Activities of Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES related to 2010/2040(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Integrated Maritime Policy (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that, despite the efforts invested, the present CFP has failed to bring sustainability to marine resources and economic viability to fishing fleets and coastal communities, and that the reason lies in the overcentralisation of executive power and in burdensome red tape, both of which should be remedied in the new reformed CFP;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reiterates the need to intensify support for scientific research, both as regards the conservation of marine ecosystems and as regards new technology research (more selective gear, environment-friendlier engines, development of species in captivity, etc.), since this will directly benefit the fisheries and aquaculture sectors;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points to the importance of the Marine Strategy Directive, the environmental pillar of the IMP, and the need for the reformed CFP to be properly consistent with the directive’s aims;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Is aware that the delimitation of frontiers between European countries bordering the Mediterranean and other Mediterranean countries raises politically complex and sensitive issues that could obstruct the emergence of a genuinely integrated maritime policy for the Mediterranean region, not least where the management of fish stocks is concerned;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges that the fisheries sector be involved more closely, and participate more actively, in European maritime clusters;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Notes the essential importance of European maritime spatial planning and its uses for coastal regions and the ORs in particular and points to the need to protect the ecologically most sensitive marine biogeographical regions while enabling the fisheries sector to exploit resources on a sustainable basis;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Urges the Commission to implement Parliament’s proposals set out in the own- initiative report on a new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture, adopted in Strasbourg on 17 June 2010, since this would boost the EU’s aquaculture sector and help it to move forward;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Maintains that good ecological status of the oceans is a priority for the IMP and the CFP; in this context reiterates the need for funding/subsidies to cushion non-industrial fishing against the socio- economic impact caused by the implementation of measures to protect marine ecosystems, such as the recovery plans for certain species, taking into account in particular the fishing regions and communities most dependent on fishing, including the outermost regions;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Reiterates the need to establish cross- cutting policy approaches encompassing fisheries, aquaculture, and other sectors in such a way as to optimise European maritime spatial planning, foster the development of marine-related knowledge, and provide for integrated maritime surveillance;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Welcomes the establishment of the Regional Advisory Councils and the Community Fisheries Control Agency, which have a key role to play in ensuring good ecological status of fish stocks, but considers that their powers need to be strengthened under the reformed CFP and the IMP;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that such funding should be separate from the present EFF (or any other future fund to support the CFP) but should cover the fisheries sector in the same way as other maritime activities;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to give special consideration to the specific features of the EU's outermost regions, whose territorial waters ensure that the EU has the world's largest Exclusive Economic Zone, the physical, social and economic characteristics of their sea basins and the challenges resulting from their remote location, as well as difficulties of access and the need for greater coastal maritime surveillance of such regions;