27 Amendments of Isabelle THOMAS related to 2015/2109(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the CBD process for the description of EBSAs, which has already led to the description of 204 areas that meet the criteria, many of which are located in ABNJ,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
– having regard that EBSAs have been described in the Southern Indian Ocean, Eastern Tropical and Temperate Pacific, North Pacific, South-Eastern Atlantic, Arctic, North-West Atlantic, Mediterranean, Western South Pacific, Wider Caribbean and Western Mid Atlantic, other regions are not yet covered,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
– having regard to the UN Millennium Development Goals Report 20152030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UNGA A/RES/70/1 adopted in 2015), and the Sustainable Development Goal 14 to Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Working Group’s recommendation packageCo-chairs summary of the 2011 Working Group’s acknowledged the gap between the scientific process for describing ecologically and biologically significant areas and the actual identification/designation of such areas since no global forum had a formal mandate at present, and existing regional and sectoral forums were facing issues of legitimacy to do so;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas in the 2011 recommendation packageCo-Chairs summary of 2011 Working Group noted there was a general recognition of the limitations and shortcomings of the status quo;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas hHeads of sState and gGovernments at Rio+20 in June 2012 committed to address, on an urgent basis, building on the work of the Working Group, the issue of the conversation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas fishing, alone and in conjunction with other marine activities, has a great impact on marine biological diversity, and thus should be covered by all conservation and management measures, while bearing in mind that it is one of a host of mortality factors for fishery resources and should not be the only driver of international action;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas, amongst other things, mineral extraction, energy drilling and the use of land space by urban platforms are other mortality factors for fishery resources today, and future maritime development could result in unanticipated mortality factors regarding which vigilance must be maintained;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas without coordination and consultation between all actors concerned in maritime activity, conservation of marine biological diversity and sustainable use of resources cannot be achieved;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the EU’s outermost regions have, by their very nature, special geographical and sometimes geopolitical circumstances and are included in specific regional cooperation mechanisms;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the UNFSA is a comprehensive and forward-thinking document that should not be changed or watered down;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas lessons should be learned from the EU's recent disagreements with the Faroe Islands and Iceland, in order to enable stocks to be managed sustainably worldwide;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the UNFSA provides a framework for the application of the precautionary approach, to fisheries management, for conservation and management measures, cooperation for cons for straddling and highly migratory fish stocks, for international coopervation, and management, andfor the establishment of the sub-regional and regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) and arrangements;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas we recognise and support the rights and special requirements of developing states in the context of capacity-building in order for them to be able to benefit from the conservation and sustainable use of their resources and of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas the course of actions of the so- called ‘Kobe Process’ recognises the efforts already made by those RFMOs which manage tuna stocks and that have undertaken independent performance reviews, and calls on allthose RFMOs to regularly undertake such reviews and make the results publicly available; whereas authorities such as the UNGA and COFI have also called on the other RFMOs to do likewise and whereas those reviews have been conducted;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the CBD has prompfacilitated a series of workshops to identifyscribe EBSAs in thecluding in ABNJ and the results of these workshops are now widely available for management consultation purposes on a CBD website;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas the Working Group, in its document of 23 January 2015, stressed the need for athe comprehensive global regime that wouldo better address the conservation and management of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the decision taken by the UNGA to start working towards a new international instrument under the UNCLOS framework regarding marine biological diversity in ABNJ in order, amongst other things, to address the current shortcomings;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and seas and of their resources; calls on the EU and the international community to promote conservation and sustainable use of marine resources by implementing, among other measures, modern concepts of fisheries managementexisting legislation and modern concepts of managing the exploitation of marine resources (be it exploitation of minerals, energy drilling, etc.) and fisheries, including science-based marine governance, maintaining stocks to levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield, ecosystem-based management and conservation of marine biodiversity and the precautionary approach;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the important role that the EU has been playing in the proper exploitationsecuring the sustainable management of marine living resources, particularly in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Commission to further promote fisheries aspects, and to coordinate, aspects relating to fisheries and to all forms of sea bed and ocean exploitation in this new international agreement;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to support and promote the establishment of connected, coherent and representative networks of MPAs as networks are essential fortools which can ensuringe ecological and biological connectivity;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the UN to apply existing legislation or to create additional rules that could indirectly help protect biodiversity on the high seas and improve social, safety and monitoring conditions, such as the establishment of global management tools, i.e. a centralised instrument for vessel registration;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the UN to create additional rules that could indirectly help protect biodiversity on the high seas, such as the establishment of global management tools, i.e. a centralised instrument for vessel registration, avoiding the increase of the bureaucratic burden for fishermen;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the new international agreement, to push for recognition of environmental damage at sea and identification of the chain of responsibility for such damage.