6 Amendments of Maurice PONGA related to 2011/2290(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that a root-and-branch reform of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is now desperately needed, due to the failurct that it has not always been able to meet its objectives, internally and externally, in the 30 years it has been operational;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points to the requirement in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which stipulates that the European Union must take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries, which includes, in particular, the Common Fisheries Policy;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that sustainable fishing restoring and maintaining stocks well above the levels that can produceat the level of Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) will be of huge environmental, social and economic advantage, as the environment will be less degraded, and fishing communities will have a secure future, and the fisheries sector will be profitable without having to depend on public support to survive;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned at the heavy dependence of EU markets on imports of fisheries and aquaculture products, as more than 60 % of all fisheries products used in the EU are imported essentially from developing countries, 10% of which from ACP countries; stresses that the best option for reducing dependence on imports is to recover and maintain European fish stocks to aMSY level well above those capable of producing MSY;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that imported fisheries and aquaculture products should be subject to the same environmental, health and social standards as European domestic production, and is of the view that developing countries will need financial and technical assistance in order to reach the same standards, but also to more effectively combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Opposes the adoption of Transferable Fishing Concessions (TFCs) schemes, especially in RFMOs and in international waters, as this may severely limit today’s developing countries’ future ambitions in terms of developing their own fisheries sectors;