BETA

Activities of Gabriel MATO related to 2019/2162(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Measures to promote the recovery of fish stock above MSY (debate)
2021/01/18
Dossiers: 2019/2162(INI)

Amendments (49)

Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
— having regard to Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and to Articles 11, 39 and 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the 2020 edition of the FAO report on the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA),
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council, Towards more sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2021 (COM/2020/248 final),
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
- having regard to the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) report on Monitoring the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy (STECF-Adhoc-20-01),
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
- Having regard to the Commission communication COM(2020) 248, entitled ´Towards more sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2021´of June 2020
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the common fisheries policy (CFP) is aimed at ensuring that fishing and aquaculture activities are environmentally sustainable in the long term and at progressively restorre managed ing and maintaining populations of fish way that is consistent with the objectives of achieving economic, stocks above biomass levels capable of producing the maximum sustial and employment benefits, and of contributing to the avainlable yield (MSY); ility of food supplies;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas fisheries management measures adopted under the CFP are beginning to beararing fruit, as the number of fish stocks exploited at sustainable levels is increasing, making higher yields possible for stocks which were until recently overexploited;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas still around 38 % of stocksdespite the huge drop in fishing pressure which according to the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) has been reduced almost by half in the last 20 years on average for all the stocks evaluated in the North-East Atlantic and, still around 9238 % in the Mediterranof stocks in this arean are overexploited, according to the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF), despite the legal requirement to stop overfishing by 2020; . However, these stocks represent a small portion of the total landings. In the Mediterranean, according to the Commission for the Mediterranean(GFCM) 2018 report on The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries, the percentage of overexploited fish stocks decreased from 88 percent in 2014 to 78percent in 2016, and to 62.5 percent in 2017 according to the SOFIA report 2020 (http://www.fao.org/gfcm/news/detail/en/c /1174318/);
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas in 2019 the Council set 62 out of 78 TACs in line with Fmsy. It is therefore expected that in 2020 more than 99% of landings in the Baltic, North Sea and the Atlantic managed exclusively by the EU will come from sustainably managed fisheries;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas in the northeast Atlantic the biomass has continued to increase since 2007, and in 2018 was 48% higher than in 2003 for fully assessed stocks. In the Mediterranean and Black Seas, the situation has remained essentially unchanged since the start of the data series in 2003, although since 2012 there has may been a slight increase in biomass;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas fishing at maximum economic yield (MEY) refers to the level of capture at which social, environmental and economic benefits for society are maximised, which improves the resilience of the sector;deleted
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas fishing at maximum economic yield (MEY) refers to the level of capture at which social, environmental and economic benefits for society are maximised, which improves the resilience of the sector;deleted
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) calls for at least 30 % of all marine habitats to be transformed by 2020 into a network of highly protected marine protected areas (MPAs), among other efficient area-based conservation measures, the aim being to have no extractive activities carried out in at least 30% of the ocean, without considering the socio-economic consequences;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. Whereas the FAO State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report reiterates that management is the best tool for conservation and the only path to sustainability and that stocks under effective management are increasingly sustainable, with 78.7 percent of current global marine fish landings coming from biologically sustainable stocks;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the 2030 EU Biodiversity Strategy calls for a legally binding objective to protect at least 30 % of the EU’s sea area, and for 10 % of the EU’s sea area to be strictly protected;deleted
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas there is a strong scientific consensus that MPAs are beneficial to fisheries because of their spillover effect and their positive effects on recruitment;deleted
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas both biodiversity and food security are better served by effective fisheries management and not by establishing no-take zones;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
I a. Whereas the overall biomass of quota species within EU managed stocks was 48% higher in 2018 than in 2003;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
I b. Whereas wild-caught fish is by far the healthiest and most environmentally friendly source of protein on earth thanks to the low carbon footprint of the fishing industry, hence seafood is the best choice to fight climate change;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
I b. Whereas fishing at MSY continues to be positive in the North East Atlantic;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
I c. Whereas 99% of landings from the Baltic and the North Sea, where stocks are managed by the EU, are 'sustainable managed stocks' in 2020;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
I d. Whereas TACs in the North East Atlantic were proposed in line with MSY for all 78 stocks for which scientific advice was available;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen scientific coverage with the objective that 100 % of the target fish stocks exploited in European waters be assessed at the latest by 2025 and that the MSY can be calculateddetermine the TAC levels to achieve MSY, where possible, for all these stocks;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen scientific coverage with the objective that 100 % of the fish stocks exploited in European waters be assessed at the latest by 2025 and, so that the MSY can be calculated for all these stocks;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to strengthen the implementation of the ecosystem approach to fisheries managementaccording to the objectives set in the new Technical Measures Regulation Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 in order to minimise negative impacts on marine ecosystems, fish stocks and society;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to continue to support plans to improve selectivity and to take into account the results of studies showing the detrimental impacts of fishing techniques such as bottom-contacting gear or fish aggregating devices (FADs) by strongly limiting their usedemonstrating the advantages of gear that has a positive effect on ecosystems and selectivity;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to continue to support plans to improve selectivity and to take into account the results of studies showing the detrimental impacts of fishing techniques such as bottom-contacting gear or fish aggregating devices (FADs) by strongly limiting their usemeasures to minimise the impacts of fishing gear on marine ecosystems and in particular on sensitive species and habitats, including where appropriate by using incentives;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the EU should go beyond current fisheries management practices and promote a transition towards low-impact fisheries in order to rebuild fish stocks and restore marine ecosystems;deleted
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the EU should go beyond currentincrease human and financial efforts for effective fisheries management, practices and promote a transition towards low-impact fisheriesarticularly through the EMFF, in order to continue rebuilding fish stocks and restoreing marine ecosystems;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that MSY should not be the only indicator relating to EU fisheries management and that maximum economic yield (MEY) should also be used;deleted
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that MSY should not be the only indicator relating to EU fisheries management and that maximum economic yield (MEY) should also be usfisheries management should better take into account species interactions, socio- economic factors and effects of climate change and pollution; however existing exploitation targets based on fishing mortality (Fmsy) should not be changed;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to progressively seek scientific advice on MEY, starting with the most important stocks;deleted
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to progressively seek scientific advice on MEY, starting with the most important stocks;deleted
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 123 #
8. Calls on the Commission to progressively propose TACs that are set at the level of MEY for all stocks in the long term and for 30 % of TACs by 2030;deleted
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to progressively propose TACs that are set at the level of MEY for all stocks in the long term and for 30 % of TACs by 2030;deleted
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
ExpandImproving the network of protected areas and improving its managementmanagement of marine protected areas
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that, while the European Union has made progress and met the target of designating 10 % of Europe’s waters as protected areas, the network of MPAs is far from being fully effective, and that only a very small share of the existing MPAs have management plans and protection measures;deleted
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal, in its 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, to have at least 30 % of sea area in the EU protecdeleted;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission’s proposal, in its 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, to have at least 30 % of sea area in the EU protected;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for half of that area, meaning 15 % of European waters, to benefit from a high level of protection, which includes areas where all catches and any economic activities are prohibited (no-take zones), areas where only the most destructive fishing techniques, such as bottom-contacting gear, are banned, and fish stock recovery areas, as provided for under the CFP;deleted
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for half of that area, meaning 15 % of European waters, to benefit from a high level of protection, which includes areas where all catches and any economic activities are prohibited (no-take zones), areas where only the most destructive fishing techniques, such as bottom-contacting gear, are banned, and fish stock recovery areas, as provided for under the CFP;deleted
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for MPAs to be established as part of a coherent network of connected areas, including offshore and deep-sea areas; recalls the requirement to cease fishing with bottom-contacting gear below 400 m in areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are known to exist or are likely to occur;deleted
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for MPAs to be established as part of a coherent network of connected areas, including offshore and deep-sea areas; recalls the requirement to cease fishing with bottom-contacting gear below 400 m in areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are known to exist or are likely to occur;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Urges Member States to set stronger and more effective management plans for the existing MPAs and to put in place strongereffective control measures to ensure that MPAs are respected, including by involving the fisheries sector;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises that the success of MPAs and other protected areas lies in them being accepted and embraced by fishers, coastal communities and other stakeholdersrational, justified by science and not simply established to reach a quota, thereby the need for cost-benefit analyses, monitoring and enforcement. In order for MPAs to be accepted by fishers, coastal communities and other stakeholders they need to understand why, how and what must be protected; calls therefore for the inclusion of the fisheries sector, including its artisanal component, as well as other relevant stakeholders, such as fisheries management bodies, in the design, management and monitoring of MPAs;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of having a comprehensive and coherent approach when establishing MPAs, by not only limiting commercial fishing activities but also tackling other activities such as fossil fuel exploration and exploitation, mining, large-scale aquaculture, dredging, offshore wind farms, transport and recreational fisheries;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of having a comprehensive and coherent approach when establishing MPAs, by not only limiting commercial fishing activities but also tackling other activities such as fossil fuel exploration and exploitation, mining, offshore windfarms, large-scale aquaculture, dredging, transport and recreational fisheries;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Invites the Member States to expand the networkmake further efforts ofn fish stock recovery areas under the CFP in accordance with the best available scientific advice where there is clear evidence of heavy concentrations of fish below minimum conservation reference size or of spawning grounds;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that rapid and strong action to fight climate change is essential for the preservation of healthy fish populations, and therefore for the continuity of fishing activity and for food security in the long term; Recalls that according to Article 2 of the Paris Agreement, parties shall aim at increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH