Activities of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2014/2240(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth (A8-0214/2015 - João Ferreira) LT
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on untapping the potential of research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth PDF (205 KB) DOC (150 KB)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the final declaration adopted at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the concept of the blue economy covers a wide range of economic sectors linked to the seas and oceans, spanning traditional and emerging sectors including fisheries, aquaculture, (seagoing) shipping and inland waterway transport, ports and logistics, biotechnology, tourism, pleasure sailing, and cruising, shipbuilding and ship-repairing, maritime works and protection of the coastline, prospecting for, and exploitation of, renewable offshore mieneralgy resources,; whereas the concept of the blue economy should not include prospecting for, and exploitation of, offshore eminergyal resources, and biotechnolog which are likely to put additional pressure on already overexploited and degradeted marine and coastal ecosystems and marine biodiversity;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the development of the blue economy should focus on sustainable economic activities that meet the needs of current and future generations and generate prosperity for society;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the protection and safeguarding of natural marine environments are a fundamental requirement to maintain, support and develop the blue economy activities, such as fishing and tourism;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, in accordance with the article 190 of the Lisbon Treaty and the Rio+20 declaration, the precautionary principle and the ecosystem-based approach should be at the core of the management of any activities having an impact on the marine environment;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Commission communication entitled ‘Innovation in the Blue Economy: realising the potential of our seas and oceans for jobs and growth’; points out that the communication is of limited scope, confined as it is to relatively few sectors (deep-sea mining, energy, and biotechnology, for example)and deplores the inclusion of deep-sea mining whose environmental impact is still highly uncertain and likely to irreversibly destroy benthic ecosystems; calls on the Commission to adopt a more comprehensive approach encompassing the challenges of innovation and job creation over the whole varied range of sectors making up the blue economy;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Maintains that the blue economy should be defined in broad terms covering all sectoral and inter-sectoral activities connected with oceans, seas, inland waters and coastal areas, including forms of direct and indirect support; draws attention to the cross-cutting importance of innovation for all these activities, be they traditional or emerging;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines that seas and oceans are already under tremendous anthropic pressure and related consequences (pollution, environment and climate change, overexploitation of resources, overfishing etc.), however seas and oceans still retain important ecosystems reserves that are inaccessible and thus intact; therefore, the blue economy should consider to protect, restore and maintain seas and oceans' ecosystems, biodiversity, resilience and productivity; the precautionary principle and the ecosystem approach should be at the core of the blue economy;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers the shortage of qualified professionals in various fields of study and activity – including, though not confined to, researchers, engineers, and technicians, to be a huge hurdle that could prevent the blue economy from fully realising its potential; maintains that this shortcoming isand acknowledges that the invaluable human capital of existing qualified professionals living in Member States that have suffered the most from the ongoing economic crisis and have high unemployment rates risks to be lost; maintains that this shortcoming and scarce valorisation of existing professionals are closely bound up with the growing disengagement and disinvestment by Member States in the spheres of science and education and with the decline in the professional status and social standing of several of the professions concerned, and therefore calls for these two trends to be reversed without delay;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that investment in the blue economy should be focused on ‘eco- innovation’, resource efficiency, the circular economy, nature conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and sustainable use of resources (ensuring that their rates of use do not, in the long term, exceed their natural regeneration rates), reconversion of activities in marine reserve's coastal areas and communities, namely in transport and tourism; urges the Commission to incorporate these principles into present and future support programmes;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for more active support for modernisation and sustainable development of the fisheries sector and processing of fishery products, as well as for the creation of higher value added, laying emphasis on small-scale fisheries and seeking to make fishing gear more selective and reduce energy consumption by sectors of activity as well as the environmental impact of fishing, in addition to providing more effective ways to combat illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing; maintains that scientific fisheries-related data forming a basis for political decision- making should be made public in their entirety;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that the sustainable development of European aquaculture requires stronger support for scientific research and technological development related to the breeding of new species, especially indigenous species, as well as in the field of the development of new or significantly improved products, including waste treatment, in order to enable production and the supply of foodstuffs to be diversified and their quality enhanced while raising the level of environmental safety; calls for support for the transition from conventional aquaculture production methods to organic aquaculture, e.g. closed recirculation aquaculture systems;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that, for reasons to do with energy consumption, merchant and technical ease of conversion into LPG, merchant and fluvial shipping, compared with other ways of carrying goods, is increasingly assuming decisive importance; calls for resources to be channelled in order to support innovation in this sector with a view to improving energy efficiency, diversifying primary energy sources, and reducing noxious emissions;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Points out that energy from the seas and oceans, be it in the form of fossil fuels and above all in the form of renewablerenewables, and in no way in form of fossil fuels, has great potential from the point of view of utilising domestic resources and diversifying energy sources; stresses that prospection for, and the exploitation of, these resources has to allow for technology transfer requirements, especially as regards the training of skilled and highly qualified workers, as well as meeting stringent environmental sustainability criteria; draws attention to the potential multiplier effect of these activities in terms of jobs and related activities, both upstream and downstream;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. ConsidExpresses strong concerns thatregarding prospection and mining on the continental shelf require uninterrupted State involvement, especially as regards information, environmental impact assessment, analysing and minimising risks, and the exercise of sovereignty; points to the potential offered by these activities for embedding scientific knowledge and development and technology transfer; points to the challenges entailebecause these industrial activities are of a rather short life span, are not leading to long term employment creation and are likely to irreversibly destroy benthic ecosystems affecting also future generations; calls therefore for a moratorium on any offshore prospection and min extracting minerals dissolved in sea watering activity;