Activities of Pat the Cope GALLAGHER related to 2009/2238(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Arrangements for importing fishery and aquaculture products into the EU with a view to the future reform of the CFP (debate)
Arrangements for importing fishery and aquaculture products into the EU with a view to the future reform of the CFP (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas this drop is a result of both declining fish stocks in EU waters and the measures (rightly) put in place to limit fishing and ensure sustainable management of fish stocks under the CFPboth within the EU and wherever EU fisheries are conducted by virtue of Fisheries Partnership Agreements,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Cannot, therefore, accept the idea – promoted through the commercial policy currently being pursued – that all tariff protection in the fishery and aquaculture production sector must eventually be abolished, and that European producers (fishermen, fish farmers and processors) have no other choice than to resign themselves to this situatsks the Commission to ensure that any adjustment of customs protections is linked to trading partners´ alignment with the high health, consumer protection, social as well as environmental standards upheld in the European Union;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that, like agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture are strategic sectors with multiple functions, which rely on thdepend on the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources and include extremely vulnerable segments that do not lend themselves to a purely free- trade approach based on the free play of the comparative advantages;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Sees a determined policy of supporting and developing sustainable aquaculture, with a reduced environmental impact, in the EU as one of the key aspects of a strategy to reduce dependence on fishery and aquaculture imports, stimulate economic activity in the EU and offer a more plentiful and varied supply in response to the rapidly rising demand;