2012/2261(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to Directive 2008/56/EC and the obligation for EU Member States to take the necessary measures to achieve or maintain good environmental status in the marine environment by the year 2020 at the latest,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas the geo-physical features of the Ionian sea basin are similar to those of the rest of the Mediterranean, in particular GSA 18 and 19, which reach depths of up to 2000 metres;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

~~K. whereas the most-fished species are small pelagic species and molluscs and, in smaller quantities, white fish and shrimps,~~deleted

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas a number of valuable regional schemes to promote scientific cooperation aimed at securing responsible fishing in the Adriatic Sea are already in progress, such as Adriamed1~~, whose activities could be further boosted by closer involvement of all the member countries~~3,

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas many Member States ~~still~~ do not have specific national or regional development plans that regulate installations in coastal and marine areas and clearly identify the zones available for aquaculture plants, thereby preventing easily foreseeable conflicts of interest with other economic sectors, such as tourism, agriculture and coastal fishing,

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)

Pa. whereas the development of an integrated approach to maritime policies in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas needs to be accompanied by a dialogue and partnership process with all coastal states due to the transboundary nature of marine activities and shared resources;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Believes that a strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Seas should make particular reference to the sustainable development and growth of the fisheries and aquaculture sector, including employment;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Believes that a strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Seas should strive to ensure the preservation and protection of the environment, notably to achieve good environmental status, halt loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystem services as well as to reduce marine pollution risks;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the Commission communication of 3 December 2012 as an important step towards the adoption of a ~~legislative framework~~n action plan that will foster closer cooperation between the countries and regions along the shores of the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, with a view to ensuring that fishing is carried out in a responsible manner and is economically viable for coastal communities;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes, in this context, that Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) should play a vital role in developing a long-term strategic policy in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, aiming at sustainable marine and maritime growth and the preservation of marine ecosystems for future generations;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission proposal for a directive establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management (COM(2013)133 final),

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Believes further that maritime spatial planning as the public process for analysing and planning the spatial and temporal distribution of human activities in the Adriatic and Ionian Sea areas - in particular in the North of the Adriatic Sea - is vital for the sustainable future of the fishing sector in relation to other related activities;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Considers that the Barcelona Convention and its Protocol on Integrated coastal management, which entered into force in March 2011, could serve as a model to render an integrated policy compulsory for Member States bordering the Adriatic and Ionian Seas;

Amendment 22 #

Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to take further measures to promote research programmes relating to the marine environment and fisheries, as well as encouraging the utilisation and dissemination of their findings;

Amendment 23 #

Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Endorses the participation of all stakeholders for the development of a sustainable and productive fisheries sector in this area;

Amendment 24 #

Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls for incentives to attract young people to the fisheries and aquaculture sectors in this area and encourage them to engage in these activities;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses that the expansion of aquaculture activities must not jeopardize the achievement of good environmental status under Directive 2008/56/EC and shall be carried out in full compliance with all relevant Union environmental legislation;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Commission to recognise the Adriatic-Ionian area as a sea basin with specific geo-physical and bathymetric features, with fish types requiring the use of specific fishing techniques and a single management plan, even though the effects of that plan should not necessarily be the same for all of the various regional fleets operating in the Adriatic;deleted

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the ~~Commission to recognise~~coastal countries of the Adriatic-Ioni~~an ar~~c sea bas a sea basin with specific geo-physical and bathymetric features, with fish types requiring the use of specific fishing techniques and a single management plan, even though the effects of that plan should not necessarily bein to cooperate in drafting a global overview of the area’s specific geo-physical and bathymetric features, the presence and distribution of the various marine species and the different fishing techniques, in order to obtain an overall perspective to serve as a basis for improved fisheries management and help to strengthen fisheries activity within the sframe ~~for all of the various regional fleets operating in the Adriatic;~~ work of any future macro-regional strategy;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Points out that a strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Seas can only be of added value if all bordering countries, EU and non EU-countries, are taken into account;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Urges the Commission to adopt, at the earliest opportunity and by 2013 at the latest, the action plan for the practical implementation on a macro-regional basis of the maritime strategy for the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea, pointing out that the fisheries sector should form one of the priorities of that strategy, taking account of the specific geo-physical features;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

- having regard to the Habitats Directive[1], [1] Council Directive 92/43/EEC, OJ L 206, 22.07.1992, pp.7-50.

Amendment 30 #

Alain CADEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to link this plan of action to regional policy, the Union’s integrated maritime policy and the Connecting Europe Facility, so as to maximise its leverage effect;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to submit at the earliest opportunity a proposal for a regulation laying down common technical measures for fishing in the Adriatic- Ionian sea basin and specifying the admissible fishing effort, fishing periods and fishing gears;deleted

Amendment 32 #

Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. CRecalls ~~on the Commission to submit at the earliest opportunity a proposal for a regulation laying down common technical measures for fishing in the Adriatic- Ionian sea basin and specifying the admissible f~~that Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006, which is the basis for fisheries management of Community fleets in the Mediterranean, already included specific measures for the Adriatic and was characterized by its flexibility, which allowed for specific management plans, enabling Member States to more precisely respond to the specific needs and characteristics of each zone, recognishing ~~effort, fishing periods and fishing gear~~from the outset the diversity of the various Mediterranean basins and the importance of taking them into account when making decisions;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to submit at the earliest opportunity a proposal for a regulation laying down common technical measures for fishing in the Adriatic-Ionian sea basin and specifying the admissible fishing effort, fishing periods and fishing gears and other relevant management measures;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to submit at the earliest opportunity a ~~proposal for a regulatio~~n action plan laying down common technical measures for fishing in the Adriatic-Ionian sea basin and specifying the admissible fishing effort, fishing periods and fishing gears;

Amendment 35 #

Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Regrets that the Member States have not made greater use of these individual management plans, which allow certain general rules to be suspended so that specific characteristics can be taken into account; considers that this would have considerably facilitated local management and would have provided valuable data on the situation in the different zones, making it possible to introduce appropriate changes; therefore asks the coastal Member States to constructively collaborate with each other and the Commission on updating and continuously adapting fisheries management measures;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission to establish an ongoing dialogue with the non-EU countries of the Adriatic-Ionian sea basin, with a view to concluding bilateral or multilateral agreements providing for the adoption and implementation of the same fishing rules and management measures for all of the regional fleets and the use of the same fishing gears by all of those fleets;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission to establish an ongoing dialogue with the non-EU countries of the Adriatic-Ionian sea basin, with a view to concluding bilateral or multilateral agreements ~~providing for the adoption and implementation~~with the aim of advancing towards a standardisation of the rules and of fisheries management, taking full advantage of the sframe ~~fishing rules for all of the regional fleets and~~work for collaboration provided by the international and regional fisheries organisations and, in particular, in the ucase of the ~~same fishing gears by all of those fleets~~Mediterranean, the GFCM and ICCAT;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission to establish an ongoing dialogue with the non-EU countries of the Adriatic-Ionian sea basin, with a view to concluding bilateral or multilateral agreements ~~providing for the adoption and implement~~which contribute to the harmonisation of ~~the same~~existing fishing rules ~~for all of the regional fleets and the use of the same fishing gears by all of those fleets~~and to achieving the objectives of the EU Common Fisheries Policy in the Mediterranean;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Commission to promote the EU's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) objectives, notably achieving above maximum sustainable yield (MSY) for all fish stocks by 2020 at the latest and to encourage the employment of an ecosystem-based approach vis-à-vis non- EU countries;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the Adriatic and Ionian Seas are marine sub-regions of the Mediterranean Sea;

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission to step up exchanges of best conservation practice, in cooperation with the coastal states, and to promote the establishment of marine protected areas for the recovery of the species most under threat;deleted

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Commission to promote the goals of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) vis-à-vis non-EU countries bordering the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, namely to achieve or maintain good environmental status in the marine environment by the year 2020 at the latest;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Calls on the Commission in this regard to encourage Member States bordering the Adriatic and Ionian Seas to develop and implement Marine Strategies applying an eco-system based approach and ensuring the integration of environmental concerns into the different policies that have an impact on the marine environment, taking into account the trans-boundary effects on the quality of marine waters of neighbouring third countries;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. CRecalls ~~on the Commission to include among the measures eligible for funding under the future European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), as well as all other relevant sources of EU funding, projects for th~~that funding exists, both under the future European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), through its data collection programmes, and within the framework for the Union’s various research programmes, for improving knowledge of the marine environment, including fish species, and for introducing greater innovation and better practices in fisheries activity; therefore coall~~ection of data on Adriatic-Ionian fish stocks, including details of their compositi~~s on the Member States to put forward projects in these areas and considers that advance cooperation among the various coastal countries, whether or not they belong to the EU, can lead to extremely interesting initiatives able to benefit the whole of the Adriatic-Ion ian~~d distribution~~ basin, through projects presented by the Member States;

Amendment 44 #

Alain CADEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission to consider whether a specific funding line for implementation of the measures and objectives laid down for this strategy should be created in cooperation with the European Investment Bank (EIB), drawing on the experience gained with the FEMIP1; so as to avoid further complicating matters through the adoption of new budgetary instruments; calls on the Commission also to consider the possibility of using project bonds and public-private partnerships as eminently suitable financing instruments;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to propose that specific advisory bodies for the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea should be set up within the Regional Advisory Council (RAC) already established for the Mediterranean area, drawing on the positive experience gained with the ‘maritime districts’ that have been set up in Italy18 ; __________________ 18 ‘Maritime districts’ were set up to improve cooperation between central and regional government in developing and providing support for the fisheries and aquaculture sector and to promote partnership with fishermen and fisheries sector operators.deleted

Amendment 46 #

Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to propose that specific advisory bodies for the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea should be set up within the Regional Advisory Council (RAC) already established for the Mediterranean area, drawing on the positive experience gained with the ‘maritime districts’ that have been set up in Italy218 (such as the Northern Adriatic fisheries district, established in 2012 for the shared and concerted management of the northern Adriatic fisheries sector from the political, economic, social and environmental point of view);

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to include in the future legislative proposal on maritime spatial planning provisions requiring Member States to make an inventory of the environmental and tourism protection rules in force on their national territory and, in respect of areas not subject to restrictions, to adopt marine and coastal development plans ~~covering all of the various activities pursued in~~establishing the admissibility and compatibility of the use~~ctor~~ and ~~including plans for the management of mar~~occupation of these areas, with a view to facilitatineg a~~nd coastal areas that will make it easier for aquaculture undertakings to gain access to the space they require in order to set up farms~~ccess to areas suitable for setting up aquaculture undertakings ;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Calls on the Commission to include in the futur~~Welcomes the legislative proposal on maritime spatial planning and calls on the Commission to take account of provisions requiring Member States to make an inventory of the environmental and tourism protection rules in force on their national territory and, in respect of areas not subject to restrictions, to adopt marine and coastal development plans covering all of the various activities pursued in the sector and including plans for the management of marine and coastal areas that will make it easier for aquaculture undertakings to gain access to the space they require in order to set up farms;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to include in the future legislative proposal on maritime spatial planning provisions requiring Member States to make an inventory of the environmental and tourism protection rules in force on their national territory and, in respect of areas not subject to restrictions, to adopt marine and coastal development plans covering all of the various activities pursued in the sector ~~and including plans for the management of marine and coastal areas that will make it easier for aquaculture undertakings to gain access to the space they require in order to set up farms~~;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~international~~cross-border cooperation is essential in order to establish arrangements for the joint management of fishing activities and to make sure that fish stocks are exploited in a sustainable manner,

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Further calls on the Commission to establish a specific Work Plan for the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, setting out the future objectives in that region as is currently undertaken in the Mediterranean Sea (IMP-MED project); this Work Plan should be seen as a project eligible for funding under the EMFF;

Amendment 51 #

Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Urges the Commission to create a toolbox of sanction measures to ensure that a Member State, which does not fulfil its data collection and transmission obligations or is unable to tackle problems with IUU-fishing in its waters or by its fishing fleet, can be sanctioned;

Amendment 6 #

Jim HIGGINS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas international cooperation is essential in order to establish arrangements for the joint management of fishing activities and to make sure that fish stocks are exploited in a sustainable and environmentally-friendly manner,

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

~~C. whereas, although some of the Adriatic countries have established special zones, a substantial proportion of the waters of the Adriatic and Ionian Seas are still international waters,~~deleted

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

~~I. whereas the principal geo-physical feature of the Adriatic sea basin is a shallow and sandy seabed which only becomes deeper many miles out from the shore,~~deleted

Amendment 9 #