10 Amendments of Gabriel MATO related to 2023/2027(INI)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas IUU fishing has devastating environmental and socio- economic impacts, is a threat to the sustainable exploitation of resources and contributes to unfair competition on the fishery products' market;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas IUU fishing and associated labour abuses, mostly identified in certain foreign fleets, undermine the livelihoods and human rights of fishers around the world, the sustainability of fish stocks and, in turn, EU operators' competitiveness;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas the EU distant fleet is competing with certain fleets that are accused of practicing IUU fishing and commercializing low-cost fishery products to the EU market, rendering high quality EU products non-competitive; whereas the EU action against IUU contributes to ensuring a level-playing field among EU and non-EU operators;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
C d. whereas, according to the European Court of Auditors' Special report on EU action to combat illegal fishing, the IUU regulation has improved traceability and reinforced import control, it has proven useful and triggered positive reform in most of the countries concerned; whereas, furthermore, the EU’s catch certification scheme is the most comprehensive, compared to the USA and Japanese schemes, the second and third largest importers in the world respectively;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that multilateral cooperation and a global coherent policy with regard to IUU, trade and oceans' governance are key to efficiently fight IUU fishing; calls on, in this regard, the EU to continue encouraging its partners, through its Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements, its IUU policy, in RFMOs or in the WTO, and to step up its cooperation with the US, the United Kingdom, Japan and other key players in fisheries and ocean policy, using its diplomatic and trade instruments, to encourage other third countries to adopt robust legislation and measures to combat IUU fishing;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the Commission to provide technical assistance and promote capacity-building, using all possible channels in the framework of the CFP, in line with the EU's international ocean governance goals, in order to encourage and support coastal states with which the Union maintains dialogue in stepping up their fight against IUU fishing and strengthening the sustainability and transparency requirements in the conditions for accessing their EEZs;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Welcomes the initiative of the Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) to publish, on 10 May 2023, a website containing data on the fishing authorisations granted to EU vessels fishing outside EU waters and non-EU vessels fishing in EU waters; urges the fisheries authorities of third countries and regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) to adopt similar measures;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Welcomes the IUU Fishing Action Alliance Pledge to stimulate ambition and action in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, agreed on 28 June 2022;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Welcomes the fact that the European Union recently joined the IUU Fishing Action Alliance; urges the members of the Alliance to coordinate their national systems for tackling IUU fishing and, in particular, to look into the possibility of jointly issuing 'yellow cards' and 'red cards' or other similar instruments;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to refrain from granting preferential market access to nations associated with IUU fishing practices and severe labour violations; considers that the EU should strive to establish a genuine level playing field between seafood produced in the EU and that produced in third countries; considers that specifically, the autonomous tariff quota instrument, which is indispensable in order to ensure the competitiveness of the Union processing industry and avoid jeopardising Union production of fishery products by guaranteeing an adequate supply of fishery products to the industry, should be employed exclusively in cases where the seafood supply for EU markets is insufficient and that it should not be used to import products coming from IUU fishing or to exert pressure on the prices of EU-produced goods;