Activities of Struan STEVENSON related to 2008/0216(CNS)
Plenary speeches (1)
Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – point 24 a (new)
Article 4 – point 24 a (new)
(24a) Recreational fisheries" means non- commercial fishing activities exploiting living aquatic resources for recreation or sport;
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – point 24 b (new)
Article 4 – point 24 b (new)
(24b) "Recreational fisheries sectors" means a) “Recreational Angling” – also named “sportfishing” (rod and line fishing) – and which takes place from boat, shore or by wading out. Tournament or competition angling is a sub-segment of recreational angling. b) “Other Recreational Fishing”means fishing which takes place from boat, shore or by wading out from shore. Gears are various forms of active or passive/stationary nets, longlines and hand-held lines, traps and pots;
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – point 24 c (new)
Article 4 – point 24 c (new)
(24c) "Subsistence fisheries" means fishing for aquatic animals that contribute substantially to meeting an individual’s or family’s nutritional needs.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 1
1. The master of a fishing vessel shall record all discards above 15 kg of live weight equivalents in volume per haul of gear and shall communicate, where possible by electronic means, this information without delay to its competent authorities. The Commission will consider a scheme to fit video-monitoring equipment for the purpose of compliance with this regulation. Released fish in recreational fisheries shall not be considered as discards or mortality for the purpose of this regulation.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47
Article 47
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. Recreational fisheries on a vessel in Community waters on a stock subject to a multiannual plan shall be subject to an authorisation for that vessemay be evaluated by the Member State in whose waters they are conducted. a) Fishing mortality in recreational fisheries and subsistence fisheries shall, if necessary, be taken into account in this evaluation as part of or along with the natural mortality; b) Released fish in recreational fissued by the flag Member Stateheries shall not be counted as mortality.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2
Article 47 – paragraph 2
2. Catches inWithin two years of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, Member States may, if they consider a serious threat to conservation exists, estimate the impact of recreational fisheries con stocks subject to a multiannual plan shall be registered by the flag Member Stateducted in their waters and submit the information to the Commission. The relevant Member State and the Commission, on the basis of the advice of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, shall decide which recreational fisheries are having a significant impact on stocks. Within three years of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, that Member State, in close cooperation with the Commission, may develop a monitoring system for recreational fisheries having a significant impact that includes licences and a means of accurately estimating the total catches for each fish stock.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 3
Article 47 – paragraph 3
3. Catches of species subject to a multiannual plan by recreational fisheriesonitoring system under paragraph 2 shall be counted against the relevant quotas of the flag Member State. The Member States concerned shallmay establish a share from such quotas to be used exclusively for the purpose of recreational fisheries.