BETA

5 Amendments of Peter van DALEN related to 2018/2035(INI)

Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas discarded plastic releases into the water toxic compounds that are ingested and that can poison and kill fish, turtles, marine mammals and seabirdcause death to living marine resources;
2018/05/03
Committee: PECH
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement a port reception scheme for end-of-life nets and to use the recommendations of the Best Practice Framework for the ManagementFAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Marking of Fishing Gear, liaising closely with the fishing sector to fight ghost fishing; invites the Commission to assess the viability of using biodegradable fishing nets;
2018/05/03
Committee: PECH
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the use of innovative fishing gear by encouraging fishermen to ‘trade in’ old nets and to adapt existing nets with net trackers and sensors linked to smart phone apps, radio frequency identification chips and vessel ‘creeptrackers so that skippers can keep more accurate track of their nets and retrieve them if necessary;
2018/05/03
Committee: PECH
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement an EU-wide mandatory digital reporting system for gear lost by individual fishing vessels in support of recovery action, using data from regional databases, to share information on the Global Ghost Gear Initiative data portal and to develop SafeSeaNet into a user-friendly, EU-wide system, allowing fishermen to signal lost gear;
2018/05/03
Committee: PECH
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that Member States must do more to encourage the fishing industry to apply for EMFF grants allowing them to make the changes necessary to their fishing gear to minimise their impact on marine ecosystems and wildlifethe EMFF grants should be fully utilised for the collection of waste by fishermen from the sea such as the removal of lost fishing gear and marine litter.
2018/05/03
Committee: PECH