Activities of João PIMENTA LOPES related to 2021/2168(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation (short presentation)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation
Amendments (16)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
AA. whereas the centralisation of fisheries management that the common fisheries policy promotes and the ensuing loss of Member State sovereignty has hampered the requisite local management, which is essential to ensuring that the sector is socio- economically viable, which has repercussions on and is reflected in the distribution of fishing opportunities and in the intensification of concentration phenomena in the sector;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
BA. whereas fisheries resource management policy needs to be set that provides for collective access to fishery resources, is based primarily on their biological aspects and should take the form of a fisheries co-management system that takes account of the specific conditions of fishery resources and the respective sea areas, with the effective participation of those working in the sector;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Article 16.6 obligrequires Member States to inform the Commission of the allocation method used, and thus how Article 17 is being implemented;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas for the 2020 fishing season, the allocation of the quota of bluefin tuna to small-scale vessels was 3.03 % in Italy, 11.6 % in Croatia, 11.89 % in France, 13.68 % in Portugal and 36.93 % in Spain;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
PA. whereas the application of individual transferable quotas has led to small-scale fleets being excluded from access to important species or to concentration phenomena in a number of countries1-A _________________ 1-A according to Small-scale Fisheries in Europe: Status, Resilience and Governance, pages 15 e 16
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that fish stocks are natural common goods that should not be considered commodities and should be managed in a way that guarantees the highest long-term benefits for society and minimises the impact on ecosystems;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to make their respective methods of distributing fishing opportunities and, when it exists, the final quota allocation of each producer organisation and each vessel publicly available, in line with the applicable data protection legislation;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that producer organisations may play an essentialimportant role in distributing fishing opportunities among the different vessels; points out, however, that not all vessels are organised into producer organisations;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the allocation methods should be developed in consultation with fishing communities and ofor fishing opportunities should be developed by Member States in line with their needs and the situation in their relevant stakeholderExclusive Economic Zone in consultation with fishing communities, based on the best available scientific advice, and should include notice periods to allow fishers to adaptthe measures and support needed for any ensuing adaptations;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to ensure that each Member State allocates fishing opportunities using a combination of environmental, social and economic criteria, while making sure the criteria are balanced according to local specificities and challenges that need to be tackled;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that there are no one- size-fits-all criteria of an environmental or, social or economic nature that can be applied uniformly throughout the EUin all the Member States;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that, in several countries, where Member States and producer organisations have in created quota reserveral countries created quota reservess distributed to fishers based on environmental and social criteria, small- scale fisheries have ended up excluded or the sector has become more concentrated; considers it inappropriate, therefore, to introduce individual and transferable quota systems, which could be distributed to fishers based lead to the privatisation of fishery resources and the con cenvironmental and social criteria;tration/verticalisation of catches, with negative socio-economic and environmental consequences.
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Members States, in line with Article 17 of the CFP, to use age criteria when allocating the fishing opportunities available to them, in order to support the entry into the business of young fishersupport the entry into the business of young fishers, including through the allocation of fishing opportunities;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission, in its upcoming action plan,Member States to continue efforts to preserve fishery resources, protect marine ecosystems and include adistribute fishing opportunity target to be distributedies according to environmental criter, social and developed based on an impact assessmenteconomic criteria;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Believes in the necessity of a reform of the common fisheries policy that provides Member States with sovereignty over their Exclusive Economic Zone, which promotes the decentralisation of fisheries management and supports local management;