Activities of Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES related to 2011/0195(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Common Fisheries Policy - Common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (debate)
Common fisheries policy (debate)
Amendments (97)
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Common Fisheries Policy should ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities contribute to long-term sustainable environmental, economic, and social conditions. It should contribute moreover to increased productivity, a reduction in imports of fishery and aquaculture products into the European Union, a fair standard of living for the fisheries and aquaculture sector, stable markets, ensure the availability of resources and that supplies reach consumers with good quality and at reasonable prices.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Union is a Contracting Party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (UNCLOS)[10] and it has ratified the United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks of 4 August 1995 (UN Fish Stocks Agreement)[18]. It has also accepted the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas of 24 November 1993 of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO Compliance Agreement)19 . These international instruments predominantly foresee conservation obligations, including among other things obligations to take conservation and management measures designed to maintain or restore marine resources at levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield both within sea areas under national jurisdiction and on the high seas, and to cooperate with other States to this end, obligations to apply the precautionary approach widely to conservation, management and exploitation of fish stocks, obligations to ensure compatibility of conservation and management measures where marine resources occur in sea areas of different jurisdictional status and obligations to have due regard to other legitimate and regulated uses of the seas. The Common Fisheries Policy should contribute to the Union's proper discharge of its international obligations under these international instruments, promoting the worldwide adoption of these good practices in the interests of the sustainability of fishery resources and fair access to living aquatic resources for the world's fleets. Where Member States adopt conservation and management measures, for which they have been empowered in the framework of the Common Fisheries Policy, they should also act in a manner which is fully consistent with the international conservation and cooperation obligations under the said international instruments.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) At the World Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg in 2002, the Union and its Member States committed themselves, though still not in a binding manner, to act against the continued decline of many fish stocks. Therefore, the Union should improve its Common Fisheries Policy to move towards ensureing that as a matter of priority exploitation levels of marine biological resources stocks are restored and maintained at levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yields from the populations of harvested stocks by 2015in the shortest possible period of time, gradually and in a manner geared to the various types of fisheries - mixed and clean - and always on a scientific basis. Where less scientific information is available, this may require applying proxies to maximum sustainable yield, taking into account the opinions of stakeholders, notably the Advisory Councils.
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources should be based on the precautionary approach, which is to be derived from the precautionary principle referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 191(2) of the Treaty. Where available, the application of this approach should take account of the results of socio-economic impact assessments on fishing communities that depend on the biological resources concerned.
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The Common Fisheries Policy should also contribute to supplying the Community market with highly nutritional food, reducing the internal market's food dependence, and to direct and indirect job creation and economic development in coastal areas.
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) An ecosystem based approach to fisheries management needs to be implemented, environmental impacts of fishing activities should be limited and unwanted catchcontrolled and moves should be made to minimised and progressively eliminated. unwanted catches, taking account of the specific characteristics of the marine ecosystem and fisheries.
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Rules in place restricting access to resources within the 12 nautical mile zones of Member States have operated satisfactorily benefiting conservation by restricting fishing effort in the most sensitive part of Union waters, and the same results have been seen in the 100 nautical mile zone around the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands. Those rules have also preserved traditional fishing activities on which the social and economic development of certain coastal communities is highly dependent. Those rules should therefore continue to apply.
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Marine biological resources around the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, including their sea areas identified as bio-geographically sensitive, should continue to be especially protected since they contribute to the preservation of the local economy of these islands, having regard to the structural, social and economic situation of those islands. The limitation of cCertain fishing activities in those waters should therefore be limited to fishing vessels registered in the ports of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands should therefore be maintained.
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The objective of sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources is more effectively achieved through a multi-annual approach to fisheries management, establishing as a priority multi-annual, dynamic and tailored plans reflecting the specificities of different fisheries and different sea areas.
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Multi-annual plans should where possible cover multiple stocks where those stocks are jointly exploited. The multiannual plans should establish the basis for fixing fishing opportunities and quantifiable targets for the sustainable exploitation of stocks and marine ecosystems concerned, defining clear timeframes and safeguard mechanisms for unforeseen developmentswhilst making provision for adapting these timeframes to stock dynamics, and should cover and differentiate between segments of Member State fleets fishing for these stocks, according to catch rates for the resources that are to be restored.
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Measures are needed to reduce and move towards the eliminateion of the current high levels of unwanted catches and discards. Indeed, unwanted catches and discards constitute a substantial waste and affect negatively the sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources and marine ecosystems as well as the financial viability of fisheries, for commercial reasons which urgently need to be studied with a view to their elimination. An obligation to land all catches of managed stocks caught during fishing activities in Union waters or by Union fishing vessels should be established and gradually implemented.
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Landings of unwanted catches should not result in full economic advantages for the operator. For landings of catches of fish under the minimum conservation reference size, the destination of such catches should be limitcontrolled and exclude sale for human consumption.
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) For the sake of conservation of stocks and adaptability of fleets and fisheries, clear objectives should be applied with respect to certain technical measures.
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) For stocks for which no multi-annual plan has been established, exploitation rates delivering maximum sustainable yield should be ensured by setting catch and/or fishing effort limits where necessary.
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Such relative stability of fishing activities, given the temporary biological situation of stocks, should safeguard the particular needs of regions where local communities are especially dependent on fisheries and related activities, with a particular emphasis on the outermost regions, as decided by the Council in its Resolution of 3 November 1976, on certain external aspects of the creation of a 200- mile fishing zone in the Community with effect from 1 January 1977, and in particular Annex VII thereto. Therefore, it is in this sense that the concept of relative stability aimed at should be understood.
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Member States should be in a position to present substantiated requests to the Commission to draw up measures under the Common Fisheries Policy for measures identified by Member States as necessary to comply with obligations as regards Special Protection Areas, in particular bio- geographically sensitive areas, pursuant to Article 4 of Council Directive 2009/147/EC of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds, Special Areas of Conservation pursuant to Article 6 of Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora and marine protected areas pursuant to Article 13(4) of Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive).
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The Commission should be able to adopt temporary measures, on sound scientific grounds and taking into account the opinion of stakeholders, notably the Advisory Councils, in the event of a serious threat, requiring immediate action, to the conservation of marine biological resources or to the marine ecosystem resulting from fishing activities.
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Member States should be able to adopt conservation measures and technical measures for the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy to allow for the policy to better address the realities and specificities of individual fisheries and to increase the adherence to the policy, acting on the principle of local management.
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) A voluntary system of transferable fishing concessions for the majority of managed stockstocks managed through TACs and quotas under the Common Fisheries Policy shouldwill be implemented no later than 31 December 2013 for all vessels of 12 meters' length or over and all other vessels fishing with towed gears. Member States may exinclude vessels up to 12 meters' length other than vessels using towed gear fromin transferable fishing concessions. Such a system should contribute to industry-induced fleet reductions, where there is a mismatch between fleet capacity and available resources, and improved economic performance while at the same time creating legally secure and exclusive transferable fishing concession of a Member State's annual fishing opportunities. Since marine biological resources are a common good, transferable fishing concessions should only establish user entitlements to a Member State's part of annual fishing opportunities which may be recalled according to established rules.
Amendment 427 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Fishing concessions should be transferable and leasable in order to decentralise management of fishing opportunities towards the fishing industry and ensuring, seeking to create the necessary conditions so that fishers leaving the industry will not need to rely on public financial assistance under the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Specific characteristics and socio- economic vulnerability of some small-scale fleets justify the limitconsideration of the mandatovoluntary system of transferable fishing concessions tonly for large vessels. The system of transferable fishing concessions should apply only to stocks for which fishing opportunities are allocatedmanaged through TACs and quotas.
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Fisheries management based on the best available scientific advice requires harmonised, reliable and accurate data sets. Therefore Member states should collect data on fleets and their fishing activities, in particular biological data on catches, including discards, survey information on fish stocks and on the potential environmental impact of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem; and the Commission should provide the necessary conditions for data harmonisation so as to promote an ecosystem-based interpretation of resources.
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Member States should manage and make available to end-users of scientific- data the collected data, on the basis of a multi-annual Union program, supplying the relevant results to stakeholders. Member States should also cooperate with each other to coordinate data collection activities. Where relevant, Member States should also cooperate with third countries within the same sea basin regarding data collection.
Amendment 483 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Policy-oriented fisheries science should be reinforced by means of nationally-adopted fisheries scientific data collection, research and innovation programs in coordination with other Member States as well as by Union research and innovation framework tools, and the necessary data harmonisation and systematisation carried out by the Commission.
Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Respect for democratic principles and human rights, as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, and for the principle of the rule of law, should constitute an essential elemenforms part of Sustainable Fisheries Agreements and, which may be subject to a specific human rights clause consistent with the Union's general development objectives where this is justified.
Amendment 505 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) Aquaculture should contribute to the preservatexpansion of the food production potential on a sustainable basis throughout the Union so as to guarantee long-term food security for European citizens, to reduce imports of fishery and aquaculture products into the European Union and to contribute to the growing world aquatic food demand.
Amendment 509 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) The Common Fisheries Policy should contribute to, in relation to fisheries and aquaculture activities, to the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and help achieve the objectives set out in that strategy.
Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) Aquaculture activities in the Union are influenced by different conditions across national borders, including as regards authorisations for the operators, Union strategic guidelines for national strategic plans should be developed, adapted to the existing constraints in each Member State, to improve the competitiveness of the aquaculture industry, supporting its development and innovation, and encouraging economic activity, diversification and increased production using the species and production methods that are best suited to each country, and improving the quality of life in coastal and rural areas, as well as mechanisms to exchange among Member States information and best practices through an open method of coordination of national measures concerning business security, access to Union waters and space, and administrative simplification of licensing or concessions.
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) There is a need to strengthen the competitiveness of the Union fishery and aquaculture sector, and a call for administrative simplification in support of better management of production and marketing activities of the sector; t. As regards marketing, it is essential to harmonise the rules governing payments to producers in the EU at 30 days from the date on which products are delivered. The Common Market Organisation for fishery and aquaculture products should ensure a level- playing field for all fishing and aquaculture products marketed in the Union, with a label differentiating Community from imported products, should enable consumers to make better informed choices and support responsible consumption, and should improve the economic knowledge and understanding of the Union markets along the supply chain.
Amendment 533 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) To ensurcourage the involvement of concernedthe operators concerned in the Union system for control, inspection, and enforcement, Member States should be able to require the holders of a fishing licence of Union fishing vessels of 12 meters length over all or more flying their flag to contribute proportionally to the costs of that systemincentives should be created.
Amendment 539 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) The objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy cannot be sufficiently achieved by Member States given the problems encountered in the development of the fishing industry and its management, and the limits on the financial resources of the Member States. Therefore, multiannual Union financial assistance focused on the priorities of the Common Fisheries Policy and tailored to the specific features of the fishing industry in individual Member States should be granted to contribute to the achievement of those objectives.
Amendment 542 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) Union financial assistance should be made conditional upon compliance by Member States and operators with the Common Fisheries Policy. Thus such financial assistance should be interrupted, suspended or corrected in cases of proven non- compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy by Member States and serious infringements of those rules by operators, and the parties concerned should be guaranteed proper rights, both to be heard and as regards defence.
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Dialogue with stakeholders has proven essential for the achievement of the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy. Taking into account the diverse conditions throughout Union waters and the desirable increased regionalisation of the Common Fisheries Policy, Advisory Councils should be strengthened and enable the Common Fisheries Policy to benefit from the knowledge and experience of all stakeholders.
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) To achieve the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of specifying fishing -related measures to alleviate the impact of fishing activities in special areas of conservation, adaptation of the obligation to land all catches for the purpose of complying with the Union’s international obligations, default conservation measures (where the Member States have failed to act within a reasonable time limit) in the framework of multiannual plans or technical measures, the recalculation of fleet capacity ceilings, definition of information on characteristics and activity for Union fishing vessels, rules for carrying out pilot projects on new control technologies and data management systems, amendments to Annex III in relation to the areas of competence for Advisory Councils and the compositioning and functioning of Advisory Councils.
Amendment 567 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) It is of particular importanceessential that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work for the adoption of delegated acts, including Advisory Councils compulsorily and, wherever justifiable, at expert level.
Amendment 568 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
Recital 59
(59) To achieve the basic objective of the Common Fisheries Policy, namely to provide long-term sustainable environmental, economic and social conditions for the fishing and aquaculture sectors, and to contribute to the availability of food supplies, it is necessary and appropriate to lay down rules on the conservation and exploitation of marine biological resources, taking into account the profitability of vessels and the need to ensure a decent life for fishermen.
Amendment 610 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 1
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The Common Fisheries Policy shall ensure, through fishing and aquaculture activities, shall seek to supply the Union market with highly nutritious food, reducing the food dependence of the internal market while ensuring that fishing and aquaculture activities provide long-term sustainable environmental, economic and social conditions and contribute to the availability of food supplies.
Amendment 631 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 2
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The Common Fisheries Policy shall apply the precautionary approach to fisheries management, and, proceeding on the basis of such reliable scientific knowledge as might be obtained, shall aim to ensure, by 2015, that exploitation of living marine biological resources restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield, this to be achieved within as short a period as possible, according to a timetable suited to the different types of fishery, individual species, and the varying degrees of reliable scientific knowledge to draw on, combined in each instance with assessment of the socio-economic impact.
Amendment 649 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 3
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Common Fisheries Policy shall implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management to ensure that the impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are limitcontrolled.
Amendment 692 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) seek gradually to eliminate unwanted catches of commercial stocks and graduallyto ensure that all catches of such stocks are landed;
Amendment 727 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) promote the development of Union aquaculture activities to contribute to food security and employment in coastal and rural areas and to wealth creation, as well as to reducing imports of fishery products into the Union;
Amendment 744 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to a fair standard of living for those who depend on fishing activities and to the social and economic revitalisation of coastal areas;
Amendment 834 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– ‘marine biological resources’ means available and accessible living marine aquatic species, including anadromous and catadromous species, through all stages of their life cycle;
Amendment 835 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Amendment 850 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 6
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 6
– ‘maximum sustainable yield’ means the maximum catch that may be taken, in a balanced and sustainable way, from a fish stock indefinitely;
Amendment 865 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 7
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 7
– ‘precautionary approach to fisheries management’ means an approach according to which the absence of adequate scientific information should not justify postponing or failing to take management measures to conserve target species, associated or dependent species and non- targetby- catch species and their environment where there is a real possibility of a genuine risk to their sustainability;
Amendment 874 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 8
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 8
– ‘ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management’ means an approach ensuring that benefits from the exploitation of living aquatic resources are high while the direct and indirect impacts of fishing operations on marine ecosystems are lowcontrolled and not detrimental to the future functioning, diversity and integrity of those ecosystems;
Amendment 903 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 13
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 13
– ‘safeguard’ means a precautionary measure designed to protect or prevent something undesirable occurring;
Amendment 908 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 14
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 14
Amendment 957 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 23
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 23
Amendment 966 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 27
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 27
Amendment 975 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 30
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 30
Amendment 1016 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 1
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Union fishing vessels shall have equal access to waters and resources in all Union waters other than those referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, subject to the measures adopted under Part III, particularly with regard to the application of measures deriving from Union environmental legislation which establish restrictions on access to certain biogeographically sensitive areas.
Amendment 1026 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3
3. In the waters up to 100 nautical miles from the baselines of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, and in their maritime areas identified as biologically and geographically sensitive, the Member States concerned may from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022 restrict fishing to vessels registered in the ports of those islands. Such restrictions shall not apply to Union vessels that traditionally fish in those waters, in so far as those vessels do not exceed the fishing effort traditionally exerted. Member States shall inform the Commission of the restrictions put in place under this paragraph.
Amendment 1057 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) establishing realistic and, where possible, quantified targets for the sustainable exploitation of stocks;
Amendment 1078 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) establishing incentives, including those of an economic nature, to promote more selective or lowcontrolled impact fishing;
Amendment 1081 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) gradually eliminating discards, on a case-by-case basis and taking into account the best scientific advice;
Amendment 1170 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual plans providing for dynamic, appropriate conservation measures to maintain or restore fish stocks above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield shall be established as a priority.
Amendment 1258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual plans shall provide for adaptations of the fishing mortality rate, resulting in a fishing mortality rate that restores and maintains all stocks above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield by 2015, within the shortest possible space of time, in a gradual manner adapted to the different types of fishery (clean and mixed) and in all cases scientifically supported.
Amendment 1322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
Part 3 – Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) technical measures, including measures concerning the elimination of unwanted catchesaimed at reducing unwanted catches and, wherever possible, gradually eliminating them;
Amendment 1411 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 13 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. On the basis of evidence of a serious threat to the conservation of marine biological resources, or to the marine eco- system and requiring immediate action, the Commission, upon a reasoned request of a Member State or on its own initiative, but invariably paying heed to the Advisory Council concerned, may decide on temporary measures to alleviate the threat.
Amendment 1498 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 1
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 1
– small pelagic fishes (mackerel, herring, horse mackerel, blue whiting, boarfish, anchovy, argentine, sardinella, capelin);
Amendment 1503 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2
– large pelagic fishes (bluefin tuna, swordfish, albacore tuna, bigeye tuna, other billfish).
Amendment 1505 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2 a (new)
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2 a (new)
– industrial fishing.
Amendment 1548 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Minimum conservation reference sizes based on the best available scientific advice shall be established for the fish stocks set out in paragraph 1. The sale of catches of such fish stocks below the minimum conservation reference size shall be restricted for reduction to fish meal or pet food only. Minimum marketing sizes may be laid down for certain species for which there is a market demand and which may be landed up to given maximum limits.
Amendment 1563 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Catches exceeding the quota which conform to the minimum size should be permitted for sale for the benefit of the fishermen, and the quantity regularised in the following years.
Amendment 1571 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 4
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that Union fishing vessels flying their flag are equipped to ensure, wherever possible, full documentation of all fishing and processing activities for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the obligation to land all catches. They shall take into account the costs incurred in this procedure and the need to provide the corresponding compensation.
Amendment 1611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 16 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. By-catch fishing opportunities may be reserved, within a range of 5% to 10%, under the total fishing opportunities, thereby helping to reduce discards.
Amendment 1688 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 18 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 18 – paragraph 1
Member States adopting conservation measures pursuant to Article 17(1) shall notify the Commission, other interested Member States and relevant Advisory Councils of, which shall take part in the decision-making process relating to such measures.
Amendment 1711 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 20 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 to specify the conservation measures for fisheries covered by a multiannual plan, if the Member States authorised to take measures in accordance with Article 17 do not notify such measures to the Commission within three months after the date of entry into force of the multiannual plan; however, where the conservation measures for fisheries covered by a multiannual plan require the coordination and agreement of several Member States, the Commission shall play a facilitating role in the process and shall extend the above period by an additional month in cases where such process has already clearly reached an advanced stage of consensus.
Amendment 1744 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 21 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) are no less stringent thando not conflict with and are coherent with those existing in Union legislation.
Amendment 1753 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 22 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 22 – paragraph 1
Member States adopting technical measures pursuant to Article 21(1) shall notify the Commission, other interested Member States and relevant Advisory Councils of, which shall take part in the decision-making process relating to such measures.
Amendment 1785 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) are no less stringent thando not conflict with and are coherent with those in existing Union legislation.
Amendment 1791 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 26 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 26 – paragraph 1
1. A Member State may take non- discriminatory measures for the conservation and management of fish stocks and to minimise the effect of fishing on the conservation of marine eco-systems within 12 nautical miles of its baselines provided that the Union has not adopted measures addressing conservation and management specifically for that area or specifically addressing the problem identified by the Member State in question. The Member State measures shall be compatible with the objectives set out in Articles 2 and 3 and no less stringent thanshall not conflict with and shall be coherent with those in existing Union legislation.
Amendment 1792 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 26 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 26 – paragraph 2
2. Where conservation and management measures to be adopted by a Member State are liable to affect fishing vessels of other Member States, such measures shall be adopted only after consulting the Commission, the relevant Member States and relevant Advisory Councils on a draft of the measures accompanied by an explanatory memorandum, within a maximum period of one month.
Amendment 1815 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall establish a system of transferable fishing concession, within the context of a regionalised CFP, a voluntary system of transferable fishing concessions to adapt fishing capacity to catch possibilities no later than 31 December 2013 for
Amendment 1848 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 2
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may extend the voluntary system of transferable fishing concessions to fishing vessels of less than 12 meters length overall and deploying other types of gear than towed gear, after completion of a socioeconomic impact study with favourable results, and shall inform the Commission thereof.
Amendment 2087 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 36 – paragraph 2
Part 5 – article 36 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall make available to the Commission, on request, the information referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 2102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall collect biological, technical, environmental and socio- economic data necessary for ecosystem based fisheries management, manage them and make them available to end users of scientific data and interested parties, including bodies designated by the Commission. Those data shall in particular enable the assessment of:
Amendment 2121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 2 – point c
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) ensure safe storage of collected data and where applicable appropriate protection and confidentiality of collected data;
Amendment 2123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 2 – point d
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) ensure that the Commission, or bodies designated by it, have access to the national databases and systems used for processing the collected data for the purpose of verification of the existence and quality of the data.;
Amendment 2126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) make available to interested parties the relevant data and respective methodologies by which they are obtained, while taking into account any complementary data which may be provided by such parties.
Amendment 2202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 1
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 1
1. Sustainable Fisheries Agreements of an essentially commercial nature with third countries shall establish a legal, economic and environmental governance framework for fishing activities carried out by Union fishing vessels in third country waters.
Amendment 2237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support part offundamentally support the cost of access to the fisheries resources in third country waters, given the essentially commercial nature of these agreements;
Amendment 2242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) also establish the governance framework, including the development and maintenance of the necessary scientific and research institutions, monitoring, control and surveillance capability and other capacity building items pertaining to the development of a sustainable fisheries policy driven by the third country. Such financial assistance shall be conditioned upon the achievement of specific results.
Amendment 2274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) encouraging economic activity; by proposing exceptional, time-limited support measures for the creation and development of aquaculture projects for Member States and regions in which such activity is at an incipient stage;
Amendment 2275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) giving fish added value through the use of certification;
Amendment 2283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) a level playing field for all aquaculture operators, and between these and other fisheries sector operators, in relation to access to waters and space.;
Amendment 2308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 2
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall establish a multiannual national strategic plan for the development of aquaculture activities on their territory by 2014, establishing licensing periods of adequate duration to allow the necessary recovery of investment and expected profit returns on the capital involved.
Amendment 2325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 4 – point b
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) legal certainty for aquaculture operators in relation to access to waters and space, as well as a fair position in relation to other fisheries sector operators in relation to access to waters and space;
Amendment 2351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 44 – paragraph 1
Part 8 – article 44 – paragraph 1
An Advisory Council on aquaculture shall be established in accordance with Article 53 and with Council Decision 585/EC/2004, as shall a new Consultative Council for the outermost regions, divided into sub-groups for each of the different ocean regions: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific.
Amendment 2422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 10 – Article 48
Part 10 – Article 48
Amendment 2469 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – Article 53 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 12 – Article 53 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Advisory Councils mayust:
Amendment 2476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 12 – Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) submit recommendations and suggestions on matters relating to fisheries management and aquaculture to the Commission or to the Member State concerned, which must take them duly into account;
Amendment 2494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – Article 53 – paragraph 2
Part 12 – Article 53 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and, where relevant, the Member State concerned, shall reply within a reasonable time periodnot more than 30 days, and in any event before final measures or acts have been adopted, to any recommendation, suggestion or information received pursuant to paragraph 1.
Amendment 2509 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – Article 54 – paragraph 1
Part 12 – Article 54 – paragraph 1
1. Advisory Councils shall be composed of organizations representing the fisheries and aquaculture operators and other interest groups affected by the Common Fisheries Policy.