Activities of Julie GIRLING related to 2011/0195(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Common fisheries policy (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Fisheries Policy
Amendments (47)
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The Common Fisheries Policy shall apply the precautionary approach to fisheries management, and shall aim to ensure, by 2015, that exploitation of living marine biological resources restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield by 2015, where possible, taking into account the complexities of mixed fisheries.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 3
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Common Fisheries Policy shall implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries and aquaculture management to ensure that the impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are minimised and where possible, eliminated.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4
4. The Common Fisheries Policy shall integrate the Union environmental legislation requirements whilst also respecting further existing commitments.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Common Fisheries Policy shall contribute to the collection of comprehensive and robust scientific data.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. The Common Fisheries Policy shall ensure communities dependant on fishing will not be adversely affected during this transitional period.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. The Common Fisheries Policy shall advocate a regionalised policy to enable Member States to develop and implement management plans.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Minimise and, where possible, eliminate unwanted catches of commercial stocks and gradually ensure that all catches of such stocks are landeall commercial and fresh water stocks are landed, other than those which can survive discard;
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) promote the development of Union aquaculture activities to contribute to food security and employment in coastal, inland and rural areas;, whilst simultaneously ensuring such practices do not have adverse affects upon the ecosystem.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) At the World Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg in 2002, the Union and its Member States committed to act against the continued decline of many fish stocks. Therefore, the Union should improve its Common Fisheries Policy to ensure that as a matter of priority exploitation levels of marine biological resources stocks are restored and maintained at levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yields from the populations of harvested stocks by 2015, where possible. Where less scientific information is available, this may require applying proxies to maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) measures intended to reduce by- catch;
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) measures intended to protect the benthic zone and the sea-floor;
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 3
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Multiannual plans shall, where possible, cover either fisheries exploiting single fish stocks or fisheries exploiting a mixture of stocks, taking due account of interactions between stocks and fisheries and the wider marine environment.
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Multiannual plans should seek to produce the maximum sustainable yield. Such plans shall be based on the precautionary approach to fisheries management and shall take into account the limitations of the available data and assessment methods and all quantified sources of uncertainty in a scientifically valid manner.
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Multiannual plans shall conduct a mid-term review, in consultation with stakeholders, to assess progress made towards reaching their objectives; proposals for their modification may be made when there is scientific evidence that this is appropriate or where there is reasoned concern about lack of progress in achieving agreed objectives.
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual plans shall provide for adaptations of the fishing mortality rate, resulting in a fishing mortality rate that restores and maintains all stocks above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield by 2015, if possible, by 2015, taking into account the complexities of mixed fisheries.
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 2
2. In cases where the determination of a fishing mortality rate that restores and maintains stocks above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yieldconsistent with paragraph 1 is not possible, multiannual plans shall provide for precautionary measures ensuring a comparable degree of conservation of the relevant stocks and shall set a target of the earliest biologically possible date for the achievement of stock levels equal to maximum sustainable yield. .
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) technical measures including measures concerning the elimination of unwanted catches and restriction of fishing activities in certain zones and/ or periods;
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) reduceminimise and, where possible, eliminate, catches of unwanted marine organisms and seabirds;
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) The obligation to land all catches of managed stocks should be introduced on a fishery by fishery basis. Species with a high survival rate once discarded will be exempt from this Regulation.
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shallmay establish a system of transferable fishing concessions no later than 31 December 2013 for
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shallmay establish a system of transferable fishing concessions no later than 31 December 2013 for
Amendment 420 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Transferable fishing credits must be managed by Member States, and on a voluntary basis, to meet national priorities.
Amendment 426 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 4
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 4
4. Transferable fishing concessions may only be allocated by a Member State to an owner of a fishing vessel flying the flag of that Member State, or to legal or natural persons for the purpose of being used on such a vessel. Transferable fishing concessions may be pooled together for collective management by legal or natural persons who are directly involved in the fishing industry or recognizsed producer organisations. Member States may limit eligibility for receiving transferable fishing concessions on the basis of transparent and objective criteria.
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 5
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may limit the period of validity of transferable fishing concessions to a period of at least 157 years, for the purpose of reallocating such concessions. Where Member States have not limited the period of validity of the transferable fishing concessions, they may recall such concessions with a notice of at least 15 years.
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 5
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may limit the period of validity of transferable fishing concessions to a period of at least 15 years, for the purpose of reallocating such concessions. Where Member States have not limited the period of validity of the transferable fishing concessions, they may recall such concessions with a notice of at least 157 years.
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The transfer of fishing concessions shall be conducted in a transparent manner. Information concerning fishing concessions should be submitted to the Regional Advisory Bodies who will provide without prejudice to both the European Commission and European Parliament access to such information.
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall collect biological, technical, environmental and socio- economic data necessary for ecosystem based fisheries and aquaculture management, manage them and make them available to end users of scientific data, including bodies designated by the Commission. Those data shall in particular enable the assessment of:
Amendment 470 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) ensure the scientific data and methodologies take factors such as acidification and sea temperatures into consideration when collecting data, thus ensuring data is extracted from different regions throughout the year
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. WAquaculture, is, and should remain, of national competence. However, with a view to promoting sustainability and contributing to food security, growth and employment, non-binding Union strategic guidelines on common priorities and targets for the development of aquaculture activities shall be established by the Commission by 2013. Such strategic guidelines shall take account of the relative starting positions and different circumstances throughout the Union, shall form the basis for multiannual national strategic plans and shall aim at:
Amendment 618 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The Common Fisheries Policy shall apply the precautionary approach to fisheries management, and shall aim to ensure, by 2015, that exploitation of living marine biological resources restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 644 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 3
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Common Fisheries Policy shall implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries and aquaculture management to ensure that the impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are minimised and where possible, eliminated.
Amendment 670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The Common Fisheries Policy shall ensure communities dependant on fishing will not be adversely affected during this transitional period.
Amendment 673 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. The Common Fisheries Policy shall advocate a regionalised policy to enable Member States to develop and implement management plans.
Amendment 686 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) eliminatavoid, minimise and where possible unwanted catches of commercial stocks and gradually ensure that all catches of such stocks are landed; except for species that can survive discard;
Amendment 944 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 19
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 19
– ‘'fishing capacity’' means the ability of a vessel to catch fish. Indicators that can be used to quantify fishing capacity are vessel characteristics, including a vessel's tonnage in GT (Gross Tonnage) and its power in kW (Kilowatt) as defined in Articles 4 and 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2930/8635 ; , the fishing gear and fishing technique it employs and the number of days spent at fishing;
Amendment 1137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) measures intended to reduce by- catch;
Amendment 1138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) measures intended to protect the benthic zone and the sea-floor;
Amendment 1217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Multiannual plans should seek to produce the maximum sustainable yield. Such plans shall be based on the precautionary approach to fisheries management and shall take into account the limitations of the available data and assessment methods and all quantified sources of uncertainty in a scientifically valid manner.
Amendment 1226 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Multiannual plans shall conduct a mid-term review, in consultation with stakeholders, to assess progress made towards reaching their objectives; proposals for their modification may be made when there is scientific evidence that this is appropriate or where there is reasoned concern about lack of progress in achieving agreed objectives.
Amendment 1231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where multiannual plans are based on fisheries exploiting a mixture of stocks, the management shall be guided by the scientific advice relating to the most vulnerable target species in that fishery in terms of their spawning stock biomass, age and size distribution and other relevant descriptors,
Amendment 1237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Where multiannual plans are based on fisheries exploiting a mixture of stocks, the management shall be guided by the scientific advice relating to the most vulnerable target species in that fishery in terms of their spawning stock biomass, age and size distribution and other relevant descriptors,
Amendment 1248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual plans shall provide for adaptations of the fishing mortality rate, resulting in a fishing mortality rate that restores and maintains all stocks abovet levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield, where possible, by 2015.
Amendment 1319 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) technical measures including measures concerning the elimination of unwanted catches and restriction of fishing activities in certain zones and/ or periods;
Amendment 1453 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) reduceminimise and, where possible, eliminate, catches of unwanted marine organisms and seabirds;
Amendment 1883 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 5
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may limit the period of validity of transferable fishing concessions to a period of at least 150 years, for the purpose of reallocating such concessions. Where Member States have not limited the period of validity of the transferable fishing concessions, they may recall such concessions with a notice of at least 150 years.
Amendment 2125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(d a) ensure the scientific data and methodologies take factors such as acidification and sea temperatures into consideration when collecting data, thus ensuring data is extracted from different regions throughout the year.
Amendment 2255 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. WAquaculture, is, and should remain, of national competence. However, with a view to promoting sustainability and contributing to food security, growth and employment, non-binding Union strategic guidelines on common priorities and targets for the development of aquaculture activities shall be established by the Commission by 2013. Such strategic guidelines shall take account of the relative starting positions and different circumstances throughout the Union, shall form the basis for multiannual national strategic plans and shall aim at: