Activities of Gabriel MATO related to 2021/2169(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives (debate)
Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the state of play in the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives
Amendments (114)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to the Council Resolution of 3 November 1976 on certain external aspects of the creation of a 200- mile fishing zone in the Community with effect from 1 January 1977 (1976 Hague Resolution), and in particular Annex VII thereto,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)
Citation 2 c (new)
— having regard to the opinion of the Galician Fisheries Council of 8 February 2022 on the review of the Common Fisheries Policy,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 d (new)
Citation 2 d (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 19 January 2023 on the small-scale fisheries situation in the EU and future perspectives,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 e (new)
Citation 2 e (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 5 April 2022 on the future of fisheries in the Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean in the light of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 f (new)
Citation 2 f (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 g (new)
Citation 2 g (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 16 September 2021 entitled 'Fishers for the future: Attracting a new generation of workers to the fishing industry and generating employment in coastal communities’,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Article 39 of the TFEU requires that the CFP, in all its areas, and notably the conservation of marine biological resources, must among others, ensure a fair standard of living for the fishing community and assure availability of supplies (food security); whereas Article 11 TFEU also stipulates that “environmental protection requirements must be integrated into the definition and implementation of the Union's policies and activities, in particular with a view to promoting sustainable development”;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas achieving conservation of exploited stocks and the environmental objectives of the CFP at large would not be sufficient to conclude that the CFP has succeeded;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas the CFP must also contribute to the supply of sustainable food to the Union market and to reducing the Union market's dependence on food imports;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas food security is one of the Sustainable Development Goals; whereas fish protein has an extraordinary strategic value, essential for food security; whereas capture fisheries are among the lowest impact systems for the production of animal protein;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
A e. whereas the need to produce more food from the oceans is identified by the European Commission as a strategic objective; whereas a report by the High Level Scientific Group in 2017, appointed by the then Commissioner Karmenu Vella, recommends to “mainstream a ‘food from the ocean’ paradigm of responsible culture and capture into broad EU and global systems-level policy agendas”;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
A f. whereas the role of aquatic food producers and related industries is vital for the society and for the communities they support1a; _________________ 1a See EP Resolution on "Fishers for the future: attracting a new generation of workers to the fishing industry and generating employment in coastal communities” (P9_TA(2021)0386)
Amendment 40 #
A g. whereas the objectives of ensuring food supply from EU fisheries and of assuring a fair standard of living need to be more present in decision making;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
A h. whereas public perception of the fishing sector is often still described through negative stereotypes about fishing activity on marine life, despite the sector’s efforts, successes and continued willingness to improve fisheries sustainability; whereas this eventually produces important impacts on coastal communities, notably by negatively influencing seafood consumption pattern and job attractiveness in an EU fishing sector also facing a huge challenge in generational renewal;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European Union should promote the objectives of the CFP internationally, establishing a level playing field and cooperating with third countries and international organisations in order to improve compliance with international rules, including measures to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, on the basis of the best available scientific knowledge;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
A j. whereas the introduction of an MSY-based objective in the 2013 CFP reform led to a significant challenge for the fixing of fishing possibilities;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A k (new)
Recital A k (new)
A k. whereas the progressive implementation of the MSY objective “for all stocks by 2020 at the latest” led to numerous difficulties and needed for practical adaptation by all actors, including at first for the provision of appropriate scientific advice;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A m (new)
Recital A m (new)
A m. whereas, when adopting successive regional multiannual plans as from in 2016, the European Parliament and the Council decided to require the use of MSY-based fishing mortality levels for the main target stocks only; Whereas these plans also provide for some additional and necessary flexibility in these mortality reference levels, notably to take into account of the interactions between stocks and fisheries (choke species effects); whereas, in the multiannual plan for the Western Mediterranean, the legislator decided furthermore to postpone to 2025 the deadline for application of MSY-based fishing mortality levels;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A l (new)
Recital A l (new)
A l. whereas scientists recognise that achieving MSY for all stocks simultaneously is, in practice, impossible;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A n (new)
Recital A n (new)
A n. whereas the 2013 CFP review led to a major paradigm shift in decades of fisheries management, by requiring all catches, particularly those of species out of quotas or of undersized fish, to be kept on board vessels and landed; whereas however this tool designed to contribute to the implementation of the objective of the progressive elimination of discards of unwanted catches in fisheries, seems to have become an objective in itself;
Amendment 72 #
A o. whereas the landing obligation makes many mixed fisheries unprofitable, notably because fishers have to sort-out and store low-value or non-marketable fish on-board, increasing labour, reducing resting time and storage space on-board; whereas the landing obligation risks furthermore resulting to under- utilisation of rightful fishing opportunities for some stocks, since vessels have to stop any fishing activity once their quota for one stock (choke species) has been exhausted;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A p (new)
Recital A p (new)
A p. whereas the level of unwanted catches is very variable in different fisheries; whereas the implementation of the various flexibilities foreseen in Article 15 of the CFP Basic Regulation has led to numerous, complex, ever changing and incontrollable sets of derogations to the landing obligation;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A q (new)
Recital A q (new)
A q. whereas, despite technological and legislative progress, the current policy has failed to eliminate discards; whereas under the current EU quota distribution context and externalities such as climate change discarding will, inevitably, continue to occur;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A r (new)
Recital A r (new)
A r. whereas the most successful policies towards reduction and elimination of discarding around the world have been implemented through gradual approaches, where the policy has evolved by learning from experience;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A s (new)
Recital A s (new)
A s. whereas the number of TACs should be adapted to those that are necessary to manage the fisheries as a whole; whereas ICES has indicated that a number of TACs could be eliminated from the EU system without undermining the overall management of fishery resources1b; _________________ 1b ICES (2018) EU request for ICES to provide advice on a revision of the contribution of TACs to fisheries management and stock conservation. ICES Special Request Advice. Northeast Atlantic ecoregions. sr.2018.15. Published 20 September 2018, https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.4531.
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the principle of relative stability, first set out in the CFP Basic Regulation of 1982 and implemented by the TACs and Quota Regulation of 1983, laid down a distributional key of the TAC by Member State based on the allocation principles of historical catches (1973- 1978), as enshrined in the Hague preferences of 1976;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas in Annex VII to the 1976 Hague Resolution the Council stated that the vital needs of people dependent on fisheries would be taken into account when implementing the future CFP; whereas in 1994 the Commission defined the concept of 'area heavily dependent on fisheries' as 'a catchment area (or group of settlements) where the contribution of the fisheries sector to the activity of the area is such that difficulties faced in this sector result in reductions in activity and job losses which are seriously detrimental to the socio-economic fabric';
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A t (new)
Recital A t (new)
A t. whereas the CFP tools that can help to improve the attractiveness of the fishing and aquaculture as a profession are insufficient; whereas the EU budget, particularly the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), does not provide adequate financial support for the improvement of safety and working conditions or energy efficiency; whereas the restrictions on fishing capacity, as well as the scarce margins that some Member States dispose within their national ceilings, do not allow for the improvement of safety, working and living conditions on board fishing vessels; whereas new carbon-free propulsion systems require more space on-board compared to traditional engines and fuel tanks;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas the EMFAF Regulation defines ‘small-scale coastal fishing’ as fishing activities carried out by marine and inland fishing vessels of an overall length of less than 12 metres and not using towed gear and also by fishers on foot, including shellfish gatherers, and whereas this is the only definition of small-scale coastal fishing existing in EU legislation;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas, in numerous Member States and international fora the defining characteristics of small-scale fishing go beyond the EMFAF definition, as a range of additional criteria apply, including with regard to gear allowed, the maximum vessel length, engine power, maximum duration of fishing trips, the distance from port at which vessels can operate, area of operation, maximum allowed travel time and vessel ownership;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A u (new)
Recital A u (new)
A u. whereas the CFP Basic Regulation provides that multiannual plans (MAPs) must be adopted as a priority; whereas this approach has undoubtedly contributed to better management of the resources and to a relative certainty for the sectors;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A v (new)
Recital A v (new)
A v. whereas certain stocks straddle over sea-areas covered under the scope of different regional MAPs, hence the need for consistent measures across their whole distribution range;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A w (new)
Recital A w (new)
A w. whereas the importance of the CFP within the European Commission has progressively been weakened over the past years;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A x (new)
Recital A x (new)
A x. whereas fisheries is an extremely technical domain necessitating highly specialised staff; whereas, yet, the tendency is in reduction in personnel despite the need for more EU action in numerous domains;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A y (new)
Recital A y (new)
A y. whereas regionalisation offers a unique opportunity to avoid micro- management from Brussels and to adapt the decision making process to regional and local specificities, traditional structures (such as “cofradias”) and particular activities (such as fishing on foot and shellfish gathering);
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A z (new)
Recital A z (new)
A z. whereas early and effective consultation and involvement of the sectors concerned is fundamental for good, workable, fair, well-accepted and successful legislation, and its implementation and compliance to; whereas, in this context, the role of Advisory Councils (ACs) is vital and their advice is of crucial importance in the decision making process;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A aa (new)
Recital A aa (new)
A aa. whereas ACs have the potential to evolve to pivotal bodies in results-based management or co-management;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas fishers’ associations such as guilds are key players in the food systems of some Member States, where they operate as not-for-profit social economy entities representing the fisheries sector, and especially the small- scale coastal fleet and shellfish gatherers, performing co-governance functions for the benefit of maritime fishing and workers in the fisheries sector, as well as carrying out business-related tasks, such as marketing products and providing advisory and management services;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
Ah. whereas the European Parliament has repeatedly called for associations such as guilds to be recognised under EU law and to be eligible to receive financial aid on an equal footing with producer organisations; whereas Parliament has requested the Commission to put forward an initiative in this regard;
Amendment 104 #
Ai. whereas Producer Organisations have played a key role in the implementation and enforcement of the objectives of the CFP and the CMO for fisheries and aquaculture;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
Aj. whereas joint enterprises with EU capital play a role in disseminating the CFP's values and objectives of sustainability, as well as an important role in development cooperation with third countries, contributing to improving the economy, working conditions and food security in the countries where they are based;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A k (new)
Recital A k (new)
Ak. whereas purely plant-based products are already being marketed in the internal market under the trade name 'fish' or different fish species;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A ab (new)
Recital A ab (new)
A ab. whereas science, fishermen’s experience and full impact assessments guarantee an objective basis for decision- making; whereas decisions based on the above are more robust and more easily accepted by the sectors;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A ac (new)
Recital A ac (new)
A ac. whereas Brexit, which was a hard hit for the EU fishing sector, as well as the dramatic expansion of offshore windmills, coupled with additional restrictions such as the target of closing 30% of the oceans, put extra pressure to the fleets and considerably shrink accessibility to fishing grounds;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A ad (new)
Recital A ad (new)
A ad. whereas fisheries and aquaculture are increasingly constrained by, on one hand, the environmental policy and, on the other, the maritime or integrated oceans’ policy, where they have to deal with often far more wealthy and influential industries, which may negatively affect the environment and thus fish stocks and waters where fishing and aquaculture activities are taking place;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A ae (new)
Recital A ae (new)
A ae. whereas fisheries and aquaculture are relatively small economic sectors, however they are strategic ones for their socio-economic and food security role, as demonstrated during the Covid pandemic and the recent international geopolitical developments;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A af (new)
Recital A af (new)
A af. whereas combatting IUU helps ensuring a level playing field for fair competition between the EU and certain foreign fleets with low social and environmental standards that sell their products in the EU market and thus negatively affect the competitiveness of EU producers; whereas, however, an anti- IUU legislation alone cannot ensure a level-playing field;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A ag (new)
Recital A ag (new)
A ag. whereas more the EU adopts stringent measures for EU operators, more it becomes dependent on imported seafood;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A ah (new)
Recital A ah (new)
A ah. whereas, furthermore, this inevitably increases pressure on resources in third countries having poor management and governance systems, which, in turn, provokes negative effects to the environment and to social sustainability at global level;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A ai (new)
Recital A ai (new)
A ai. whereas defending and promoting the EU sustainability model is perfectly compatible, and should go hand in hand, with the defence of the EU sectors’ interests;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A l (new)
Recital A l (new)
Al. whereas fisheries played a very prominent role in the campaign in the run-up to the referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the EU in 2016;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A aj (new)
Recital A aj (new)
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A ak (new)
Recital A ak (new)
A ak. whereas artisanal fishing in the ORs is a major economic driver, a source of food sovereignty and a traditional activity which is part of the culture of these territories, which creates jobs at sea and in the processing sector and contributes to the dynamism of the tourist industry, real economic engine of these regions;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A al (new)
Recital A al (new)
A al. whereas, in order to ensure the survival of the fisheries sector in the ORs and in compliance with the principles of differential treatment for small islands and territories mentioned in Sustainable Development Goal 14, it should be possible to support, on the basis of Article 349 TFEU, the renewal of the ORs’ artisanal fishing vessels which land all their catches in ports in the ORs and contribute to local sustainable development;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A am (new)
Recital A am (new)
A am. whereas the indicators to establish whether the fishing capacity is in balance with the available fishing opportunities are not adapted to the characteristics of the ORs’ local fleets;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A an (new)
Recital A an (new)
A an. whereas climate change is a major challenge for the conservation of aquatic resources and for the future livelihoods of operators who depend on fisheries;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A ao (new)
Recital A ao (new)
A ao. whereas the Union must deliver on the Paris Agreement goals against climate change, while creating jobs and sustainable growth and in a manner that does not threaten food production and food security;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A ap (new)
Recital A ap (new)
A ap. whereas fishers are victims of climate change;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas climate change has a major direct impact on marine species by altering their abundance, diversity and migration patterns and affecting their feeding, development and reproduction, as well as relations between species; whereas these changes have an impact on the CFP and the management of Union waters;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes with concern that the CFP may be giving rise to Euroscepticism in a number of coastal communities; calls on all EU institutions to show greater sensitivity to fisheries, aquaculture, shellfishing and other activities in the maritime industry chain, which are fundamental to the economic, social and cultural fabric of European coastal communities;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the CFP reform shouldshould be reformed with the aim tof reaching a re- equilibration between its objectives; therefore supports strengthening the CFP’s socioeconomic and food security dimensions and the reaching of a level playing field in its international dimension;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considers that more progress and stepping up the ambition is needed in order to meet the CFP’s socio-economic and food security sustainability objectives in full;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the strategic role of fishers and aquaculture producers in the food value chain and in food security;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need for a common, broader and more appropriate definition of small-scale, artisanal and coastal fisheries; stresses that such a definition should be pragmatic, measureable and clear; also emphasises that the definition should result from an appropriate assessment, taking into account the characteristics and criteria of the SSF segment other than vessel length, in order to bring the EU definition of SSF into line with the reality of the segment, as is already the case with the existing definitions included within certain international conventions such as the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) or the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM); calls for this definition to be included in the CFP Basic Regulation in order to cover all EU fisheries legislation; considers that any change to the definition should not impact the implementation of the EMFAF for the current budgetary period;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. While several challenges remain for the CFP to be fully implemented, new unprecedented challenges have arisen that could not predicted in 2012, when the CFP was being designed; emphasises that the cumulative effects of this situation have led the sectors in the brink of collapse (Commission Communication on “Towards more sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2023: “about 40% of the small-scale fleet, 66% of the large-scale fleet and 87% of the distant-water fleet would not be profitable if energy prices remain at the current level for the rest of 2022"); therefore, strongly believes that the CFP must be urgently reformed and adapted accordingly;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recalls that over the years of the application of the CFP, the fishing industry has made significant efforts to reduce fishing pressure to the point that, in 2020, the overall fishing mortality ratio (F/FMSY) fell below 1 in the North-East Atlantic;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Considers that it is crucial to continue and accelerate the work of rebuilding and keeping fish stocks above MSY levels, while ensuring that maximum sustainable levels of seafood are produced, in order to ensure food security and positive social and economic returns to fishers and coastal communities;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 12 – indent 1 a (new)
- the importance of existing exemptions to the landing obligation should be acknowledged and the Commission should consider this when reviewing every year all existing exemptions;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 12 – indent 2 a (new)
- the recognition of growth in stock sizes should be taken into consideration when setting TACs; failure to do so may lead to the development of choke species; additionally, applying a deduction of volumes corresponding to the estimated annual discarding quantity of species under exemptions when setting TACs will only further increase the risk of choke species occurring;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Reiterates that the purpose of the landing obligation is the elimination of unwanted catches; stresses, in this regard, that, thanks to the greater selectivity achieved in recent years, there has been a considerable reduction in unwanted by- catches; highlights that this is the result of the efforts made by fishermen in collaboration with the scientific community with applied knowledge of fishing technique and gear, therefore stresses that efforts must be focused on financing fishing gears that contribute to selectivity;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Council to set TACs only for the main target stocks; also calls for a review of TACs in terms of their adequacy in the make-up of catches and the displacement of species due to climate change; urges the Commission and the Council to take into account the specificities and needs of small-scale fisheries when allocating fishing opportunities;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Council to set multiannual TACs only for the main target stocks;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Supports the proposal presented by Spain, France and Portugal at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council of 11 and 12 December 2022 on the possibility that decisions on TACs and quotas should be multiannual rather than annual as is currently the case, in order to encourage business planning with regard to fishing activity;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to propose adapting the structural policy in order to facilitate the decarbonisation of the fishing industry, to solve the issue of aging fishing vessels and to improve safety and working conditions, notably by fully utilising the scarce available gross tonnage within national capacity ceilings and excluding the ‘decarbonisation’ and ‘social and safety’ related tonnage from the calculation of the fishing capacity;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Insists that the use of gross tonnage as a yardstick for measuring fishing capacity in the Union has a negative impact on the safety and comfort of the fleet, as it limits possibilities to replace and modernise vessels or increase available space in order to improve crew comfort, safety and ultimately the attractiveness of the sector, especially for young people and women;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Requests that, in future compositions of the College of Commissioners, the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) and the Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV) should not report to the same Commissioner; supports, moreover, that in future there should be a Commissioner dedicated exclusively to fisheries and maritime affairs;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Proposes enlarging the participation in the ACs to coastal regions directly concerned;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Considers that co-management with the ACs, producers organisations and cofradias must be developed to foster a bottom-up approach, given their essential role in achieveing the objectives of the CFP;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to base all its political and legislative initiatives (including implementing acts that set restrictions on fisheries) on scientific, technical and economic advice (including fishers’ experiencmpirical knowledge) and on prior impact assessments;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Considers that the marketing of purely plant-based products under the trade name 'fish' or fish species may lead to some confusion for consumers at the time of purchase; asserts that the trade name 'fish' or fish species should be reserved on the internal market for fishery or aquaculture products of animal origin;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Calls on the Commission to review, update and give regulatory content to the concept of 'area heavily dependent on fisheries', so that this recognition provides differentiated treatment aimed at preserving fisheries in these areas through a preferential distribution of fishing quotas; supports that the defining elements of an updated concept of 'area heavily dependent on fisheries' should include the production of quality animal protein, the contribution to food security or ensuring high added value to catches and other sea products, as well as the social importance of the activity;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34 a. Stresses the need for greater integration of EU strategies into the CFP in order to avoid introducing conflicting or non-synergistic measures;
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34 b. Strongly opposes to the significant reductions in fishing areas proposed, not without inconsistencies, by the nature restoration law, the action plan to protect the marine environment and the Biodiversity strategy;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 c (new)
Paragraph 34 c (new)
34 c. Draws attention to the objectives of the Integrated Maritime Policy and the consequent need to establish a better balance between the various economic activities pertaining to the Blue economy, particularly with regard to maritime spatial management plans;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Commission to promote the CFP as a policy model for ocean governance and to defend the EU fishing sector’s and aquaculture interests in Regional Fisheries Management Organisations and, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements, and Trade Agreements, and more generally in international forums;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Considers that there should be no ocean area that is not covered by the relevant regional fisheries management organisation (RFMO); calls on the Commission to promote the creation of new RFMOs in international forums, to improve the protection of fish stocks and the sustainable management of fishery resources and to defend and protect in a sustainable manner the activity of fleets operating in these areas;
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Welcomes the fact that the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement incorporates a direct link between trade and fisheries provisions; calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that fisheries negotiations with the United Kingdom as well as with other coastal states in the North-East Atlantic are also linked to issues pertaining to trade and access to the EU single market;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)
Paragraph 37 b (new)
37b. Recalls that the EU is the largest and most attractive import market for seafood and aquaculture products; calls for this position of commercial strength to be recognised and leveraged to protect the interests of the EU fishing fleet, to prevent its partners from reneging on agreements or commitments and to foster a level playing field at international level, in particular on social, economic and environmental standards;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Stresses that climate change mitigation and adaptation are key in the CFP to address the climate change challengechallenges insufficiently tackled by the current CFP;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43 a. Stresses that the efforts made by the fishing industry to improve the stocks’ sustainability and to commit to keeping them in good condition once a good status is reached will be meaningless if climate change is not addressed;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43 b. Strongly emphasises the need for scientific research to focus more on the interactions between environmental changes due to climate change and fish stocks, in order to avoid blaming the depletion of stocks solely on the fishing industry;
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Stresses that fishers and the rest of the seafood chain are not a cause of climate change but rather victims of it;
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Stresses that the current limits on fishing capacity in the Union, based on gross tonnage and engine power, are one of the main barriers to the adoption of new technologies and the decarbonisation of the fishing sector; recalls that hydrogen, ammonia or electric engines are generally heavier and larger than equivalent diesel engines and that their installation on board therefore requires additional gross tonnage and kw; regrets that this issue, of which the Commission is aware, is not addressed in the Communication on the Energy Transition of the EU Fisheries and Aquaculture sector; calls on the Commission, in implementing this decarbonisation and energy transition strategy for fisheries, to adapt national fishing capacity ceilings accordingly and to allow increases in gross tonnage or engine power resulting from the replacement of engines with more efficient and environmentally friendly ones;
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44 a. Stresses that, for fisheries, resilience to climate change is achieved through diversified fishing zones and targeted species;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 b (new)
Paragraph 44 b (new)
44 b. Aknowledges that the decarbonisation of the fleet is essential to adapt the CFP to the climate change challenges and to the EU´s carbon neutrality objectives; stresses that this requires: accelerating research and development; removing current barriers, in particular as regards the measurement of fishing capacity; adapting the State Aid policy and the EMFAF; providing adequate and sufficient funding, so that the sector is able to acheive the decarbonisation of the EU fleet within the extremely tight timeframe required by the Green Deal and the Fit for 55 packages;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Encourages the Commission and Member States to increase human and financial resources to fisheries science related to climate change and decarbonising the fleet;
Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Amendment 436 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Calls on the Commission to design tools and funding opportunitiessufficient funding for the sectors affected by climate change;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Concludes by urging the Commission to present a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, together with the related rules, in line with the requests set out in this and other resolutions;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 15 a (new)
Subheading 15 a (new)
Aquaculture
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46 a. Recalls the importance of aquaculture to guarantee long-term food security and contribute to meeting the growing world demand for aquatic food, as well its contribution to create growth and employment for Union citizens, to better preserving ecosystems and biodiversity and be part of a more circular management of resources;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 b (new)
Paragraph 46 b (new)
46 b. Stresses that farmed seafood, as a source of protein for food has a lower- carbon footprint and required the least use of natural resources that other terrestrial livestock, and has an important role to play in helping to build a sustainable food system;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 c (new)
Paragraph 46 c (new)
46 c. Recognizes the role of the strategic guidelines and the Multiannual National Strategic Plans for the development of a sustainable and resilient aquaculture;
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 d (new)
Paragraph 46 d (new)
46 d. Regrets that since 2014 the European aquaculture is stagnant and limited progress has been made in reducing the administrative burden and integrating aquaculture into maritime, coastal, and inland spatial planning;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 e (new)
Paragraph 46 e (new)
46 e. Underlines that the European aquaculture is far from reaching its full capacity and that the EU import dependence rate is very high since almost 75% of the total seafood that is consumed in the EU is imported from third countries;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 f (new)
Paragraph 46 f (new)
46 f. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote, instead of the growth of low-trophic aquaculture, the growth of low environmental-impact aquaculture, which includes not only mollusc and algae but also freshwater and marine finfish farming. Stresses in particularly the importance of finfish production in the supply of the EU market, due to the scale of the imported tonnages involved (94% in 2021);
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 g (new)
Paragraph 46 g (new)
46 g. Recalls that big non-EU producer countries continue to heavily promote the growth of their finfish farming sector, with the EU being their main export market;
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 h (new)
Paragraph 46 h (new)
46 h. Calls on the Commission and Member States to actively support the implementation of the revised strategic guidelines and the multiannual national plans and promote its long term sustainability with focus not only to the environmental sustainability but also the economic and social sustainability of the EU aquaculture;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 i (new)
Paragraph 46 i (new)
Amendment 455 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 k (new)
Paragraph 46 k (new)
46 k. Regrets that since 2014 the European aquaculture is stagnant and limited progress has been made in reducing the administrative burden and integrating aquaculture into maritime, coastal, and inland spatial planning.