Activities of Clara AGUILERA related to 2021/0300M(NLE)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the Implementing Protocol thereto
Amendments (8)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the conclusion of a new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement and Protocol between the Union and Mauritania, which is designed to improve and modernise the existing agreement; considers it positive that no additional one-year extensions to the previous protocol will henceforth be required or that they be resolved if they are not strictly necessary, without harming the European fleet;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the importance of the new agreement and protocol in terms of the considerable fishing opportunities they maintain for the EU fleet and as a platform for continued structured cooperation between the Union and Mauritania, especially in the field of sustainable fisheries management and maintaining the European fleet;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Demands that the European Commission request from Mauritania inform the Commissation on all public or private agreements with foreign vesselsvessels from third countries operating in its fishing zone and that this information be included in the annual report to be sent by the Commission to the European Parliament;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the reports on the activities of foreign fleets and foreign-owned domestic fleets operating in Mauritanian waters; calls on the European Commission to request Mauritania to provide full information on all vessels fishing in its waters in a clear and user-friendly format that allows observers to form an overall picture of the total fishing effort, catches per species and status of stocks; notes that this is a condition for calculating the ‘surplus’ in the spirit of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the reports on the activities of foreign fleets and foreign-owned domestic fleets operating in Mauritanian waters; calls on the European Commission to request Mauritania to provide full information on all vessels fishing in its waters in a clear and user-friendly format that allows observers to form an overall picture of the total fishing effort, catches per species and status of stocks; notes that this is a condition for calculating the ‘surplus’ in the spirit of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that one of the general problems with sectoral support in the Union’s partnership agreements on sustainable fisheries is the lack of visibility of the measures and projects carried out under these sectoral aids; calls, therefore, for the visibility and publicity of the activities associated with the implementation of the protocol to be improved; as well as the presentation to Parliament of those actions or measures of greater relevance or impact on the parts of Mauritanian territory or society that are eligible for this sectoral aid, enabling its benefits to be fully visible;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that there is a need for better data collection on stocks in Mauritanian waters; believes that sectoral support should be used as a priority to improve scientific data on fish stocks, control and surveillance activities and to helpof all fleets fishing in their fishing grounds and to support artisanal fisheries;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Encourages the Commission to facilitate participation and exchange between experts and scientists within the framework of this agreement and during its implementation, if necessary for the assessment of the different species and the operation of the agreement;