Activities of João FERREIRA related to 2019/0078M(NLE)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cape Verde (2019-2024)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas concerns have been raised by Cape Verdean organisations about the possibility, provided for in this Agreement, for shipowners to exceed the reference margin by more than double in return for payment, a practice that runs counter to any notion of sustainable fishing;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the Agreement should make it possible for Cape Verde to increase the added value generated from the exploitation of fishery resources in its EEZ, since currently most of this added value does not remain within the country;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the Agreement should contribute to the promotion or development of the Cape Verdean fisheries sector and basic infrastructure, such as ports, landing sites, storage facilities and processing plants, needs to be built or renovated;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas Parliament must be immediately and fully informed, at all stages, of the procedures concerning the Protocol or its renewal;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the EU-Cape Verde SFPA should pursue two equally important goals: (1) to provide fishing opportunities for EU vessels in the Cape Verde EEZ, on the basis of the best available scientific advice and without interfering with conservation and management measures by the regional organisations to which Cape Verde belongs – notably the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) – or overrunning the available surplus; and (2) to promote further economic, financial, technical, and scientific cooperation between the EU and Cape Verde in the field of sustainable fisheries and sound exploitation of fishery resources in the Cape Verde EEZ, while at the same time not undermining Cape Verde’s sovereign options and strategies relating to that development; considers, at the same time and in the light of the high value of marine biology in Cape Verdean waters, that the Agreement should guarantee the adoption of measures to mitigate against accidental fishing by European vessels in the Cape Verde EEZ.
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that measures should be taken to guarantee that the reference tonnage stipulated in the Agreement is not exceeded;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Draws attention to the findings of the retrospective and prospective assessments of the Protocol to the EU- Cape Verde 2014-2018 SFPA, produced in May 2018, which stated that the Protocol had on the whole proved to be effective, efficient, appropriate to the interests involved, and consistent with the Cape Verdean sectoral policy, with a high degree of acceptability to stakeholders, and which recommended the option of concluding a new protocol; emphasises that there is scope for more effective progress in terms of fisheries cooperation between the EU and Cabo Verde and considers that it should therefore go beyond previous protocols on the implementation of this agreement, in particular with regard to development support for the Cape Verdean fisheries sector;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Supports the need for significant progress in the development of the Cape Verdean fisheries sector, including the fishing industry and related activities, and calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures, including a possible revision and the bolstering of the sectoral support component of the agreement, along with the creation of conditions to increase the absorption rate of this support;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that the EU-Cape Verde SFPA will not achieve its objectives if it does not contribute to increasing added value in Cape Verde as a result of the exploitation of its fishery resources;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – introductory part
Paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Maintains that the EU-Cape Verde SFPA and the Protocol thereto have to be aligned with the national development plans and the Blue Growth Plan for the development of the Cape Verdean fisheries sector, and specifically shoulwhich are priority areas for EU support and for which the necessary technical and financial assistance must be mobilised:
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 1
Paragraph 3 – indent 1
- strengthen institutional capacity and improve governance: drafting and validating legislation and building on management plans;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 5
Paragraph 3 – indent 5
- enable key infrastructure for fisheries and related activities, such as landing quays and ports to be constructed and/or renovated, (both industrial and artisanal at the port of Mindelo (- São Vicente island) for instance sites for storing and processing fish, markets, distribution and marketing structures, and quality analysis laboratories;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 6
Paragraph 3 – indent 6
- support the improvement of working conditions for womenrecognition and improvement of the role of women in fishing and of their working conditions, while also improving the organisation of this role;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 9
Paragraph 3 – indent 9
- serve to set up and/or refurbish basic and vocational training centres, thereby raising the skill levels of fishers and seafarers and training new professionals;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that, in view of a possible closure of fisheries or the setting of restrictions on fisheries, in order to ensure that resources are sustainable local fishing needs should be addressed first, on the basis of sound scientific advice;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, in their cooperation and official development assistance policies centring on Cape Verde, to bear in mind that the European Development Fund and the sectoral support laid down in this SFPA should complement each other in order to contribute more rapidly and effectively to the empowerment of local fishing communitiesto the strengthening of the local fisheries sector and to ensure the country has full sovereignty over its own resources; calls on the Commission to facilitate, through the EDF and other relevant instruments, the necessary steps for the provision of infrastructure which, by reason of its scale and costs, cannot be built solely by means of sectoral support within the framework of the SFPA, for example fishing ports (both industrial and artisanal);
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Supports the need to increase the contribution of the SFPA to the local creation of direct and indirect jobs, either on vessels operating under the SFPA or in fishing activities, both upstream and downstream; considers that the Member States can play a key role and be an active part in capacity-building and training efforts in order to achieve this;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further strengthen their cooperation with Cape Verde, to evaluate possibilities for enhancing future development assistance, primarily under the new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) proposed as part of the EU’s budget for 2021-2027, and particularly taking into account the good use of EU funds in Cape Verde and the country’s political stability in a complex geopolitical context, which must be supported and rewardednamely by taking advantage of all of the funding possibilities provided for as part of the EU’s budget for 2021-2027;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the European Commission to better integrate the recommendations now made in the EU-Cape Verde SFPA, taking them into account, inter alia, in the procedures for the renewal of the Protocol;