16 Amendments of Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES related to 2011/2291(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas this report by the Commission again confirms that the Current Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has failled in reachingn short of its goals regarding conservation and sustainable exploitation of the EU fisheries and in adjusting the available fishing capacity to the available fisheries resources;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the TAC and quota system has, in itself, proved to be inefficient in managing fish stocks sustainably and whereas long-term management plans are key to the sustainable management of fish stocks;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the absence of reliable scientific data remains a seriousinsufficiency and, at times, unreliability of scientific data and the level of uncertainty about the models for their determination continue to constitute a problem when seeking to achieve sustainable management of mostany fish stocks;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the sustainable conservation of fisheries resources is also affected by climate change, such as global warming, and by anthropogenic effects, such as pollution;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas over the past decade a very significant number of jobs has been lost in the European fishing industry because of the poor state of fish stocks, increased production costs, the fall in prices caused by cheaper imports, and technological advances; at the same time, because of the technological advances, the fishing capacity of the fleets has significantlyat times increased;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the available data on the actual capacity of the European fishing fleet is not reliable enough because technological developments have not been taken into account and Member States are failing todo not always accurately report data on fleet capacities;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to provide for the establishment of long-term management plans for all EU fisheries; highlights the possibility of grouping fisheries according to geographical fishing regions whereby the specificities of the different European seas should be taken into account and a separate regime should apply to small-scale coastal fisheries; believes that there should be a possibility for investments in new landing sites and start-up packages in order to secure a new generation of fishermen, equipped with adequate training, entering into small- scale fisheries;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the direct link between discards, unwanted by-catch and overfishing, and the need to develop an efficient no-discards policypolicy that gradually eliminates discards at EU level whereby the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) should have greater powers to ensure a fair system of rules and sanctions, i.e. the principle of equal treatment; argues that a discard ban should be fishery-based and not relate to different fish stocks; stresses that selectived fishing gear and other devices which reduce or eliminate by-catches of non-targeted species, as well as other sustainable fishing methods, should be promoted; underlines the importance of addressing differentiated approach to the management of mixed fisheries to this end;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to address immediately the issue of the lack of reliable and availablesufficient data necessary for sound scientific advice; calls on the Commission to establish a system whereby Member States which do not fulfil their data collection and transmission obligationsrespective obligations under the European fisheries data programme are sanctioned; stresses that adequate financial means have to be allocated to relevant scientific research in the Member States; urges the Commission at the same time to set up a framework for decision-making in data- poor situations, both regarding management plans and TACs and quota decisions;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Member States, wherever necessary, to carry out mandatoryappropriate cuts to achieve set targets for a sustainable level of capacity for every fishery so as to tackle the remaining significant overcapacity of the fishing fleets, with sanctions for failure to meet the targets, i.e. the freezing of funds from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF);
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recognises the Commission’s proposal to introduce a system of individually transferable fishing concessions (TFCs), subject to strict safeguards, providing a special regime for small-scale and coastal fisheries as well as preferential treatment, providing for ecologically-friendly fishing vesselsnditionality, and addressing the issue of rights concentration and the possibility of revoking fishing concessions; believes, therefore, that a Member State should be exempted from the obligation to introduce TFCs if its fishing capacity is within the set ceiling or if the Member State in question can prove that it can achieve the necessary capacity reduction without using a TFC systemat the TFC scheme is only one of several possible models intended to reduce overcapacity and should be voluntary in Member States;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that the TFC system cannot be considered as the only measure to tackle overfishing and overcapacity but that it should be available as one of the various additional management measures available to a Member State whereby the Commission, together with the two co- legislators, is to set the broader framework, control and monitor national application, provided that this is the Member State’s choice, and report to the legislators periodically on the results of this system; stresses that selective fishing gear and other technical measures, such as closure of specific zones orand the exclusion of certain fishing activitirestriction of access to maritime areas identified as bio- geographically sensitive only for regional fleets that use environmentally friendly fishing techniques, should be further promoted as complementary measures;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Emphasises the need for clear deadlines for fleet reductions and pace targets, where necessary, and urges the Commission to provide for a scheme of measures to sanction Member States which do not fulfil their respective obligations within the set timelines, whilst providing adequate funding for the purposes of this process, and to further develop the concept of conditionality in the context of access to fishing resources and remuneration which rewardsing sustainable fishing;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls onInvites the Commission to establish a systemconsider the benefits of result-based management for awarding access rights outside the 12 nautical miles waters, whereby the burden of proof of sustainable fishing is upon the industry;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the special access regime for small-scale fisheries in the 12 nautical mile zone should be retained, as should specific restrictions for vessels registered in the ports of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, in the waters around these archipelagos, particularly in the bio- geographically sensitive areas currently governed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1954/2003;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Believes that conservation areas, such as the Shetland Box, should remain an important conservation tool to protect biolog- geographically sensitive areas; accordingly expects the Commission to address these issues in the envisaged review of the relevant technical measures framework which would allow for a coherent legal regime;