Activities of Luís Paulo ALVES related to 2011/0195(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Common Fisheries Policy - Common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (debate)
Common fisheries policy (debate)
Amendments (53)
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy should take into account interactions with other maritime affairs as addressed by the Integrated Maritime Policy, recognizing that all matters related to Europe’s oceans and seasthe seas and oceans which border European territory are interlinked, including maritime spatial planning. Coherence and integration should be ensured in the management of different sectoral policies within the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Baltic Sea, North Sea, Celtic Seas, Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast, Mediterranean and Black Sea sea basins.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) There is a need for the Integrated Maritime Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy to acknowledge the uniqueness of the outermost regions, particularly those whose lack of a continental shelf results in the concentration of resources in fishing grounds and around seamounts. Protection of, and access to, these fragile biogeographical areas should be protected, and they should be exploited only in accordance with their available resources.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Marine biological resources around the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islandoutermost regions should continue to be especially protected since they contribute to the preservation of the local economy of these islands, having regard to the structural, social and economic situation of those islands. The limitation of certain fishing activities in those waters to fishing vessels registered in the ports of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islandoutermost regions should therefore be maintained.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The objective of sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources is more effectively achieved through a multi-annual approach to fisheries management, establishing as a priority multi-annual plans reflecting the specificities of different sea basins and different fisheries.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Member States should be able to adopt conservation measures and technical measures for the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy to allow for the policy to better address the realities and specificities of different sea basins and individual fisheries and to increase the adherence to the policy.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) The transfer of vessels between different geographical areas should not be permitted without a guarantee that the sustainability of fisheries and of local communities will not be jeopardised by increased fishing activity resulting from greater numbers of active vessels in a given zone.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) A voluntary system of transferable fishing concessions for the majority of managed stocks under the Common Fisheries Policy should be implemented at each Member State’s discretion, no later than 31 December 2013 for all vessels of 12 meters'’ length or over and all other vessels fishing with towed gears. Member States may exclude vessels up to 12 meters'’ length other than vessels using towed gear from transferable fishing concessions. Such a system should contribute to industry- induced fleet reductions and improved economic performance while at the same time creating legally secure and exclusive transferable fishing concession of a Member State'’s annual fishing opportunities. Since marine biological resources are a common good, transferable fishing concessions should only establish user entitlements to a Member State'’s part of annual fishing opportunities which may be recalled according to established rules.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) Given that the possible implementation of transferable fishing concessions will inevitably lead to the privatisation and commercialisation of fishing opportunities, and to their concentration in the hands of larger companies and vessels, small-scale and coastal fishing, which generates the majority of jobs and economic activity in coastal regions, needs to be safeguarded and protected.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) FDepending on the system established in each Member State, fishing concessions should be transferable and leasable in order to decentralise management of fishing opportunities towards the fishing industry and ensuring that fishers leaving the industry will not need to rely on public financial assistance under the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Specific characteristics and socio- economic vulnerability of some small-scale fleets justify the limitation of the mandatoryvoluntary nature of each Member State’s application of the system of transferable fishing concessions to large vessels. The system of transferable fishing concessions should apply to stocks for which fishing opportunities are allocated.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) There is a need to strengthen the competitiveness of the Union fishery and aquaculture sector, and a call for simplification in support of better management of production and marketing activities of the sector; the Common Market Organisation for fishery and aquaculture products should ensure a level- playing field for all fishing and aquaculture products marketed in the Union, whether from the Union or third countries, should enable consumers to make better informed choices and support responsible consumption, and should improve the economic knowledge and understanding of the Union markets along the supply chain. The provisions of the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products should impose conditions on imports of fishery and aquaculture products while respecting the internationally recognised social and environmental regulations.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) There is a need to strengthen the competitiveness of the Union fishery and aquaculture sector, and a call for simplification in support of better management of production and marketing activities of the sector; t, ensuring reciprocity in trade with third countries in order to guarantee market conditions equal to those within the European Union, not only in terms of fishery sustainability, but also of health controls. The Common Market Organisation for fishery and aquaculture products should also ensure a level- playing field for all fishing and aquaculture products marketed in the Union, should enable consumers to make better informed choices and support responsible consumption, and should improve the economic knowledge and understanding of the Union markets along the supply chain.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) It appears appropriate that the Commission be empowered by delegated acts to create atwo new Advisory Councils and to modify areas of competence of existing ones, in particular considering the specificities of the Black Sea and the outermost regions.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54 a (new)
Recital 54 a (new)
(54) Following on from the Commission’s guidelines on the principles of regionalisation and subsidiarity, and with a view to delivering increased integration for stakeholders, a regional advisory council should be established for the outermost regions, particularly bearing in mind the sensitivity of their specific characteristics.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 2 – paragraph 1
Part I – Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The Common Fisheries Policy shall ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities provide long-term sustainable environmental, economic and social conditions and contribute to the availabilitysecurity of fishing communities in Europe’s various regions and of food supplies.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 2 – paragraph 3
Part I – Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Common Fisheries Policy shall implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management as the core principle for securing the sustainability of fisheries, in accordance with the resources available in a framework of equal opportunities, and so as to ensure that the impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are limited.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) eliminate unwanted catches of commercial and non-commercial stocks and gradually ensure that all catches of such stocks are landed; there is a need for downstream compensation for the problems caused by a policy of banning discards;
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide conditions for efficient fishing activities within an economically viable and competitive fishing industry; by ensuring a level playing field for competition in the context of exchanges of fish and aquaculture products with third countries;
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide conditions for efficient fishing activities within an economically visustainable and competitive fishing industry, since it is crucial to guarantee the sector’s future;
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part I – Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) clear definition of responsibilities at the Union, national, regional and local levels, in order to achieve local and decentralised management that takes account of the reality and uniqueness of each country, each fishing zone, each fleet and each fisheries resource;
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Article 6 – paragraph 3
Part II – Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. In the waters up to 100 nautical miles from the baselines of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands and from the fishing grounds and seamounts thereof that are further than 100 nautical miles, the Member States concerned may from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022 restrict fishing to those vessels registered in the ports of thoese islands. Such restrictions shall not apply toContinued access for Union vessels that traditionally fish in those waters, in so far as those vessels do not exceed the fishing effort traditionally exerteds conditional on the sustainability of fisheries resources. Member States shall inform the Commission of the restrictions put in place under this paragraph.
Amendment 163 #
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 voluntarily establish a system of transferable fishing concessions no later than 31 December 2013 for
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part IV – Article 27 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Part IV – Article 27 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The system of transferrable fishing concessions shall not apply in the outermost regions; nevertheless, the competent regional authorities should develop a fleet capacity management system and submit it to the Commission for approval.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part XII – Article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part XII – Article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Advisory Council which shall be created for the outermost regions shall be divided into 3 sections: the Greater Caribbean section covering Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana; the South West Indian Ocean section covering Réunion and Mayotte and finally the Macaronesia section covering the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira.
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) It is vital that the Common Fisheries Policy pursues an approach to the fisheries sector that takes into account the biological, ecological and economic and social levels so that there is always a compromise between the state of resources in the various maritime areas and protection of the socio-economic fabric of coastal and small-scale fishing communities that depend on inshore fishing to guarantee jobs and prosperity.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) The principle that fishery management should be based on marine biogeographical regions, differentiated according to their characteristics, is the European-level principle that will best foster the sustainability of resources and the protection of the socio-economic fabric of coastal communities.
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The specific characteristics of the outermost regions (ORs) need to be recognised in the context of the Integrated Maritime Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy, in particular those outermost regions that have no continental shelf and whose resources are concentrated in fishing banks and seamounts. Access to these fragile biogeographical areas should be regulated, and they should be protected and exploited within the limits of the resources available.
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) The answer in terms of regionalisation lies in good governance and adapting the rules to the specific characteristics of each fishery and sea area, and extended powers should be delegated to the Member States in the field of fisheries regionalisation, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle, allowing the sector to be involved and synergies to be created; the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy can be achieved to a greater extent only with more sector and stakeholder involvement in the drafting of measures.
Amendment 392 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) The transfer of vessels between different geographical marine areas should not be permitted without a guarantee that the sustainability of fisheries and the sustainability of local communities will not be jeopardised by the increase in fishing effort resulting from an increase in the number of active vessels in a particular area.
Amendment 414 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) A system of transferable fishing concessions for the majority of managed stocks under the Common Fisheries Policy, to be applied on a voluntary basis in each Member State, should be implemented no later than 31 December 2013 for all vessels of 12 meters' length or over and all other vessels fishing with towed gears. Member States may exclude vessels up to 12 meters' length other than vessels using towed gear from transferable fishing concessions. Such a system should contribute to industry- induced fleet reductions and improved economic performance while at the same time creating legally secure and exclusive transferable fishing concession of a Member State's annual fishing opportunities. Since marine biological resources are a common good, transferable fishing concessions should only establish user entitlements to a Member State's part of annual fishing opportunities which may be recalled according to established rules.
Amendment 430 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Fishing concessions should be transferable and leasable, in accordance with the system laid down in each Member State, in order to decentralise management of fishing opportunities towards the fishing industry and ensuring that fishers leaving the industry will not need to rely on public financial assistance under the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Specific characteristics and socio- economic vulnerability of some small-scale fleets justify the limitapplication of the mandatory system of transferable fishing concessions to large vesselson a voluntary basis in each Member State. The system of transferable fishing concessions should apply to stocks for which fishing opportunities are allocated.
Amendment 508 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) Aquaculture has the potential to provide healthy, safe, sustainable high- quality products under environmental conditions, and may make a contribution as a stabilising factor for employment in many regions of Europe that depend on fishing to a greater or lesser extent.
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) There is a need to strengthen the competitiveness of the Union fishery and aquaculture sector, and a call for simplification in support of better management of production and marketing activities of the sector, ensuring reciprocity in trade with third countries so as to create a level playing field on the Union market, not just as regards the sustainability of fisheries, but also in terms of health checks; the Common Market Organisation for fishery and aquaculture products should ensure a level- playing field for all fishing and aquaculture products marketed in the Union, should enable consumers to make better informed choices and support responsible consumption, and should improve the economic knowledge and understanding of the Union markets along the supply chain.
Amendment 612 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 1
Part 1 – Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The Common Fisheries Policy shall ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities provide long-term sustainable environmental, economic and social conditions and contribute to the viability of fishing communities in European regions and to the availability of food supplies.
Amendment 637 #
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, wherever possible, that by 2015, that exploitation of living marine biological resources will restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 653 #
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 management, this being a sine qua non if fisheries are to be placed on a sustainable footing while providing for equal opportunities within the limits of the resources available in order to ensure that the impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are limited.
Amendment 695 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) eliminate unwanted catches of commercial and non-commercial stocks and gradually ensure that all catches of such stocks are landed, taking into account the need for downstream compensation to offset the difficulties caused by a policy of prohibiting discards;
Amendment 714 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 1 – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide conditions for efficient fishing activities within an economically viable, sustainable, and competitive fishing industry, as it is vital to guarantee the industry’s future;
Amendment 788 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 1 – Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) clear definition of responsibilities at the Union, national, regional and local levels; in order to bring about decentralised locally based management enabling the true state and the specific features of every country, fishing zone, fleet, and fishery resource to be taken into account;
Amendment 1027 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – article 6 – paragraph 3
3. In the waters up to 100 nautical miles from the baselines of, and around fishing banks and seamounts beyond this distance in the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, the Member States concerned may from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022 restrict fishing to vessels registered in the ports of those islands. Such restrictions shall not apply toContinued access by Union vessels that traditionally fish in those waters, in so far as those vessels do not exceed the fishing effort traditionally exerted shall be conditional on the sustainability of fish stocks. Member States shall inform the Commission of the restrictions put in place under this paragraph.
Amendment 1131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) prohibitions of the use of certain fishing gears in certain areas or seasons, with the necessary provision of compensation to operators;
Amendment 1136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) prohibition or restriction of fishing activities in certain zones and/or periods, with the necessary provision of compensation to operators;
Amendment 1263 #
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, where possible.
Amendment 1522 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Part 3 – Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) In view of the difficulties caused by a policy of prohibiting discards, incentives and compensation must be provided for fishermen.
Amendment 1713 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 20 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered totake each Member State’s expertise into account when adopting delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 to specify the conservation measures for fisheries covered by a multiannual plan, if the Member States authorised to take measures in accordance with Article 17 do not notify such measures to the Commission within threesix months after the date of entry into force of the multiannual plan.
Amendment 1819 #
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, according to the principle of subsidiarity, a differentiated voluntary system of transferable fishing concessions no later than 31 December 2013 for
Amendment 1977 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Within a Member State which has adopted a system of transferable fishing concessions, these may be fully or partially transferred among eligible holders of such concessions.
Amendment 2036 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Without increasing fishing effort, the fleets belonging to the outermost regions may, in view of their particularities and pursuant to Article 349 of the TFEU, continue to receive specific aid for their modernisation, with the aim of improving the safety and operating conditions of their activity.
Amendment 2291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) promote aquaculture products, particularly through certification and improved consumer information, guaranteeing market transparency, which will have an impact on food safety.
Amendment 2354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 9 – article 45 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 9 – article 45 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enable the fishery and aquaculture industry to apply the Common Fisheries Policy at the appropriate level, guided by the principle of good governance and by the principle of fishery management based on differentiated marine biogeographical regions, applying an ecosystem approach as essential in order to make fisheries sustainable, within the limits of the resources available and providing for equal opportunities;
Amendment 2377 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 9 – Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Part 9 – Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) ensure that products imported through international trade conform to the same rules and requirements as Union fishery and aquaculture products.
Amendment 2467 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – Article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 12 – Article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In keeping with Commission guidelines on the principles of regionalisation and subsidiarity, and in order to make for an ecosystem approach, taking into account the sensitive nature of their specific characteristics, a Regional Advisory Council must be set up for the outermost regions.