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Multiannual plan for small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks (debate) IT
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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multi-annual plan for small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks PDF (865 KB) DOC (129 KB)
Amendments (45)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The common fisheries policy (CFP) should contribute toensure the protection of the marine environment, to and the sustainable management of all commercially exploited species, and in particularshould contribute to the achievement of good environmental status in the marine environment by 2020 in accordance with Article 1(1) of Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.40 __________________ 40 Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) (OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19).
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Despite being managed under both an international management plan under the GFCM and national management plans adopted under Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006,42 Adriatic anchovy and sardine stocks continue to be overexploited and the current management measures are considered to be insufficient to achieve MSY by 2020. Member States and stakeholders have expressed support for the development and implementation of management plans for these two stocks at EU level. __________________ 42 Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 (the Mediterranean Regulation) (OJ L36, 8.2.2007, p.6).
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) To achieve the objectives of the CFP, a number of conservation measures are to be adopted as appropriate in any combination thereof, such as multi-annual plans, technical measures, fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities and the establishment of marine protected areas.
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Regionalisation should be used to create tailor-made measures that take into account the specificities of each fisheries area and safeguard their environmental conditions.
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) Fishing opportunities should be allocated in accordance with the principles laid down in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, using transparent and objective criteria, including those of an environmental, social and economic nature. Fishing opportunities should also be fairly distributed across the various fisheries segments, including traditional and small- scale fisheries. Moreover, Member States should provide incentives to fishing vessels deploying selective fishing gear or using fishing techniques with reduced environmental impact.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The objective of the multiannual plan should be to contribute to achieving the objectives of the CFP, and especially reaching and maintaining MSY for the stocks concerneensuring that exploitation of living marine biological resources restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield, achieving a sustainable fisheries sector and providing an effective management framework.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is appropriate to establish the target fishing mortality (F) that corresponds to the objective of reaching and maintaining MSY as ranges of values which are consistent with achievingstocks being restored to and maintained above levels that can produce MSY as ranges of values which are consistent with achieving that objective, which generally requires fishing mortality below maximum sustainable yield (FMSY). Those ranges, based on scientific advice, are necessary in order to provide flexibility to take account of developments in the scientific advice, to contribute to the implementation of the landing obligation and to take into account the characteristics of mixed fisheries. The FMSY ranges have been calculated by the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) and are derived to deliver no more than a 5 % reduction in long-term yield compared to MSY.45 In addition, the upper limit of the range is capped, so that the probability of the stock falling below Blim is no more than 5 %. The levels to be achieved in terms of mortality by fishery and biomass ought to take account of the most up-to- date scientific advice. __________________ 45 Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – Small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic Sea. Mediterranean assessments part 1 (STECF- 15-14). 2015. [Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, EUR 27492 EN, JRC 97707, 52 pp.] [The second part of this reference seems to be mistaken. OPOCE, please check.]
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) For the purposes of fixing fishing opportunities, there should be a threshold for FMSY ranges in normal use and, provided that the stock concerned is considered to be in a good state, a higher limit for certain cases. It n upper threshould only be possible to fix fishing opportunities up to the higher limit if, on the basis of scientific advice or evidence, it is necessary for the achievement of the objectives laid down in this Regulation in mixed fisheries or necessary to avoid harm to a stock caused by intra- or inter- species stock dynamics, or in order to limit the year-on-year variations in fishing opportunitiesfor fishing mortality of FMSY in normal use. Fishing mortality should not be allowed at levels greater than FMSY.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In accordance with Article 10(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, provisions should be established for the periodical assessment by the Commission of the adequacy and effectiveness of the application of this Regulation. Such assessment should follow and be based on a periodic evaluation of the plan that is based on scientific advice. The plan should be evaluated three years after entry into force and then every five years. This period allows for the full implementation of the landing obligation, and for regionalised measures to be adopted, implemented and to show effects on the stocks and fishery. It is also a minimum required period by scientific bodies.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Those remedial measures may also include, as appropriate, the submission of legislative proposals by the Commission and emergency measures adopted by the Commission under Article 12 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council41 establishes the rules of the CFP in line with the international obligations of the Union. The objectives of the CFP are, inter alia, to ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities are environmentally sustainable in the long term, to restore and maintain populations of harvested species to levels above those which can produce the maximum sustainable yield, to apply the precautionary approach to fisheries management, and to implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management. _________________ 41 Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p.22).
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Despite being managed under both an international management plan under the GFCM and national management plans adopted under Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006,42 Adriatic anchovy and sardine stocks continue to be overexploited and the current management measures are considered to be insufficient to achieve MSYfishing mortality levels consistent with the objectives of the CFP by 2020. Member States and stakeholders have expressed support for the development and implementation of management plans for these two stocks at EU level. _________________ 42 Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 of 21 December 2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea, amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1626/94 (the Mediterranean Regulation) (OJ L36, 8.2.2007, p.6).
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) A strategy of minimum escapement of biomass needed in order to ensure the reproductive capacity of the stock is not impaired is appropriate for short-lived species.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) The introduction of a minimum escapement approach requires changes to the biological sampling and research protocols which will take time, therefore requiring a transition period before it can be implemented.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article, Member States having direct management interest may submit joint recommendations in accordance with Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 for the first time not later than twelve months after the entry into force of this Regulation and thereafter twelve months after each submission of the evaluation of the multiannual plan in accordance with Article 14 to this Regulation. They may also submit such recommendations when deemed necessary by them, in particular in the event of an abrupt change in the situation for either of the stocks to which this Regulation applies. Joint recommendations in respect of measures concerning a given calendar year shall be submitted no later than 1 June of the previous year. The Commission shall require the STECF to assess the joint recommendations. Any deviation by the Commission from the joint recommendations shall be presented to the European Parliament and to the Council for scrutiny.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The prior notification obligation shall apply to masters of Union fishing vessels retaining on board at least one tonne of anchovy or one tonne of sardine, one tonne of sardine or one tonne of anchovy and sardine combined.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Pursuant to Articles 9 and 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, multiannual plans are to be based on the best available scientific, technical and economic advice and contain objectives, quantifiable targets with clear timeframes, conservation reference points and safeguards.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The objective of the multiannual plan should be to contribute to achieving the objectives of the CFP, and especially reaching and maintaining MSY for thethe fish stocks concerned above levels capable of producing MSY, achieving a sustainable and profitable fisheries sector and providing an effective management framework.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Column B
Annex I – Column B
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) For stocks for which they are available and for the purpose of the application of safeguard measures, it is necessary to establish conservation reference points expressed as MSY Btrigger and Blim for anchovy and sardine stocks. Should the stocks fall below MSY Btrigger, fishing mortality should be reduced below FMSYBlim, MSY B- escapement and F-cap for anchovy and sardine stocks.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Recognising that in the Adriatic Sea vessels targeting small pelagics tend to carry out short fishing trips, the use of prior notification as required under Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 should be adapted so that the prior notifications are submitted at least one and a half hour before the estimated time of arrival at port. However, considering the limited effect of fishing trips involving very small quantities of fish on the stocks concerned, it is appropriate to establish a threshold for such prior notifications, when these vessels retain on board at least either 1 tonne of anchovy or 1 tonne of sardine.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to adapt to the technical and scientific progress in a timely and proportionate fashion and to ensure flexibility and allow evolution of certain measures, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of supplementing this Regulation as regards remedial measures for the conservation of mackerel and horse mackerel, implementation of the landing obligation and technical measures. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. The Commission should be able to adopt delegated acts in situations where Member States do not do so but scientific advice demonstrates that they are necessary for the achievement of the objectives of the plan.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) ‘B-lim’ means the stock size reference point provided by STECF below which there may be reduced reproductive capacity;
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) ‘MSY B-escapement’ means a deterministic biomass limit below which a stock is considered to have reduced reproductive capacity, including any required additional biomass buffer. In the context of an MSY B-escapement strategy, MSY B-escapement is the minimum biomass that should remain in the sea every year after fishing that provides the highest sustainable yield by maintaining sufficient spawning stock biomass to ensure full reproductive capacity with a 95% probability. MSY B-escapement is provided on an annual basis by STECF;
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
(cb) ‘F-cap’ means the limit to exploitation rates when the biomass is high and is provided by STECF. By capping the F, the escapement biomass is increased in proportion to stock size, maintaining a high probability of achieving a minimum amount of biomass left to spawn;
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. In particular, the multiannual plan shall aim to:
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The target fishing mortality shall be achieved as soon as possible and on a progressive, incremental basis, by 2020 for the stocks concerned, and it shall be maintained thereaftIn accordance with Article 16(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, when the Council fixes fishing opportunities for each stock, beginning for the 2021 fishing year, it shall establish those opportunities to correspond to the estimated stock biomass in excess of MSY B-escapement, but constrained to allow a fishing mortality that is not higher withian the ranges set out in Annex I and in line with the objectives laid doF-cap. The proportion of removable stock biomass in excess of MSY B-escapement shall be established annually by STECF, so that the allowable catch results in less than a 5% probability of the spawn in Article 3(1)g stock biomass falling below Blim.
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2, fishing opportunities may be fixed at levels corresponding to lower levels of fishing mortality than those set out in Annex I, column Aparagraph 1.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Fishing opportunities for 2019 shall be established at the level of declared catches in 2016 for each stock, reduced by 5% for sardines and 10% for anchovies. Further such reductions for 2020 shall be made unless scientific advice demonstrates that the stock is above Blim.
Amendment 175 #
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. When scientific advice indicates that the spawning stock biomass of either of the stocks concerned is below the limit spawning stock biomass reference point (Blim) as set out in Annex II, column B to this Regulation, further remedial measures shall be taken to ensure the rapid return of the stock concerned to levels above the level capable of producing MSY B-escapement. In particular, those remedial measures may include, by way of derogation from Article 4, paragraphs 2 and 4 (1), reduction of the fishing opportunities sufficient to restore the stock to MSY B-escapement for the following year or, if necessary, suspending the targeted fishery for the stock concerned and the adequate reduction of fishing opportunities.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The following conservation reference points to safeguard the full reproductive capacity of the stocks concerned shall be requested annually from STECF based on this plan: a) MSY B-escapement b) Blim c) F-cap
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
When scientific advice indicates that remedial action is required for the conservation of the small pelagic stocks referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation, or, in the case of anchovy and sardine, when the spawning biomass of either of these stocks for a given year is below the conservation reference points set out in Annex II, column A to this RegulationMSY B-escapement, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 of this Regulation and Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No1380/2013 regarding the following technical measures:
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) minimum conservation reference sizes for any of the stocks to which this Regulation applies, to ensure the protection of juveniles of marine organisms;
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall contribute to the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3.
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a Provision of scientific data To support the implementation of this plan, Member States shall conduct scientific surveys at sea and provide catch data based on agreed scientific protocols as follows: (a) for the stocks of anchovy and sardine, otolith readings and acoustic echograms shall be subject to a joint international shared protocol between Italy, Croatia and Slovenia, to be developed by 1 December 2019; (b) acoustic surveys carried out in the Adriatic Sea shall share the same harmonised scientific protocol, in line with MEDIAS, and operate at sea in the same months each year to ensure full comparability of results.; (c) acoustic surveys shall be made available for the scientific evaluation of fishing opportunities for the following year, at the latest one month after the completion of the survey; (d) catch data for each stock must be provided on a monthly basis, catch at age information must be provided by 1 November each year, to ensure full monitoring of the fishery and the provision of scientific advice in sufficient time for the fixing of fishing opportunities. Failure to provide the data and assessments listed in the preceding points shall lead to a reduction in fishing opportunities of 10% for the following year.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notwithstanding Article 18(1) and (3) of Regulation No 1380/2013 the Commission may adopt delegated acts also in the absence of a joint recommendation referred to in those paragraphs when scientific advice indicates they are necessary in order to achieve the objectives set out in Article 3.