2 Amendments of Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS related to 2013/0133(COD)
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Pending the entry into force of ICCAT Recommendation 12-03 and its comprehensive implementation, which provides for a plan to monitor the phenomenon of incidental catches, possibly considering the use of observers on vessels; in order to ensure effective conservation of the bluefin tuna stock, to provide legal certainty as to the fishing seasons concerned and, finally, to allow Member States to properly define their fishing, capacity and inspection plans and other reporting obligations, it is necessary to modify the provisions on fishing seasons in Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 as soon as possible and to apply those modifications from the beginning of 2013.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Considering the possibility of providing for an increase in the quota for incidental catches of bluefin tuna and the exceeding of the quota for each year, in which any excess quantity should be deducted the following year, in addition to the development of an appropriate system for the marketing of any bluefin tuna caught accidentally.