Activities of Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES related to 2009/2106(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate)
Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT Green Paper: Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy PDF (285 KB) DOC (215 KB)
Amendments (60)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the reform of the CFP must take account of EU policy in the field of the environment, as enshrined in the Treaties, and of the Bali Declaration of December 2007,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the basic aim of the CFP, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, is to ensure the sustainable development and economic and social viability of the fisheries sector and the conservation of marine biologicresources, a fundamental presourcesmise for the exercise of fishing activity in the present and future,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. having regard to the diversity of European seas and the specific nature of the fleet and fishing practices in each of those seas,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002, lays down that the CFP covers conservation, management and exploitation of living aquatic resources, aquaculture, and the processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products where such activities are practised on the territory of Member States or in Community waters or by Community fishing vessels or, without prejudice to the primary responsibility of the flag State, nationals of Member States (Article 1(1)),
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the application of the CFP interacts directly with areas as vast as the environmentprotection of the environment, climate change, safety, public health, consumer protection and regional development and whereas it is essential to guarantee proper and careful harmonisation between all these areas,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas, in order to be effective, the CFP should be restructured with a view to the multidisciplinary involvement of all groups directly or indirectly connected with the sector, in particular fishermen, vessel owners, industrialist, the scientific community and politicians, whilst always advocating a global, integrated view of the sector,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas, despite the significant progress made following the revision of the CFP in 2002, serious problems relating to fleet overcapacity and the scarcity of fishery resources still remain in some regions and have worsened in recent years,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the maintenance of modern, competitive and safe fishing fleets is not incompatible with the reduction in fishing capacity, which has in fact been carried out by various Member States in order to bring it more closely into line with the availability of resourcesbased on a reliable scientific research,
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas, in spite of their low level of representation in the catching subsector, women are an important group in view of the fundamental role that they play in areas directly linked to the CFP, such as aquaculture, processing, marketing, research, business management, training and maritime safety,
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Lb. whereas, as has already been recognised in the agricultural sector, women also suffer inequalities in the fisheries sector in the form of lower wages (or indeed no pay at all), fewer social benefits, and in some cases obstacles to their full participation in governing bodies in certain communities or associations,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the placing on the market of fishery products carrying accredited food certification from the point of catch through fattening or processing (depending on the industry involved) to marketing should be based on criteria of environmental sustainability and should contribute to greater awareness of sustainable fishing among both producers and consumers,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas the FAO has carried out significant work in the field of the ecological labelling of fishery and aquaculture products, and in May 2005 the Committee on Fisheries drew up guidelines on this topic for consideration by the Commission,
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that despite having been extensively reformed in 2002, the CFP, 27 years after its establishment, is faced with serious problems whose main features are overfishing, overcapacity, overinvestment and waste, lack of reliable research on fish stocks, with additional aspects, such as the economic and social regression, currently affecting the sector, globalisation of the fisheries and aquaculture market, and the consequences of climate change;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that Parliament has in previous terms drawn attention to the fact that CFP rules were not being sufficiently complied with and has repeatedly called on Member States to improve controls, harmonise inspection and sanction criteria, ensure transparency of inspection findings and strengthen the Community inspection systems and harmonization of systems of reporting catches;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers that the financial resources to be negotiated within the framework of the new financial perspective 2014-2020 should make provision for an increased budget devoted to the reform of the CFP that will create the necessary financial conditions for the full implementation and practical development of the reforming guidelines that have been adopted;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers it necessary to value and respect the role of women in fisheries and in the sustainable development of fishing areas; calls on Member States to take the measures required to ensure that assisting spouses enjoy a level of protection that is at least equivalent to that of the self- employed and under the same conditions as apply to the latter; calls on the Commission and the Member States to cooperate in order to promote and incorporate the principle of equal opportunities at the various stages of the implementation of the European Fisheries Fund (including the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation stages), as provided for in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Maintains that the reform of the CFP must continue to observe the precautionary principle set out in the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries and in the New York Agreement, so as to prevent any risk to the survival and/or sustainability of species in the future;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Recognizes the need to lay the foundation for a Common Fisheries Policy that does not structurally or otherwise, encourage discards; maintains that solutions to phase out discards should be explored together with the fishing industry;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers it necessary to guarantee effective protection for coastal areas that are highly environmentally sensitive (the main breeding and spawning grounds for biological resources);
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Believes that the criteria for defining the Community fleet should go beyond simplistic numerical parameters (such as length, power and tonnage), opening the way to the possibility of listing a set of criteria common to all regions (such as the level of organisation of undertakings of which vessels form part, the area in which they operate and catch levels), but with differentiated weighting factors in each region, which would provide a uniform and flexible model capable of responding fairly to the range of different situations in the Community fleet;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Stresses that Member States shall, as stated in the new control regulation adopted on 10 November, Art 55(1) “ensure that recreational fisheries on their territory and in Community waters are conducted in a manner compatible with the objectives and rules of the Common Fisheries Policy”;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Urges the Commission to consider the social implications and the serious damage to fisheries done by some fish predators, like oversized seal and cormorant populations;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that increasing use should be made of information technologies relevant to the sector and computerised systems for collecting and transferring data, for both regional and national administrations and professionals and producers' organisations, thus making information more accessible and transparent;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Believes that the mandatory use of new technologies on board fishing vessels (for the purposes of fisheries inspection and control) should be introduced gradually and with a transition period in order to make it easier for the sector to adapt;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls that the Community's outermost regions are lagging behind in socio-economic terms, due to their remoteness, insularity and isolated situation, small size and difficult topography and climate, their economic dependence on a small number of products, particularly fishery products, their limited markets and their dual nature (as both Community regions and territories situated in an environment of developing countries), and that these characteristics justify positive discrimination in some areas of the CFP, in particular as regards support for fleet modernisation and renewal;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Supports the continuation of POSEI- Fisheries (scheme to compensate for the additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain fishery products from the outermost regions) along the same lines as POSEI Agriculture;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates that fishing is a vital activity, not just in food terms, but also in social and, cultural and recreational terms, and that in many of Europe’s coastal regions it constitutes the main – and in some cases the sole – means of obtaining a livelihood for the numerous families who depend on it directly or indirectly, and it helps to enliven the coasts and knit together their socio-economic fabric, in conjunction with other maritime activities;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Considers it necessary to create interprofessional clusters in the fisheries sector, involving owners, workers, processors, intermediaries, etc., which would promote dialogue between the various stakeholders in the sector upstream and downstream;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Takes the view that the present EFF and future structural funds for the fisheries sector must continue to support fleet renewal and modernisation, above all with regard to small-scale coastal and artisanal fishing, since this support is based on criteria of safety (which minimise occupational accidents), hygiene and comfort, as well as environmental protection, fuel economy and other criteria which do not involve any increase in fishing capacity for the fleets concerned;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the Commission and the Member States to promote proper training for fishermen and skippers with a view to enhancing the status of qualifications, giving prestige to the profession, and attracting more adaptable young people who would be capable of embracing occupational mobility and taking a more entrepreneurial attitude to the sector;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers it necessary to ensure higher first-sale prices of fishery productsresh fish and to reduce the number of middlemen in the chain stretching from producers to consumers and, to an increasing extent, secure the involvement of producers’ organisations in the management of stocks and the marketing of fishery products, the aim being to make the catching sub-sector as profitable as possible;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to draw up a specific eco-labelling programme with a view to enhancing the image of fishery products and promoting consumer health, and to base it on strict monitoring and complete traceability of fisheries, as regards both catches in the wild and aquaculture products, as well as all processed products;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Considers that long-term management plans shall be required to be established for all fisheries or geographical fishing regions; calls for these to be based upon scientific advice, meeting consistent criteria that will ensure an ecosystem approach, and regularly monitored and assessed, without detracting from the minimum flexibility required to enable them to be adapted swiftly to new circumstances affecting the broader context;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Maintains that the management system for the fisheries sector has to abandon the traditional top-down approach, laying emphasis instead on the principle of regionalisation and subsidiarity (horizontal decentralisation), the redefinition and increased flexibility of the principle of relative stability and the participation of professionals in the sector, taking into account the multifarious specific features of the Community fleet; firmly rejects any attempt to adopt a universal Community fisheries management model, in a form serving to impose uniformity;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Urges the Commission to work for a separate, clearly defined, liberal and de- bureaucratized and simplified model for managing small-scale, coastal fisheries, where the European institutions set the overarching targets to be achieved by the member states according to their own strategy;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31b. Recognizes the potential of self- management and regionalization for the creation of a culture of compliance;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Urges the Commission to carefully explore the possibility of adopting new fisheries management mechanisms, as opposed to the TAC and quota system, for example fishing effort management and, the use of transferable fishing rights, and regional management of discards, since such arrangements would enable the fleet to be adapted in a more flexible way, in line with the actual diversity and distribution of stocks, and could be supported by structural implementing measures, without neglecting the more vulnerable small-scale sector;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Urges the Commission to carefully explore the possibility of adopting new fisheries management mechanisms, as opposed to the TAC and quota system, for example fishing effort management and the use of transferable fishing rights (duly accompanied by safeguard clauses), since such arrangements would enable the fleet to be adapted in a more flexible way, in line with the actual diversity and distribution of stocks, and could be supported by structural implementing measures, without neglecting the more vulnerable small-scale sector;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Stresses the importance of the European Fisheries Control and Inspection Agency in the context of the reformed CFP and highlights the need to ensure harmonisation and objectivity in fisheries control and to apply a uniform and fair system of rules and sanctions, thus strengthening confidence among ship-owners and fishermen in the fundamental principle of equal treatment;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Notes that IUU fishing is a form of unfair competition that seriously harms all European fishermen who comply with Community, national and third-country legislation and carry out their activity in a responsible way;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Recalls that IUU fishing disrupts the fair operation of the market in fish and threatens the balance of ecosystems;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Considers that the sustainable development of aquaculture requires environment-friendly production methods, to avoid issues such as eutrophication of waters; also stresses the importance of stringent health and animal welfare standards, and a high level of consumer protection;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Considers aquaculture to be an integral part of the CFP that plays a complementary role vis-à-vis the catching subsector, particularly as regards the availability of food supply, employability and repopulation, above all of species that are most over-exploited in the wild;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Calls for support to be given to investment in new fish farming technologies, including intensive systems allowing water to be recycled and, offshore salt-water fish farming and research into the farming of new species of economic interest and feed produced with a lower environmental impact;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Calls for support to be given to investment in new fish farming technologies, including intensive systems allowing water to be recycled and offshore salt-water and fresh-water fish farming;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. Considers it necessary to introduce rules establishing good market practices (quality checks of products, consumer protection, custom duties) and fair competition regarding fishing products from outside the EU, excluding products which fall under regulations included in EU agreements with third parties;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Considers it essential that, in the event of biological rest periods for the fleet for the purpose of restoring fish stocks, provision should also be made for the canning industry where there are no alternative sources of supply for the species affected by these measures;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Title after Paragraph 40 (new)
Title after Paragraph 40 (new)
Markets and marketing of fish
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Believes that a far-reaching revision of the COM in fisheries products should be carried out that will make it possible to improve the marketing of fish and other fisheries products and increase their value added;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 b (new)
Paragraph 40 b (new)
40b. Stresses the need to create mechanisms to promote the concentration of supply, in particular the setting-up and revitalisation of producers’ organisations;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 c (new)
Paragraph 40 c (new)
40c. Considers it necessary to create market intervention mechanisms, particularly in fisheries where the management model based on the principle of transferable fishing rights is adopted, in order to prevent the excessive concentration of fishing rights among a small number of operators (safeguard clauses), since, if such a situation came about within a Member State, it could jeopardise the viability of its artisanal fleet, and if several Member States were involved it could jeopardise the sustainability of the sector in some of those States;
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 d (new)
Paragraph 40 d (new)
40d. Believes that the policy on support for fishing fleets should take account of merit-based criteria such as: the development of good ‘environmentally friendly’ fishing practices, respect for the culture of compliance, implementation of organisation schemes (producers’ associations);
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 e (new)
Paragraph 40 e (new)
40e. Believes that the criteria for the traceability and inspection of fishery products imported onto the Community market should be the same as those applied to products produced or caught by the EU’s fleets and industries;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 f (new)
Paragraph 40 f (new)
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Maintains that new fisheries agreements with third countries should be encouraged in order to afford the Community fleet easier accgiven an overall assessment, against criteria, as defined by the European Parliament; the purpose of these criteria should be to balance economic interests to new fishing groundwith promoting sustainable fisheries abroad and maintaining the credibility of the European union as a global defender of human rights;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Considers that partnership agreements should boost job creation in third countries and, reduce poverty levels, develop support structures for the sector (fishing ports, fish storage and processing structures, etc.) and hence reduce the numbers of immigrants to the EU;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Believes that the financial compensation granted under fisheries agreements with third countries should be used to promote and develop the fisheries sector in those countries, either through the mandatory targeting of funding for the construction of infrastructure (fishing ports, storage, fish processing facilities, etc.) or through the provision of operational resources (vessels, gear, etc.) so that fishing activity can be carried out responsibly and sustainably;
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Believes that fishing activity should be suitably integrated and structured within a wider context of maritime activities such as: maritime transport, marine tourism, offshore wind farms and aquaculture, and that it should be included in clusters of maritime activities;
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Considers it necessary to establish a transitional period so that this reform of the CFP can be properly harmonised with the current framework of this common policy;