20 Amendments of Liadh NÍ RIADA related to 2018/0304(COD)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Whereas shark fishing is not currently monitored as a fishery and therefore accurate stock assessments have not been completed. The precautionary principle should be applied and that a protective accidental bycatch for immediate alive release be written into regulations until a scientifically reliable ICES stock assessment of sharks, particularly in Union waters has been presented to the Council and Commission.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Considers that all Union legislation must not permit the act of shark finning, especially the partial or full removal of fins from living sharks and other elasmobranch species.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 c (new)
Recital 9 c (new)
(9c) Notes that current regulation highlights the "at risk" status of elasmobranch species such as sharks and rays, and according to findings by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, that shark populations and hence marine ecosystems are seriously threatened.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 d (new)
Recital 9 d (new)
(9d) Notes that under Union regulation, special permits can be issued by Member States to allow sharks to be processed at sea and that control and enforcement measures to prevent IUU fishing in this context has been inadequate.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 e (new)
Recital 9 e (new)
(9e) Notes the necessity for the implementation of the Scientific, Technical and Economic committee for Fisheries (STECF) recommendations for the end to the act of shark finning at sea, or the storage of removed fins, and that all elasmobranch species caught should be landed with all their fins naturally attached.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘EFCA’ is the European Fisheries Control Agency as established by Council Regulation (EC) 768/200512 ; ‘Shark finning´ is the partial or full removal or slicing of fins off living sharks. _________________ 12 Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 of 26 April 2005 establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p.1).
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – title
Article 12 – title
Conservation and management of sharks and elasmobranch species
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) prohibit the removal of shark fins on-boardpartial and full removal of fins of living shark and elasmobranch species by vessels at sea;
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, in order to facilitate on-board storage, fins of non-living shark fins may be partially sliced through and folded against the carcass.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. In fisheries that are not directed at sharks, each Member State shall encouragesure that every vessel entitled to fly its flag to releases sharks alive, and especially juveniles, that are not intended for use as food or subsistence.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Member States shall, where possible:
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) undertake research to identify ways to make fishing gear more selective for the protection of sharks and elasmobranch species;
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) conduct research on key biological and ecological parameters, life-history, behavioural traits and migration patterns, as well as on the identification of potential mapping, pupping and nursery grounds of key shark and elasmobranch species.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to Article 28(1) and (2) of this Regulation every fishing vessel shall at all times in the Regulatory Area carry at least onetwo independent and impartial observers.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) monitor the processing and storage facilities;
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4
Article 27 – paragraph 4
4. Each vessel shall provide to the observers food and accommodation of a standard no less than that provided to the crew.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5
Article 27 – paragraph 5
5. The master shall extend such co- operation and assistance as mayshall be required to enable the observer to carry out his duties. Such cooperation shall include providing the observer with such access as mayshall be required to the catch retained onboard, including such catch as the vessel may or shall intend to discard.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Each Member State shall ensure that for an inspection, at sea or on land, conducted under the Scheme, its inspectors:
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point g – point ii a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – point g – point ii a (new)
(iia) where the inspector estimates that there is an issue with gears and other technical equipment on-board;