11 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2017/2120(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the objectives listed in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 refer to the need to achieve economic, social and employment benefits, and tosets out to ensure that the exploitation of living marine biological resources restores and maintain fish stocks populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in order to achieve the objectives of the common fisheries policy (CFP), fish stocks and fishing activity should be managed and balanced; whereas these objectives cannot be achieved if part of the data on catches and on the economic importance of fishing activities, includingset out in Regulation EU (1380/2013), sufficient data for total catches, including the ones stemming from recreational fisheries, is missingnecessary;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas the Council of the EU unilaterally and without legal basis in Regulation (EU) 2016/1139 introduced measures for recreational catches in the Baltic Sea;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the vital importance of sufficient data collection on recreational fisheries, and on maritime recreational fisheries in particular, in order to properly evaluate its impact and significancethe total fishing mortality levels for all stocks;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to propose the necessaryevaluate and if necessary propose the measures in order to expandnsure sufficient data collection for recreational fisheries to encompass more fish stocks and to make the collection of data on its socio- economic impact mandatory;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to undertake theall necessary technical steps to implement the current regulation on data collection and to, only where necessary, expand it to include more stocks and aspects of recreational fisheries;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all the necessary data on recreational fisheries are collected in order to provide a complete evaluation of fish stocks; cautions that without such a comprehensive evaluation and appropriate actions taken based on that evaluation, the multiannual plans might not achieve the objectives of the CFPRegulation (EU) 1380/2013;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the fact that data collection is an obligation of the Member States; points out, however, that without a proper definition of recreational fisheries and without the obligation to collect data for all recreational fisheries catches, there will always be a lack of data or uncertainty in stock assessmentwould improve the quality of the data;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to support the developmentPoints out the importance of recreational fishing infor the tourism sector, as an importanit contributores to the development of the blue economy in smalcoastal communities and coastal communities; considers that doing so would have a positive impact on efforts toislands and can prolong the tourism season beyond the summer months;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to propose a comprehensive regulation on maritimeresearch, and if appropriate, come up with a legislative proposal on recreational fisheries, as well aspotentially including a definition for the activity at EU level, to be included in the future CFP, so that both types of maritime fishing – commercial and recreational – can bwith the aim to ensure that fisheries are managed in a balanced, fair and sustainable manner with a view to achieving the desired objectives;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that recreational fisheries shall only be regulated on EU level if the activities have a significant impact on a certain stock;