13 Amendments of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2021/2188(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the critical role of small- scale and artisanal fisheries in food security and nutrition; notes the potential conflicts between fisheries and other emerging sectors of the blue economy;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to implement an integrated ecosystem-based approach to all sectors of the blue economy, including extractive industries, and to ensure that support policies do not encourage overfishing, illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, or other fishing practices that destroy ocean ecosystems and compromise the sustainability of resources; insists on the need to eliminate harmful fisheries subsidies worldwide and guarantee the environmental and social harmless of publicly subsidised distant fleets;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Considers that deterring illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing requires stronger harmonized sanctions across EU Member States;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the EU’s responsibility in global fisheries governance, which should prioritise the rights of small-scale and artisanal fishers and protect their use of and control over fishing resources; stresses that small-scale fisheries in developing countries should have priority access to fishing resources and that EU vessels should be kept away from resources and fishing areas that small-scale and artisanal fishers depend on for their livelihoods; underlines the need to involve coastal communities in fisheries management schemes and in the development of alternative income sources for fishers to effectively reduce overfishing;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that private EU investment operates in a transparent manner, does not enter in competition with coastal communities and is in line with the SDGs;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the EU’s commitment to the principle of policy coherence for development; and stresses the need to improve its contribution to the SDGs through the CFP external dimension; underlines that sustainable fisheries partnership agreements must neither undermine local food security nor threaten small-scale fisheries in non-EU countries by putting them in direct competition with EU vessels; calls for the agreements to be aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by increasing sectoral support and sustainability provisions on surpluses, discards and the precautionary approach; stresses the need to include all stakeholders in the negotiation of sustainable fisheries partnership agreements and to ensure that the needs of the communities most affected by these partnerships are taken into account;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considers that insufficient, inaccurate and non-public data makes it difficult to evaluate the contributions of the sustainable fishing partnership agreements towards the attainment of the SDGs in partner countries; calls on the EU to collect more data on catches, vessel registrations, labour conditions and on how EU funding is used in partner countries;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the production of fishmeal and fish oil contributes to overfishing in developing countries; underlines the need to enhance the value of fish products through improved fisheries management practices, eco- labelling and new technologies for product traceability; calls for mandatory due diligence measures to ensure that the whole seafood-industry supply chain is fair, fully traceable and free of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Is concerned about the numerous cases of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing by EU vessels in non- EU waters; calls on the Commission to put forward, when necessary, infringement procedures to reduce instances of non-compliance by the Member States’ external fleets;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the EU to develop a human rights-based approach towards ocean governance and the blue economy by including and empowering local communities supporting food sovereignty for local fishing communities and protecting resources for future growth;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the EU to provide developing countries with better infrastructure, technical resources and innovative technologies such as blockchain to properly manage and control fisheries activities, increase traceability of fish, help combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and curb human rights violations, including human trafficking and slavery on fishing boats;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Points out that the means to evaluate the activity of EU fleet in external waters are less comprehensive than those in the internal waters; calls on the EU to improve recordings and reporting of infringements, both within and outside the EU, and to establish a centralised socio-economic database from all EU vessels regardless of where they operate;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for the EU to act on the detrimental impacts of fishing techniques such as bottom-contacting gears, dynamite fishing, improper trawling or fish aggregating devices by limiting their use.