Activities of Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT related to 2021/0300M(NLE)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and of the Implementing Protocol thereto
Amendments (13)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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1. Welcomes the new direction taken in the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) and their Implementing Protocols, which duly reflect EU priorities and external policy lines; recalls the EU’s commitment to the principle of policy coherence for development and the need for the SFPAs and their implementing protocols to be in line with this principle, best scientific advice and data available, the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the objectives of the common fisheries policy;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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2. Recognises the role of thethat SFPAs in improving fisheries management and enhancing sustainability and good governance in the EU’s partner countries and globally; can play in fisheries management, scientific research, data collection and transparency on fishing activities by putting in place a long-term sustainable management system for the exploitation of fishing resources and enhancing sustainability and good governance in the EU’s partner countries and globally; recalls, in this regard, that SFPAs must rely on active participation from the EU and partner countries and must contribute to the sustainable development of the small-scale fisheries sector in non-EU countries and to local food security; insists that this protocol should be adapted to Mauritania’s specific needs and priorities;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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3. Stresses that fishing, including small-scale fisheries, is an important sector for Mauritania’s economy and is essential to the country’s economic development, employment opportunities and food security, in particular for women and young people, food security and nutrition, and for ensuring inclusive and sustainable economic development for all; therefore supports measures to significantly increase the resilience of local actors, including small family- owned businesses and coastal communities, to the consequences of climate change and coastal erosion; insists that fisheries investments must be clearly aligned with the SDGs and not jeopardise the needs of coastal communities; insists that the financial contribution provided for under the fisheries agreement should be distributed in a way that takes account of the fundamental role of coastal communities;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses that access for all vessels operating in Mauritania’s waters should be limited to the level of surplus fish stocks and encourages every effort to collect reliable scientific data to accurately determine fish stocks; highlights the need for increased transparency and better data collection in this regard; Welcomes the sectoral support component dedicated to improving the sustainability of fisheries in Mauritania in the new protocol; considers that the amount could have been further increased and encourages using it to improve research and analysis, including on the impacts of global warming on species and their migration due to climate change, which requires specific monitoring, as well as surveillance and control of fishing activity, support for coastal communities and the sustainable development of Mauritania’s small-scale fisheries sector; calls for more onshore investment and for sectoral support, coupled with other actions, to serve as a catalyst for land- based investments aimed at improving the use of catches for human consumption, which is essential to avoid the mass processing of fish into meal and oil; believes that sectoral support should be used to improve scientific data on fish stocks, especially on shared stocks of small pelagic fish such as sardinella species and horse mackerel, which is keyto calculating the surplus; underlines the need to ensure that the identification of sectoral support spending priorities is a transparent and participatory process involving the scientific and local communities, including women fish processors; calls on the Joint Committee to promote infrastructure projects that will lead to increased local consumption of fish products and to finance projects directly benefiting the whole value chain in Mauritanian small-scale fisheries; in addition, calls on the Commission and Mauritania to proactively publish annual reports on how sectoral support is utilised
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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5. Welcomes the amount allocated to the sectoral support component and encCalls for the fostering of local and regional economic development and the strengthening of coastal communities that are dependent on marine resouragces this allocation to be used to improve research, surveillance and control of fishing activity and the sustainable development of Mauritania’s fisheries sectorand therefore must be fully integrated into the management of marine and coastal areas; recalls that the restoration of marine and coastal biodiversity sustains coastal communities and contributes to climate change mitigation and adaptation; underlines the need for regular consultation with coastal communities throughout the implementation process;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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6. Calls for the fostering of locaWelcomes the fact that Union shipowners of pelagic freezer trawlers and shrimp vessels fishing under the protocol, as a fee in kind, will economic development and the strengthening of coastal communities that are dependent on marine resourctribute to the policy of distributing fish to people in need by reserving 2 % of their pelagic catches transhipped or landed at the end of a trip for the National Fish Distribution Company (SNDP); notes that local fish consumption is increasing in Mauritania; stresses that these activities benefit the local labour market and coastal communities;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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7. Calls on the Commission and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to ensure that small-scale artisanal fishers and small- scale processors of fish are able to make a living by promoting a sustainable local blue economy, acknowledging the role of women in fish processingand strengthening the position of women and young people, who play a crucial role in the selling and processing of fish, by supporting them through projects funded by sectoral support, limiting vessels in the fishery resources they can catch and protecting fishing areas on which small- scale fishers depend for their livelihoods;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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1. Welcomes the new direction taken in the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) and their Implementing Protocols, which duly reflect EU priorities and external policy lines; recalls the EU’s commitment to the principle of policy coherence for development and the need for the SFPAs and their implementing protocols to be in line with this principle and the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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8. Highlights the need to work to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing to ensure that fish stocks are maintained at sustainable levels. and calls for the EU to ensure that the transparency clause includes fishery resources caught by foreign fleets through local fishers and to trigger infringement procedures against Member States that fail to ensure the compliance of their external fleets; stresses the need to limit the use of flags of convenience and reflagging and to address trans shipment at sea, in Mauritanian waters in particular and in the region in general, as these are important tools for closing IUU loopholes;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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3. Stresses that fishing is an important sector for Mauritania’s economy and is essential to the country’s economic development, employment opportunities and food security, in particular for women and youth, food security and nutrition;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses that access for all vessels operating in Mauritania’s waters should be limited to the level of surplus fish stocks and encourages every effort to collect reliable scientific data to accurately determine fish stocks; highlights the need for increased transparency and better data collection in this regard; Encourages Mauritania to strengthen the IMROP [i]research institute so that it can play an active role in the monitoring of landings to ensure that the reference quotas are not exceeded; [i] Institut Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et des Pêches) [BFÁ1]
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
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5. Welcomes the amount allocated to the sectoral support component and encourages this allocation to be used to improve the research, and analysis, as well as surveillance and control of fishing activity and the sustainable development of Mauritania’s fisheries sector;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
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6. Calls for the fostering of local and regional economic development and the strengthening of coastal communities that are dependent on marine resources;