48 Amendments of Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA related to 2021/2189(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
— having regard to Articles 3, 4, 13, 38, 43 and 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal (COM(2019)0640) and the European Parliament resolution of 15th of January 2020 on this communication,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system’ (COM(2020)0381) and the European Parliament resolution of 20th of October 2021 on this communication,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 – Bringing nature back into our lives’ (COM(2020)0380), and the European Parliament resolution of 9th of June 2021 on this communication
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to the Special Eurobarometer 515 on EU Consumer Habits Regarding Fishery and Aquaculture Products from 2021,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
— having regard to the PECH Committee Study on “Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on EU fisheries and aquaculture” form 07 July 2021,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Green Deal, the Biodiversity Strategy and the Farm to Fork Strategy aim to achieve a carbon neutral Europe by 2050 and make food systems fair, healthy and environmentally friendly across the Union; whereas aquaculture can provide healthy food with a smaller climate and environmental footprint than that of non-aquatic land- based farming;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the EU Strategic Guidelines for a More Sustainable and Competitive EU Aquaculture (2021), the FAO Shanghai Declaration: Aquaculture for food and sustainable development (2021), and the OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code (2021) establish animal welfare objectives in aquaculture to support producers and consumers;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the FAO 2020 report on the state of world fisheries and aquaculture indicates that globally, the proportion of women in the total aquaculture work force (19 %) is larger than that in fisheries (12 %) and that overall, women play a crucial role throughout the fish and aquaculture value chain and provide labour in both relating to both general commercial practices and artisanal practices;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas one in four of every seafood product consumed in Europe comes from aquaculture, and considering that 70 % of seafood consumption comes from importswhere between 2018 and 2019 per capita apparent consumption of farmed products registered a 2% increase; whereas considering that in 2019, the EU self- sufficiency for fish and seafood was 41,2%, only 10 % of EU seafood consumption comes from EU aquaculture;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas nearly two thirds of Europeans in 2021 did eat fishery or aquaculture products at home at least once a month, this is a decreasing trend compared to figures from 2018; whereas consumers in 2021 were divided regarding wild or farmed products where around a third preferred wild products and a similar proportion did not have a preference;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas some initial estimates point to a 17 % reduction in sales volume and an 18 % reduction in total income, with a particularly harsh impact on the shellfish segment;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the European Market Observatory for fisheries and aquaculture’s fishmeal and fish oil report from September 2021 indicates that most fishmeal in aquaculture feed is consumed in Asia and that in 2019, 34 % of fishmeal was used in China, 35 % in other Asian countries and 9 % of fishmeal was used in Europe; whereas 20 million tonnes of wild fish are captured for non-human feed purposes; whereas there is increasing competition for fishmeal on the global animal feed markets between aquaculture and livestock producers; whereas higher feed prices will imply that onlyenhances the need for further development of alternative feed products as well as feed- efficient andcy to ensure profitability for high-valued aquaculture products can be profitable with such inputs;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas the population of cormorants has seen a massive increase; whereas this increase in the number of cormorants causes serious damage to many marine sectors, including aquaculture;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the resolution on the adoption of a European Cormorant Management Plan to minimise the increasing impact of cormorants on fish stocks, fishing and aquaculture, adopted 13 years ago, proposed several possible actions to solve the problems that cormorants continues to posed;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasizes the importance of proper and coordinated implementation of the Guidelines by member States in order to achieve their objectives; points out the importance of the role of the Commission to assist and coordinate the implementation among Member States to ensure a level playing field for EU aquaculture farmers; encourages the Commission to continuously follow the implementation of these Guidelines and other legal acts affecting Aquaculture such as the Regulation on organic production and labelling of organic products and if appropriate present amendments to this Regulation, and potentially others, addressing hurdles hampering the realisation of EU objectives on organic production, such as those set out in the Farm to Fork Strategy;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the potential of the aquaculture sector’s contributions to achieving the objectives of the European Green Deal, and highlights the need to ensure the long-term sustainability and resilience of the sector, notably in the light of the COVID-19 crisis; considers that the transition to a sustainable food system in Europe needs to include the aquaculture sector as an importantake advantage of the untapped potential in the aquaculture sector as it can play an important and even bigger part of the circular economy and as a net contributor to excess nutrient transformation in high-quality protein;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that aquaculture is expected to contribute to food supply and food security by rebalancing the fish gap, since the EU needs to import 70 % of all the aquatic food it consumes and that causes an annual EUR 21 billion trade deficit (in 2019); considers that aquaculture has sizeable growth potential that needs to be enhanced, so that it can provide sustainable and quality food products, reduce our dependence on aquatic food imports and create more jobs and other socio-economic services, especially in coastal regions but also rural areas; calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide a predictable, streamlined and business- friendly legal framework, and making full use of the available financing resources of the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), as this is the only environment under which these aquaculture contributions can occur;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Points out the importance of precise data and statistics for Aquaculture products, especially in relation to consumption, imports and exports, in order to ensure that we are reaching the targets and objectives we are setting for the sector; calls for more data to be made available and accessible in this regard;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the establishment of the new EU aquaculture assistance mechanism as an innovative tool to aid the Commission, Member States, industry and other stakeholders to develop further guidance and consolidate best practices on different relevant areas; considers that all relevant stakeholders, including Parliament, should be involved in the creation of this mechanism, in particular all members of the Aquaculture Advisory Council, in accordance with Article 11 TEU that recognises participatory democracy as a fundamental democratic principle; calls for the creation of meaningful dialogue with civil society;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the growth potential of the EU aquaculture sector needs to be developed in a sustainable manner, taking all three pillars of sustainability – economic, social and environmental – into consideration; points out the need to have an attractive and market-oriented sector, also attracting new fish farmers, sector with a legal framework for attracting business investments and protecting the environment by using sustainable feed sources, improving aquatic health and biosecurity, reducing the burden of disease and encouraging the responsible and prudent use of antimicrobials;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the aquaculture sector is capable of providing a consistent contribution to ecosystem services for society, and algae and, shellfish and pond farming especially can contribute to decarbonising the EU economy and mitigating climate change; supports the proposed actions on climate change but highlights the need for a common methodology to measure the carbon footprint of individual aquaculture farms and requests an impact assessment for all the proposed measures; including their impact on individual aquaculture sectors;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate, encourage and provide adequate support for environmentally friendly aquaculture, such as organic farmsaquaculture, closed-system aquaculture, algae, shellfish, pond fish farming and integrated multi-trophic aquaculture systems;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates the need for a food traceability system in the EU that enhances the sustainability of the aquaculture sector and responds to consumer demands by providing information on where, when, how and what fish or seaaquatic food has been farmed, primarily to improve food safety but also to enable checks throughout the chain of both EU products and imports from outside the EU and to combat fraud; believes that this system should involve all actors in the value chain, so that they can collaborate with one another using digital systems, artificial intelligence and other technological innovations;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to support green business models, such as those based on carbon sequestration, in order to make supply chains more sustainable; stresses, in this regard, that certain aquaculture practices, such as mussel or oyster farming, can be successful models for the future, in the context of the Emissions Trading System emission credit systems, in the context of EU climate legislation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support this type of green business in the light of the strategy’s objectives;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the operations of the aquaculture sector should commit to actively applying evidence-based standards and interventions to improve fish welfare, including maintaining water quality within welfare and environmental-relevant limits, as a way of reducing the prevalence and spread of diseases, which diminishes the need for antibiotics and lowers pollution levels; highlights that the aquaculture sector shoulde importance of continueing to improve farming methods in line with the most up-to-date scientific knowledge available in order for the sector to achieve better environmental results, resilience against climate change and the optimisation of resource use;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to continue encouraging the promotion of algae farming without neglecting the more conventional aquaculture farmed species; considers that restoring and better managing seaweed populations could be an effective way, in addition to farming algae, to combat eutrophicationand facilitate the use and development of algae as food and feed, including by enabling easier authorisation processes, without neglecting the more conventional aquaculture farmed species; highlights that there are untapped potential in algae farming for creating new jobs and providing ecosystem services and removre excess carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from waternvironmentally friendly food and feed;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Considers that restoring and better managing seaweed populations could be an effective way, in addition to farming algae, to combat eutrophication and remove excess carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from water;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that national plans for the sustainable development of aquaculture take into account the characteristics of both marine and fresh water aquaculture as well as general barriers to the development of the potential of the sector and to recognise the need to allocate space to aquaculture through appropriate spatial planning; highlights the importance of a transparent and participative mechanism, in line with Directive 2014/89/EU on maritime spatial planning, for allocating space, including to existing and new fishing grounds and aquaculture farms, to all stakeholders in an equitable manner;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Supports the aim of the Commission to initiate promotion campaigns to encourage consumption of EU-Aquaculture products and highlight EU Aquaculture and to further supports its sustainable development; highlights the need in this regard for comprehensive and easy to access consumer information including on healthy diets, environmental benefits and other sustainability parameters such as climate impact;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the development of aquaculture requires both a solid, reliable and clear, clear and administratively simple legal framework for the use of space and licences that provides confidence and security for investment in the sector; stresses that spatial planning should result in an effective and flexible plan that considers the ever-changing marine and freshwater environments within which aquaculture functions, and that overly restrictive zoning may deter investment and development;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of sustainable feed ingredients for aquaculture in the Union; considers that aquaculture can only fill the fish gap if all species farmed provide a net gain in fish protein, meaning that aquaculture does not remove more wild fish from the oceans for feed requirements than it produces; stresses the need to use ecologically sustainable marine proteins and oils, by-products and trimmings, other proteins and innovative solutions, such as insect meal and microalgae, and the partial replacement of marine proteins and oils with non-marine alternatives; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote responsible and sustainable practices and increase the percentage of independently certified fishmeal and fish oil within feeds, with certification done by a credible and independent environmental and social certification scheme, such as the one by the Marine Stewardship Council, that uses low trophic index assessment criteria and the FAO code of conductinvest in research and innovation in order to promote a transition to sustainable and new sources of protein and asks the Commission to assess if any legislative changes are needed in this regard;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote responsible and sustainable practices and increase the percentage of independently certified fishmeal and fish oil within feeds, with certification done by a credible and independent environmental and social certification scheme, such as the one by the Marine Stewardship Council, that uses low trophic index assessment criteria and the FAO code of conduct;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges the fact that it is not currently possible to provide enough fishmeal and fish oil to aquaculture with just discards and by-products from the fishing industry, in part because of increasing competition withidemand on the fishmeal market; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure sustainable fishmeal and fish oil production and to jointly step up efforts on research and innovation to solve this particular problemproblem of increased demand on the fishmeal market by developing sustainable alternatives;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to acknowledge the importance of conducting EU-wide communication campaigns about the EU aquaculture sector and the importance of production with funds under direct management in line with the objectives of the strategic guidelines; calls on the Member States and the Commission to include the organisation of information and communication campaigns in all operational programmes, in line with the objectives of the strategic guidelines, on specific subsectors of the EU aquaculture sector;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission and the Member States to substantially increase funds for research and innovation in the aquaculture sector, specially new knowledge fields such as the study of the microbiome or the scientific monitoring of aquaculture environmental services; calls on the Commission and Member States to enhance the transfer of science-based knowledge to industry and other stakeholders and the transfer of operational knowledge from industry and stakeholders to the scientific community;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to work further on levelling the playing field through the revision of internationalfor EU-Aquaculture vis-a-vis third country producers through its trade agreements, including updating rules for the better implementation of aquatic food labelling; considers that, in specific cases such as caviar labelling, the legal framework on information for consumers should be revised; calls on the Commission to analyse the inclusion of sustainable aquaculture sectors in the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in order to create incentives for European industries and EU trade partners to decarbonise their industries and therefore support both EU and global climate policies towards greenhouse-gas neutrality, and at the same time, without being discriminatory or constituting a disguised restriction on international trade;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need to improve the availability of veterinary medicines for the aquaculture sector in order to be able to comply with the proposed actions on fish health and welfare; calls on the Commission to support scientific knowledge on fish welfare, proCalls on the Commission to support scientific knowledge on fish welfare, promote best aquaculture practices on fish wellbeing and promote the creation of EU reference centres for fish welfare; Stresses that good animal welfare is the best preventive step to reduce the need for medicines and to ensure fish health and welfare, encourages further use of technologies and innovation to address illnesses in a motre best aquaculture practices on fish wellbeing and promote the creation of EU reference centres for fish welfaretargeted fashion reducing the amount of medicine needed; stresses the need to improve the availability of veterinary medicines, when needed, for the aquaculture sector;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Supports increasing the capacity of Copernicus and the European Marine Observation and Data Network to observe, model and forecast to better anticipate the effects of extreme weather events both on land and at sea to which aquaculture facilities are especially sensitive;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to implement the measures proposed in the resolution on the adoption of a European Cormorant Management Plan and in addition to update measures based in the most recent scientific advice for the benefit of the aquaculture sector, the biodiversity and the environment; calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish effective and permanent measures to regulate the number of cormorants and other fish predators to reduce their economic, environmental and social impact on aquaculture; considers riticises the fact that only some of Parliament’s demands have been fulfilled through the actions of the Commission, such as the guidance document for applying derogations under Article 9(1) of the Birds Directive, the CorMan Project and the EU Cormorant Platform; calls onurges the Commission to include the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) in Annex II, Part A of the Birds Directive, which consists of a list of species that may be hunted under national legislation;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the actions related to aquaculture in the Commission communication on an action plan for the development of organic production and the 23 actions included in its annex; points out that market based organic aquaculture needs toshould play a key role in the planned growth of the aquaculture sector, given its ample untapped potential for development, in line with the transition to a sustainable food system in Europe, and which should be given assistance through the EMFAF;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Agrees with the objective of a significant increase in organic aquaculture by 2030 without setting any concrete percentage in this plan, given that this is a relatively new sector and its growth is not easy to predict, however encourages Member States to set targets, if appropriate, taking into account their knowledge of local- and regional specificities and market development; points out that although EU organic aquaculture has experienced an increase in the farming of certain species and in certain countries in recent years (including, salmon in Ireland and mussels in Denmark and Ireland), the demand for EU organic aquaculture is uncertain and, moreover, the economic performance of organic aquaculture is still not sufficient in some areas;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Considers that sustainable aquaculture, in general, and organic aquaculture , in particular, will play a key role in meeting the EU’s ambition for a carbon neutral Europe by 2050 by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to climate change mitigation, while supplying additional benefits to the environment and biodiversity;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Points out that sustainable aquaculture, in general, and organic aquaculture, in particular, canit can also help meet consumer demands for diversified high- quality food produced in a way that respects the environment and ensures fish welfare, thereby filling the gap between demand and supply of fishery products in the EU, and relieving pressure on wild stocks;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States to include, based on an ex-ante impact assessment an increase in organic aquaculture among the objectives of their reviewed multi-annual national strategic plans for aquaculture; considers that the EMFAF should be used to promote sustainable aquaculture practices, such as organic production, and finance income lossesto provide support during the conversion period, which would level the playing field with respect to other organic farmers;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Considers that organic aquaculture faces unique obstacles, as well as those faced by the conventional aquaculture sector, which need to be addressed accordingly; stresses the need to identify and address the specific obstacles to the development of organic aquaculture, including different approaches to fish farming, in the Union immediately;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Highlights that innovation, including different types of Aquaculture has developed since the Regulation on organic production and labelling of organic products were adopted; points out in this regard that the certain provisions, such as provisions on reproduction, are ill equipped for the new innovative and sustainable Aquaculture methods developed; asks the Commission to assess this Regulation in this regard and present necessary amendments to the legislation;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Urges the Commission to consider re-authorising the use of 30 % of the daily ration of fishmeal and fish oil from non- organic aquaculture trimmings, or trimmings of fish caught for human consumption that come from sustainable EU fishery products, for a transitional period of five years for all newcomers in the organic aquaculture sector, given its positive impact on the circular economy and as a necessary support measure in view of the lack and high prices of organic feed;