17 Amendments of Gabriel MATO related to 2015/2109(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
– having regard to the UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2015,2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the Sustainable Development Goal to Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the sea covers 71 % of the Earth’s surface and contains 97 % of the planet’s water; whereas the sea is home to a significant part of the world’s biodiversity which still remains unexplored;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas an estimated 64 % of the sea, notably thenot all high seas and the deep seabed, are areas beyond the national jurisdiction of states and are governed by international law;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the preservation of marine biological diversity should be considered as being part of the common natural heritage of mankind, and its preservation and conservation a common concern of all humankind and should be treated as such;a common objective of all humankind in order to guarantee the marine environmental balance and avoid new risks for food security
Amendment 21 #
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas fishing, alone and in conjunction with other marine activities, has a greatan impact on marine biological diversity, and thus should be covered by all conservation and management measuresis adequately covered by RFMOs and existing legislation;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the UNFSA is a comprehensive and forward-thinking documentrelevant treaty that shouldall not be changed or undermined;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas we recognise and support the rights and special requirements of developing states in the context of capacity-building in order for them to be able to benefit from the conservation and sustainable use of theirfish resources and of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas the course of actions of the so- called ‘Kobe Process’ recognises the efforts already made by those RFMOs thatRFMOs have undertaken independent performance reviews and calls on all RFMOs to regularly undertake such reviews and make the results publicly available;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the decision taken by the UNGA to start working towards a new international instrument under the UNCLOS framework regarding marine biological diversity in ABNJ in order to address the current shortcomingand stresses that this process shall not undermine existing relevant instruments and frameworks as well as relevant global, regional and sectorial bodies;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and seas and of their resources; calls on the EU and the international community to promote conservation and sustainable use of marine resourcesbiodiversity by implementing, among other measures, modern concepts of marine ecosystem management, including, with respect to fisheries management, includorporating science-based marine governance, maintaining stocks to levels capable ofrestoring and maintaining populations of harvested species above levels which can producinge the maximum sustainable yield, ecosystem-based management and conservation of marine biodiversity, enforcement of existing legislation, and the precautionary approach;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Commission to further promote fisheries aspects in this new international agreementStresses that fisheries aspects are adequately covered by RFMOs and existing legislation; encourages the Commission to pay close attention to how fisheries aspects are addressed in this new agreement and to further promote the enforcement of existing legislation;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to support and promote the establishment ofStresses that connected, coherent and representative networks of MPAs as networks are essentialgood tools for ensuring ecological and biological connectivity;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance that new activities for the exploitation of marine resources other than fisheries be anticipated in the required environmental impact assessments with a solid scientific basis and that these activities are accompanied by detailed environmental, social and economical monitoring.
Amendment 118 #
11a. Urges the Commission to call upon States that have not done so to ratify or accede to the UNCLOS.