Activities of Grace O'SULLIVAN related to 2023/2027(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the impact of illegal fishing on food security – the role of the European Union
Amendments (20)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Sustainable Development Goal 14 “Life Below Water: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas IUU fishing has a significant impact on marine ecosystems and on the sustainability of fish stocks;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas IUU fishing is strongly linked to incidences of forced labour, labour rights abuses and human trafficking;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas IUU fishing has a disproportionate impact on the food security and livelihoods of coastal communities in developing countries;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas transparency on beneficial ownership of companies is key to investigating and prosecuting environmental offences, notably in IUU fishing;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU wais committed to achieving Sustainable Development Goal target 14.4, which was to end IUU fishing by 2020;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas fourive third countries currently have a red card and eight have a yellow card; whereas, however, one major producer of seafood, the People’s Republic of China, has never been subject to a procedure under the IUU Regulation despite considerable evidence of its significant and growing involvement in IUU fishing;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas products resulting from illegal fishing pose a risk to the food security of European Union citizensworldwide, and developing countries in particular;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the 2022 WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies which prohibits harmful fisheries subsidies;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recognises the potential of Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) in the fight against IUU fishing; in this regard, calls for the full enforcement of SFPAs' transparency, exclusivity and non-discrimination clauses; calls on the Commission to improve these Agreements with regard to IUU fishing including requiring the publication of all foreign access agreements and details of vessels with access to partner country waters;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the recent agreement on the revision of the Fisheries Control Regulation; notes the importance of the introduction of Remote Electronic Monitoring measures in order to tackle IUU fishing in EU waters;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Commission to continue striving for the consistent application and implementation of import control procedures across the EU, including catch certificate checks, a risk- based approach and verifications, and the initiation of infringement procedures;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Urges the Commission to ensure that Member States comply with fisheries’ monitoring and control rules when it comes to their fishing fleets, in particular their external fleets;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the EU to strive for harnessing international agreements against IUU fishing, such as the FAO's Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA), and to promote measures within RFMOs aiming at, among others, improving controls, tackling flags of convenience and re-flagging, addressing transhipment and reinforcing inspections, as important tools to close IUU loopholes;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to take measures to stop the use of flags of convenience; calls for public access to information on the beneficial ownership of fishing vessels of all flags; calls on the Commission to improve its system for identifying vessels engaged in IUU fishing, as provided for in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1184, so that a vessel’s country of origin can be identified even if its flag state is unclear and so that vessels on which human rights violations have been detected are also included;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Welcomes the revised Fisheries Control Regulation, in particular provisions prohibiting Union operators, including beneficial owners, from owning, operating or managing vessels registered under the flag of countries that have been issued a red card for non- cooperation in combatting IUU fishing;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Urges Member States to establish and maintain comprehensive databases that collect and record information on beneficial owners of registered vessels;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Encourages Member states to cooperate with the relevant authorities to ensure the accuracy and accessibility of data collected on the beneficial ownership of vessels in order to facilitate policy formation and the enforcement of the revised Fisheries Control Regulation;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Member States to reinforce their control systems for preventing the import and export of illegal fishery products and to take the necessary action;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Recalls the EU Biodiversity Strategy target to protect 30% of all EU sea area by 2030 including strict protections for one third of this area; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that effective measures are in place ahead of the 2030 date in order to prevent IUU fishing in those areas as a priority;