30 Amendments of Carl SCHLYTER related to 2012/0179(COD)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The Union notes in particular paragraphs 83(a) of UNGA Resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 119(a) and 120 of UNGA Resolution 64/72 calling on flag States to not authorize bottom fishing activities until these resolutions have been fully implemented, including the requirement to assess, on the basis of the best available scientific information, whether individual bottom fishing activities would have significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The capacity of vessels with deep-sea fishing permits has been limited since 2002 to the aggregate capacity of all the vessels that caught more than 10 tonnes of any mixture of deep-sea species in any of the years 1998, 1999 or 2000. The Commission evaluation concluded that this capacity ceiling had no substantial positive effect. Given the past experience and the lack of accurate data in many deep-sea fisheries, it is inadequate to manage these fisheries by means of effort limits only.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Vessels targeting deep-sea species with other bottom gear should not extend their range of operation according to their authorisation within Union waters, unless expansion can be assessed as not carrying a significant risk of negative impact on vulnerable marine ecosystems. Impact assessments carried out to that effect must conform to the requirements referred to in paragraph 47 of the 2008 FAO Guidelines for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Given the mixed nature of most deep-sea fisheries, fishing opportunities for deep-sea fishing should be established in a way that ensures the long-term conservation of the most vulnerable species caught in the fisheries involved.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Scientific advice further indicates that fishing effort limits are an appropriate instrumentGiven the lack of accurate data in most deep-sea fisheries and the mixed nature of most of them, fishing effort limits should only be used in combination with catch limits for fixing fishing opportunities for deep-sea fisheries. In view of the large variety of gears and fishing patterns present in deep-sea fisheries, and the need to develop accompanying measures tackling the environmentally weak points of the fisheries individually, fishing effort limits should only replace catch limits when it can be ensured that they arneed to be adapted to specific fisheries.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) A high number of species are caught in deep-sea fisheries, including vulnerable species of deep-sea sharks. An obligation to land all catches of fish and non-fish species should be introduced in deep-sea fisheries. Such an obligation could greatly contribute to fill the existing data gaps in these fisheries and to better understand their impact on the wide range of species caught.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Holders of a fishing authorisation allowing for the catch of deep-sea species should lose their authorisation as far as the catching of deep-sea species is concerned if they do not comply with relevant conservamanagement, conservation and data collection measures.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to ensure the sustainable management and exploitation of deep-sea specfisheries while minimising the impact of deep-sea fishing activities on the marine environment;
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) to prevent significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems and ensure the long-term conservation of deep-sea fish stocks;
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) ‘most vulnerable species’ means the deep- sea species indicathighly susceptible to depletion which shall be included in the third column ‘Most vulnerable (x)’ of the table in Annex I;. All species of deep-sea sharks shall fall under this category.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall conduct annual capacity assessments of their fleet targeting deep-sea species and transmit the results to the Commission by 30 May of each year. Capacity assessments shall include an analysis of the total fleet capacity and its impact on stocks and the wider marine ecosystem. They shall also include an analysis of the long-term profitability of the fleet. To ensure a common approach to such assessments across all Member States, assessments shall be carried out in accordance with the Commission’s guidelines for an improved analysis of the balance between fleet capacity and fishing opportunities. The assessments shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Each application for a fishing authorisation allowing for the catch of deep-sea species whether as target or by- catch species, and for its renewal shall be accompanied by a description of the area where it is intended to conduct fishing activities, the typeincluding its boundaries, the type and quantity of gears, the depth range at which the activities will be deployed, and of the individual species targeted.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
From 1 January 2015 no fishing authorisation shall be issued for deep-sea species in an area which has not been subject to a prior impact assessment in accordance with the criteria laid down in Annex IIa to this Regulation. The impact assessments should be made publicly available and reviewed by a scientific advisory body.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) Prior to granting an application Member States shall verify through the VMS record of such vessels that the information submitted following paragraph (b) is accurate. If the information provided under paragraph (b) does not match that in the VMS record the application shall not be granted.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Any fishing authorisation issued on the basis of an application made in accordance with paragraph 1 shall specify the bottom gear to be used and limit the fishing activities authorised to the area in which the intended fishing activity, as set out in paragraph 1(a), and the existing fishing activity, as set out in paragraph 1(b), overlap. However, tThe area of the intended fishing activity can be extended beyond the area of the existing fishing activity only if the Member State has assessed and documented, baconducted an impact assessment following the requirements sedt on scientific advice,ut in Annex IIa, which demonstrates that such extension would not have significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a Obligation to land all deep-sea catches All catches of fish and non-fish species made by a fishing vessel holding an authorisation to catch deep-sea species shall be brought and retained on board the fishing vessels, recorded in the logbook and landed.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Fishing opportunities shall be fixed at a rate of exploitation of the deep-sea species concerned that is consistent withensures that populations of deep-sea species are maintained or restored above levels which can produce maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Fishing opportunities set for deep-sea species shall take into account the probable composition of the catch in these fisheries and shall ensure the long-term sustainability of all harvested species.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 – section 2 – title
Chapter 3 – section 2 – title
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
Fishing opportunities by means of fishing effort limits only
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Council, acting in accordance with the Treaty, may decide to switch from the fixing offix annual fishing opportunities for deep-sea species in terms of both fishing effort limits and catch limits to the fixing of only fishing effort limits for specific fisheries.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the fishing effort levels for each deep-sea métier that shall be used as a baseline for any adjustments required in order to follow the principles set out in Article 10 shall be the fishing effort levels assessed, based on scientific information, as consistent with the cratches made by the relevant deep-sea métiers during the previous two calendar yearsof exploitation established in accordance with Article 10.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the specific deep-sea métier to which the fishing effort limit applies by reference to the regulated gear, the specietype and amount of gear allowed, the species and specific stocks targeted and the ICES zones or CECAF areas within which the allowed effort may be deployed; and
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the fishing effort unit or combination of units to be used for management.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) methods and protocols for the monitoring and reporting of effort levels during a management period.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where annual fishing effort limits have replaced catch limits in accordance with Article 11(1), Member States shall maintain or put in place, in respect of their flagged vessels the following accompanying measures:
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) measures to avoid an increase of the overall catching capacity of the vessels concerned by the effort limits established following Article 11.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) measures to avoid an increase inminimize by- catches in deep-sea fisheries, of most vulnerable species in particular; and
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall assess the effectiveness of the accompanying measures adopted by Member States upon their adoption, as well as annually thereof.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) failure to comply with the data collection requirements, including the obligation to take on board a scientific observer or to allow sampling of catches for scientific purposes as specified in Article 19 of this Regulation.