Activities of Jarosław WAŁĘSA related to 2011/2318(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the external dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy
Amendments (16)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Maintains that the EU should establish a stronger presence in international and regional fisheries organisations; insists on the key role of the Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs), and stresses the need to improve their functioning and decision-making; invites the EU to actively promote enhanced compliance by parties with a view to strengthened sustainability; underlines the need to increase the role of Regional Advisory Committees (RACs), which have a substantial practical knowledge of fish and should play an important role in the process of concluding bilateral agreements and a new generation of agreements on sustainable fisheries management.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Reminds that due to the different legislations of many trade EU partners, the issue of rules of origin and its cumulation are controversial and sensitive matters in trade negotiations; therefore calls on the European Commission to pay a specific attention on it and negotiate balanced solutions which do not penalize the EU Fishery sectors
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas quotas in RFMOs are primarily based on historical catches, which maintains preferential access for developed countries to global fish stocks;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there is in many cases insufficient data on fish stocks that the EU is fishing, in terms of their status and of total removalcatches by local fleets and other third country fleets;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the size of the EU market for fish and the geographical range of activities by EU-flagged and EU-owned vessels impose a high level of responsibility on the Union for ensuring that its fisheries' footprint is ecologically sustainable, providing high quality seafood to consumers in Europe and other countries where European fish are marketed, and contributing to theensuring social and economic fabricsustainability of coastal fishing communities both inside the EU and elsewhere;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to drive forward the global and multilateral agenda promoting sustainable fisheries worldwide, while transforming its dialogues with key countries such as the US, Russia, Japan and China, into effective partnerships to address crucial issues such as the eradication of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and the strengthening of high seas control and governance;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that bilateral fisheries agreements, or Sustainable Fisheries Agreements (SFA) as the Commission proposes to call them,Fisheries Partnership Agreements (FPAs) negotiated between partners and equitably implemented, should be of benefit to both parties, providing economic resources, technical and scientific expertise and support for improved fisheries management and good governance to the third country, while allowing the continuation of fishing activities by EU vessels that provide a modest but important supply of fish to the EU and other markets;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 14 – point 1 (new)
(1) Encourages the Commission to secure a fair share of the surplus to the European Union as a privileged partner, taking into account the fishing needs of the local flee, avoiding disruption of fishing activities and hence creating conditions discouraging the re-flagging of EU vessels;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Encourages the Commission in its endeavours to obtain complete and reliable data from the coastal State on the total amount of fishingcatches occurring in its waters, so as to prevent over-exploitation;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reaffirms that EU vessels should not compete with local fishermen for the same resources, hence stressing the need for an accurate calculation of the surplus;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the EU must make increased efforts to help provide the coastal States with which it negotiates bilateral agreements with sufficient data and information for reliable stock assessments, and that providing funding for a scientific research vessel in regions where the EU fleet is active would considerably strengthen scientific analyses on fish stocks, which is a prerequisite for any SFPA;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Expresses the wish that targeted scientific and technical cooperation in general should be strengthened in SFAFPAs, e.g. by enhancing the role of the Joint Scientific Committees;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Believes that RFMOs must develop management systems that provide for an equitable and fair resource allocation based upon transparehistorical catches and taking into account environmental and social criteria, rather than the simplistic criterion of historical catches, while ensuring that management and conservation measures are fully implemented by all members;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 – indent 1
Paragraph 42 – indent 1
– be preceded by environmental and social impact assessments with respect to the threat of over-exploitation of resources,