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8 Amendments of Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA related to 2014/0138(COD)

Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety calls on the Committee on Fisheries, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a prohibition on driftnet fisheries, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 812/2004,(EC) No 2187/2005 and (EC) No 1967/2006 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 894/97.
2014/11/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The driftnet fishing is carried out by an undefinable number of small-scale multipurpose fishing vessels, the vast majority of which operating without any regular scientific and control monitoring. Due to the small scale nature of these fishing activities, which makes it easy to escape monitoring, the control and enforcement efforts have not produced the necessary results in terms of conservation of marine resources, in particular with regard to certain protected species.deleted
2014/11/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In view of the reasons stated above and in order to properly address the conservation concerns that this fishing gear continues to cause, as well as to achieve the environmental and enforcement objectives in an effective and efficient manner, while taking into account the minimal socio-economic impacts, it is necessary to introduce a full prohibition to take on board or use any kind of dra scientific report on the environmental impact of using driftnets must be drafted by 31 December 2016, accompanied ift nets in all Union waters and by all Union vesselcessary by a proposal that such nets be banned in fisheries whethere they operate within Union waters or beyond, as well as by non-Union vessels in Union watercause damage to protected and endangered species. The proposal shall also be accompanied by a socio-economic analysis of the importance to the local population of using these nets.
2014/11/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) For reasons of clarity of Union legislation, it is also necessary to delete all other provisions related to driftnets by amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/9812, Regulation (EC) No 812/2004, Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 and Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/200613, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 894/97. __________________ 12 Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1). 13 Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11).deleted
2014/11/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Vessels carrying out fisheries with small-scale driftnets may need some time to adjust to the new situation and necessitate a phasing-out period. This Regulation should therefore enter into force on 1 January 2015.deleted
2014/11/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) tTo catch any marine biological resource with driftnets whose mesh size is over 50 mm; and
2014/11/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) to keep any kind of driftnet on board of fishing vesselsdeleted
2014/11/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Reports The Commission shall, by 31 December 2016 at the latest, present a scientific report to the Council and the Parliament assessing the impact of driftnets on protected and endangered species, accompanied if necessary by a proposal to the Council and the Parliament to prohibit driftnets in fisheries where environmental damage is caused by their use. The study shall include an analysis of the socioeconomic impact of eliminating these nets.
2014/11/10
Committee: ENVI