Activities of Sylvie GODDYN related to 2017/2118(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION ‘Towards a sustainable and competitive European aquaculture sector: current status and future challenges’
Amendments (27)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that, as the development of aquaculture in the outermost regions is lagging behind, those regions must be specifically assessed and catered for;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that the weakness of European aquaculture is reflected in large-scale imports and a widening external-trade gap;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the stagnation of European aquaculture is reflected in large-scale imports, which are exacerbating the Member States' external deficit;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses that the health quality of imported aquaculture products is not guaranteed and that, in many instances, they contain antibiotic residues;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the development of aquaculture in the outermost regions (ORs) is lagging behind and therefore requires special measures, in accordance with Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which recognises the special status of these regions;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls for preference to be given to European native and endemic species in connection with the development of aquaculture, in particular because they will not upset ecosystem balance;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that the use of different international experience and the promotion of European best practices would strengthen aquaculture and would help all Member States to increase sustainable aquaculture production and that, in this connection, insect meals are a good substitute for safeguarding fish stocks, which, in many instances, are undermined by industrial fishing for catches to be used as feed within aquaculture;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the way to a sustainable and competitive European aquaculture sector is through determining the carrying capacity of the environment, and addressing excrement treatment at aqua farms and anti-parasite action, in particular in open marine farming, which is the main precondition for allocation of space and the provision of licences or permits;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that investments are necessary in order to use the enormous potential of the aquaculture sector, and calls therefore for an increase in funding forplus support for carrying out projects in order to promote research, innovation and - first and foremost - quality- orientated, sustainable production projects.
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that the development of aquaculture in the outermost regions is likely to reduce unemployment, which is high there;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Takes the view that it necessary to provide financial support for hatcheries in the outermost regions, otherwise there is a risk that they will founder and that the economic momentum needed for a European aquaculture sector to emerge will be curbed;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas additionally, there is not always coherence among EU trade, social and environmental policies: for example, the EU grants Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP and GSP+) status to vulnerable developing countries, aiming at allowing them to pay fewer or no duties on exports to the EU, giving them vital access to the EU market and contributing to their growth; whereas, at the same time, some of these countries, for example some Asian countries, produce farmed fish with lowout complying with environmental and social standards;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas imported aquaculture products often contain residues of antibiotics, pesticides and even heavy metals;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas sustainable aquaculture is based on rearing healthy animals, and for this it is essential to have the specific veterinary tools, especially vaccines to ensure animal health and welfaredevelop innovative veterinary tools in order to reduce and then end the use of antibiotics and medicines for farmed animals;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas the image that European society and consumers have of aquaculture can also be attributed to the displacement of traditional fishmongers by large-scale retailers; whereas, in particular, traditional fishmongers offer consumers more detailed information;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital V a (new)
Recital V a (new)
Va. whereas the farming of native or endemic species should be given preference in order to reduce the environmental impact and make aquaculture more sustainable;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital V b (new)
Recital V b (new)
Vb. whereas the use of fishmeal in aquaculture raises the issue of industrial fishing, which sometimes reduces fish stocks substantially; whereas, therefore, fishmeal must quickly be replaced by alternative food, such as insect meal;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to boost the development of and innovation in EU aquaculture, to improve the competitiveness of the sector, to foster economic activity and diversification, to increase the sector’s contribution to food and nutrition security for EU citizens, and to improve the quality of life in coastal and inland areas and in the outermost regions (ORs);
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission communication ‘Strategic Guidelines for the sustainable development of EU aquaculture’ and its identification of the areas where efforts need to focus in order to unlock the potential of EU aquaculture so that it can contribute to the objective of filling the gap between consumption and production of seafood in the EU in a way that is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that the development of sustainable and adapted aquaculture in the outermost regions (ORs) would be likely to reduce the sometimes high unemployment in those regions; stresses, also, the urgent need to support hatcheries in the outermost regions as they are essential to developing aquaculture businesses;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – introductory part
Paragraph 10 – introductory part
10. Stresses that the sustainable growth of aquaculture needs to be based on business certainty, which can be created throughrequires:
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses that Member States, as well as being able to refuse imports which do not comply with EU environmental and health standards, should also be able to lay down stricter standards, provided they are applied in the same way, i.e. without discrimination, to their own producers;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward proposals for European aquaculture products to be treated preferentially in the award of public contracts, in particular in the area of mass catering and especially in school meals;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stresses in particular the need to provide consumers with full information about the origin of aquaculture products, whether imported or produced in the EU;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses that to be genuinely sustainable aquaculture must adopt practices that make it possible to reduce the use of antibiotics and medicines for farmed animals;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Stresses that the EMFF should be better tailored to the needs of the outermost regions (ORs) in order to give a boost to the development of aquaculture in these regions;