod, 32% for plaice, 27% for herring in the Gulf of Bothnia and 22% for sprat in the 2020 catch limits in the Baltic Sea.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Commission analysis shows that the fleet segments with the highest dependency on Eastern Baltic cod encompass more than 300 vessels, mainly trawlers and netters in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, and to a lesser extent, Denmark and Germany. These fleet segments are of significant socioeconomic importance, representing between roughly 20% and 50% of the respective national fleet in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, expressed in full-time equivalents. Only a minority seem resilient enough to survive a short- term – but not a medium or long-term – closure. The rest either suffer already from a poor situation that will be worsened by the closure or will see their profitability completely erode. Indeed, the quota uptake for Eastern Baltic cod has been below 60% for many years already, dropping further to 40% in 2018 and even lower in 2019 until the start of the Commission emergency measures in mid-July (19%), reflecting the biological problem with this fishery. Given that Eastern Baltic cod is not expected to recover to healthy levels even in the medium term, there will be a persistent structural imbalance for these fleet segments, thus justifying the restructuring of the fleet.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to mitigate the adverse economic effects caused by the exceptional and, persistent and negative environmental situation in the Baltic Sea and the resulting severe reductions in fishing opportunities and in view of the specific measures provided for in the Multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea, public support for the permanent cessation of fishing activities through the scrapping of fishing vessels should be available to allow Member States to meet the objectives of their action plans under Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 and reduce any identified structural imbalance in the fishing segments covered by the Baltic multiannual plan. Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly to reintroduce support for permanent cessation for the vessels that have significant dependence on Eastern Baltic cod.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In view of the bad economic situation of Union fishing vessels with a significant dependence on Eastern Baltic cod and the need to ensure the availability of support under the EMFF for permanent cessation of fishing activities of those vessels, it was considered appropriate to provide for an exception to the eight-week period referred to in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the TEU, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community with the aim of acting as quickly as possible while respecting the full democratic rights of all Union institutions,