2021/0037M(NLE) EU/Greenland/Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement and Implementation Protocol
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Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | PECH | KARLESKIND Pierre ( Renew) | HERBST Niclas ( EPP), AGUILERA Clara ( S&D), ROOSE Caroline ( Verts/ALE), TOMAŠIĆ Ruža ( ECR) |
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2021/0037M(NLE)
2021/06/24
PECH
22 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) — having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes that fishing opportunities for Atlantic mackerel are dependent upon
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that the protocol provides for
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 bis. States that UK's exit from the EU and the resulting consequences for fisheries in the North Sea and the North East Atlantic should not be misused manipulating the distribution of quotas in the Northern Agreements, but rather respecting the historically grown distribution of fishing opportunities, always based on the best available scientific data and advice.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Recalls Greenland’s geostrategic position in the Arctic region; stresses the importance of relations with Greenland as part of an EU strategy on the Arctic and with a view to preventing unregulated high-sea fishing in the Central Arctic;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – point a (a) to keep the European Parliament informed about the implementation of the agreement and the protocol;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – point b (b) to ensure that the implementation of the agreement and the protocol thereto help to
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – point b a (new) (b a) to ensure the application of the precautionary approach on currently exploited and on targeted stocks such as cod, redfish and Greenland halibut;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – point c (c) to improve arrangements for data collection and analysis and for updating oversight of use of the EU’s financial contribution to sectoral support, with a view to ensuring that stocks fished by the EU are managed s
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – point c a (new) (c a) to ensure improvement of the available data on the fleet size and fishing effort of Greenland's subsistence and small-scale fishing fleets;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – point f (f) to carry over to the allocation for 2022 all or part of the quotas left unused owing to the delay in the provisional application of the agreement, in line with the best scientific advice;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas Article 62 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea provides that a coastal state should, through agreements or other arrangements, give other states access to the surplus of an allowable catch,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – point h (h) to ensure that special attention is paid to lost fishing nets, to the passive collection of marine litter, to marine ecosystems and vulnerable species, to the identification of habitats and to bird by- catches, particularly in the context of support for the sector;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – point j (j) to improve clarity and transparency as regards the international instruments for managing fish stocks in the region, such as RFMOs and coastal state agreements for the management of certain stocks; highlights in this respect the importance of following scientific recommendations including also the effects of climate change, as well improving decision- making processes in RFMOs including harvest control rules;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – point k a (new) (ka) to establish a long-term discussion on the connection between the SFPA with Greenland and fisheries agreements with Norway, including their interdependence;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas Protocol 34 on special arrangements for Greenland links preferential tariffs on the European market for fisheries products from Greenland to European vessels' access to Greenland's fishing areas;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the ex-post evaluation of the previous protocol and the ex-ante evaluation led to the negotiation of a new agreement and a new protocol that are more in line with fishing opportunities and scientific advice, provide more flexibility over catches and have a lower by-catch quota, and to the negotiation of a six-year validity period for the protocol;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas an SFPA with Greenland is important for the EU vessels that fish in Greenland's waters and for the Member State fleets that benefit directly or indirectly from the agreement and the quota transfers it provides for;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the new agreement and protocol enable 12 EU vessels to make use of fishing opportunities in Greenland’s waters for eight species (cod, pelagic redfish, demersal redfish, Greenland halibut, northern prawn, grenadier, capelin and Atlantic mackerel) for a period of four years, renewable for two years, in return for annual financial compensation from the EU of EUR 16 521 754, of which EUR 2 931 000 has been earmarked for support for and the development of Greenland’s fisheries sector;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Takes note of the complexity of the negotiations and of the circumstances in which they took place, as negotiations were being held in parallel on the agreement with the United Kingdom, creating uncertainty, and Greenland was facing some internal political challenges; recalls that Greenland’s starting position in these negotiations was to slash quotas for EU vessels by 30%; notes that this proposal for a reduction of fishing opportunities was motivated by Greenland’s desire to further develop its fisheries sector;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes that fishing opportunities for Atlantic mackerel are dependent upon Greenland’s participation as a signatory to the coastal states agreement on the management of Atlantic mackerel and that fishing opportunities for redfish must be in line with the management agreement and with decisions taken at NEAFC level;
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