16 Amendments of Carmen FRAGA ESTÉVEZ related to 2011/2292(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A. whereas small-scale fishing (including, for the purposes of the new Fisheries Policy Regulation, it is necessary to define what should be understood as artisanal fishing, and some types of inshore fishing) has specific characteristics and problems that set it apart from large-scale fishingto take into account the repercussions that this type of fishing will have on funding under the new European Maritime and Fisheries Fund;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the specific characteristics of small-scale fishing are not duly taken into account around 80 % of Community fishing is carried out by vessels under 15 metres, making the proposal for CFP reform tabled by the European Commission and whereas this proposal does not offeris fleet segment the leading player in the CFP, which must give an adequate, sufficient orand necessary response to the problems currently faced bywhich, despite the successive measures made available to the Member States, continue to be faced by a large part of the small- scale fishing sector;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas management models based on transferable fishing rights or concessions could comprise real risks for the subsistence of certain sectors of inshore and artisanal fishing, as demonstrated by the experience in some countries;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the economic and social crisis in the fisheries sector is particularly affecting the fisheries sector, and whereas in this context small- scale fishing may be even more vulnerable owing to its low capitalisation;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas its structural weaknesses mean small-scale fishing is more exposed to certain types of external shock (such as the rapid increase in fuel prices)conomic shock and to rapid changes in the availability of resources than the elements of the fleet considered more competitive;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that small-scale fishing should be the subject of differentiated treatment, withthe specific characteristics of the small-scale fishing segment should not under any circumstances be used as an excuse to exclude this segment from the general framework of the CFP, although that policy should be sufficiently flexible to enable management systems and modelsto be adapted to itsthe specific characteristics and problems of artisanal fishing;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Rejects aBelieves that the starting point should be a generic definition of small-scartisanale fishing that is restrictive and detached from reality; considers that the definition of small-scale fishing should cover a range of criteria, in addition to the strict boat-size criterion, includprevents the widely varying circumstances to be found in the fisheries sector, depending on fishing grounds, the type of stocks fished and any other features specific to a given local area, from resulting, inter alia, the impact of fishing techniques on the marine ecosystem, time spent at sea and the characteristics of the economic unit exploiting the resourc non-fulfilment of the objectives of simplification, legislative clarity and non-discrimation, and that the CFP should include measures allowing a degree of flexibility in scientifically proven cases in which fishing would not be possible without certain adjustments being made to the general rules;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Proposes that, without prejudice to the provisions of the new CFP framework regulation, artisanal fishing should be defined as fishing that involves vessels, excluding those that fish with beam trawls, which: (a) have a total length equal to or less than 15 metres, and/or (b) spend less than 24 hours at sea and sell their catch fresh;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ConsiderRecognises that the imposition of a single model for all the Member States, such as the transferable fishing concessions (TFCs), does not constitute an appropriate solution, in view of the huge diversity that characterises fishing in the EUCommission’s proposal for the new CFP Framework Regulation explicitly exempts artisanal fishing from the requirement to implement the mandatory transferable fishing concessions (TFCs) model;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Draws attention to the importance of taking into account, not only the quantity of the fleet, but also its qualitycumulative impact on resources and the selectivity and sustainability of its fishing methods; considers that the future CFP should encourage the increased sustainability of the fleet in environmental, economic and social terms, by promoting the progressive prevalence of sectors and operators that use fishing techniques with less impact on resources, and that benefit the communities of which they are part in terms of generating jobs and of the quality of these jobs;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Rejects a general reduction in the capacity of a given fleet solely and obligatorily on the basis of market criteriaCalls for collaboration between the fishing fleet, the Member States and the Commission in order to identify sectors of the fleet in which there is overcapacity and the causes thereof;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Advocates the drawing up of an EU programme supporting small-scale fishing that links up existing instruments, particularly in the financial field, so asRecognises that the new EMFF has been designed to enable the coastal and artisanal fleet sectors in particular to obtain funding; recognises that, on the basis of the general framework facilitated by the EMFF, the Member States have to set their funding priorities in order to respond to the specific problems of this sector and support the local and sustainable management of the involved fisheries;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – introductory part
Paragraph 11 – introductory part
11. Calls foronsiders that the rules on implementing the future EMFF to guarantee the allocation of a minimum level of funding to small- scale fishing, so asshould make it possible to finance actions in the following areas, inter alia:
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 1
Paragraph 11 – indent 1
– renewal and modernisation of fleets with a view to making them safer, and more economically and environmentally sustainable (selection of techniques, energy efficiency, etc.);
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (COM) should increase its contribution, so as to ensure thecontribute to enabling a greater output of small-scale fishing, market stability, the improved marketing of fisheries products and the increase of their value added; expresses its concern about the possibility of abolition of the still-existing public market- regulation instruments, and calls for an ambitious reform that enhances the COM’s instruments for achieving its goals;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. AdvocaNotes the establishment and expansion ofCommission’s intention to keep the exclusion zone (currentlyat 12 nautical miles) and adjoining areas, in line with the continental shelf; considers that, in the case of the outermost regions, this area should go from 100 to 200 nautical miles, by way of derogation from the general principle of access, which for the outermost regions is expanded to 100 nautical miles; stresses that any new derogation or extension of existing derogations should be based on conclusive and exclusively scientific criteria;