1 Amendments of Carlos ITURGAIZ related to 2015/2100(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses its concern about the current high level of shark by-catch as a consequence of fisheries in these waterNotes that some shark species (particularly blue shark and shortfin mako, which represent 99% of total catches) included in Annex 1 to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea are main species targeted by the EU surface long liner fleet and that the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) of ICCAT considers that they are exploited within safe biological limits; calls on the Commission to report to Parliament on the actions taken by the Joint Committee in response to the critical science- based study to be carried out as described in Article 4, paragraph 6 of the Annex to the Protocol, in order to have guarantees that this fishery is exploited in a sustainable and responsible way; stresses that, in addition, Parliament mustshould also be informed ofabout the data on shark by-catch figures, in an attempt to ensure that shark by-catch is kept to an absolute minimumbtained as regards shark stocks;