Activities of Isabella LÖVIN related to 2011/2318(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the external dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy PDF (270 KB) DOC (182 KB)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the SFAs respect essential and fundamental elements of human rights and democratic principles as provided for in Article 9 of the Cotonou Agreement;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates the request made by the LDRAC (the Long-Distance Fleet Regional Advisory Council) that a distinction be made between the cost of access for the EU fleet (to be covered at an acceptable level by ship-owners and representing a fair share of the value of the catches) and the compensation intended to help towards development and that that aid should reflect the importance of the fisheries sector in the fight against poverty;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the SFAs concluded by the EU with developing countries are based on a true spirit of partnership under which the cost of access to fishery resources is a fair reflection of their value and developing countries’ fishery resources, ecosystems and marine biodiversity are sustainably conserved;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Takes the view that European fleets’ catches in developing countries’ waters which are provided for in the SFAs should be based on the existence of a surplus which cannot be caught by local fishing fleets and that ‘local catches’ should be understood within the meaning of Article 70 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which stipulates that they also include the catches of coastal States whose geographical situation makes them dependent upon the exploitation of the living resources of the exclusive economic zones of other States in the subregion or region;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Highlights the importance of the joint scientific groups responsible for providing scientific opinions on the state of fishing resources on the basis of the best information available and insists that those groups should have appropriate financial, technical and human resources to carry out their tasks and to work together with Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMO);
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Would like to see the SFAs improve the integration of developing countries in the world economy and encourage investment and the development of the local private sector, including small enterprises andwith a particular focus on small- scale fisheries, by supporting processing and marketing activitieing communities needs, and ensure that investments will not contribute to overfishing or to competition with local communities which depend on fisheries for their livelihoods;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to include a governance clause in future SFAs which acknowledges not only the rights of developing countries to develop their local fisheries sectors sustainably, but also the principles of good governance, transparency and the fight against corruption;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points to the importance of the joint committees for proper implementation of SFAs and calls for those committees to be open to the fishery sector actors and parliamentarians developing countries and the EU in order to improve transparency and contribute to good governance at SFA level;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to encourage third-country partners to gather and publish any relevant information, if not already available, on fishing activities carried out in their waters;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its belief in the need for coherence between the fisheries policy of the Union and its policies with respect to development and the environment; notes that such coherence requires coordination both within the Commission itself, within Member States' governments and between the Commission and the governments of the individual Member States;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to support clearly defined principles and objectives for environmentally and socially sustainable fisheries on the high seas and in waters under national jurisdiction at the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Brazil in June 2012 and to rapidly and effectively implement decisions made there;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to drive forward the global and multilateral agenda promoting sustainable fisheries worldwideand the conservation of marine biodiversity, while transforming its dialogues with key countries such as the US, Japan and China, into effective partnerships to address crucial issues such as the eradication of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, reducing both over-fishing and fleet capacity where necessary and the strengthening of high seas control and governance consistent with the principles of UNCLOS;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the EU should launch an initiative at UN level to set up a global catch documentation scheme as a key tool tofor all major fish species that enter international trade as a key tool to strengthen compliance with existing conservation and management measures and combat IUU fishing;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets, however, that EU bilateral agreements have not always fulfillachieved these potential benefits, while recognising that much improvement has been made since the previous reform;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Considers that EU bilateral agreements must respect not only Article 62 of UNCLOS regarding surplus stocks but also Articles 69 and 70 on the rights of land-locked and geographically disadvantaged States within the region, especially with respect to nutritional and socio-economic needs of local populations;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that the currently used social clause should be strengthened to include respect for International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 188, ILO Recommendation 199 on work in fishing, as well as the eight ILO Fundamental Conventions, namely: the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No 29), the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No 87), the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No 98), the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No 100), the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No 105), the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No 111), the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No 138), the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No 182);
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Insists on full compliance by Member States of the catch-reporting and other rules applicable in the waters of partner countries, including daily reports of catches to the coastal State;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Urges the EU to take the lead in strengthening RFMOs in order to improve their performance, including by means of regular reviews by independent bodies of the extent to which they achieve their objectives, and to ensure that the recommendations made in such reviews are rapidly and fully implemented; urges that the EU work to ensure that all RFMOs have an effective compliance committee and believes that clear cases of lack of compliance by States must lead to non- discriminatory sanctions, including reductions in quotas, effort, capacity allowed, etc.;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. The Union must better coordinate its fisheries and development policies and engage in systematic, long-term and in- depth dialogues and partnerships with other flag, market and coastal States, in order to achieve improved fisheries management and food security world wide;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Insists on the rapid expansion of the coverage of RFMOs so that all high seas fisheries are effectively managed with the ecosystem and precautionary approaches to ensure resource conservation; notes that this may require a combination of new RFMOs where none exist as well as an increase in the competence of existing RFMOs or a revision of their conventions;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Notes that as a consequence of climate change and shifts in distribution of species, new fishing grounds are opening up in Arctic waters; considers that the EU should take initiatives to ensure that fishing operations are effectively managed (by existing RFMOs or the creation of a new one) for sustainable management and conservation of stocks in these waters; believes that fishing should be initially restricted to allow for scientific assessments of Arctic stocks and the fisheries they can sustainably support;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Requests that a detailed assessment be conducted of the fishing capacity of EU fleets authorised to fish outside EU waters, using reliable indicators of the ability of vessels to catch fish and considering advances in technology, and based on the recommendations of the 1999 FAO Technical Consultation on the measurement of fishing capacity8 ; believes that all RFMOs should ensure that the fishing capacity of the fleets is commensurate with the fishery resources available; 1 2ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/007/x4874e/x4874e00.pdf ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/007/x4874e/x4874e00.pdf
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36 a. Insists that the Commission, rather than third countries, be the authority to grant phyto-sanitary certificates to third country vessels that allow direct exportation of fishery products to the EU;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Considers that EU vessels should not be allowed to temporarily reflag in order to take advantage of fishing opportunities under other flags, either in bilateral fisheries agreements or under the auspices of RFMOs and that vessels which leave the EU registers should no longer be able to fish under EU allocations if they return;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 42 – indent 4 a (new)
- include provisions to ensure that only fisheries products coming from well- managed fisheries are traded;