18 Amendments of Manuel BOMPARD related to 2019/2160(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the marine waste visible on beaches and on the surface of open bodies of water represents only a fraction of a much further reaching pollution phenomenon; whereas this waste stems from activities on land (80%) but also at sea, and ranges from nanoplastics to containers lost at sea;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the presence of marine waste seriously undermines the resilience and productivity of marine ecosystems, which are already facing many cumulative pressures, such as climate change; whereas industrial fishing, unregulated fishing and illegal fishing lead to the overexploitation and endangerment of protected fishery resources;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas fishermen, particularly small-scale fishermen, and aquaculture producers are the first to feel the impact of marine waste, which puts their activities at risk, as this waste can act as an obstacle, get snarled up in fishing gear, damage gear and cause it to be lost, and block vessels’ engines and cooling systems, generate significant economic losses and pose a threat to the security of seafarers on ship, and generate significant economic losses;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas only 1.5%17 of fishing gear is recycled and whereas there is an urgent need to provide support forrequire the collection, recycling and repair of gear, through economic support that is appropriate to this new task carried out by fishermen; _________________ 17 ibid.
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, according to the WHO, tobacco waste is the largest type of litter by count globally; whereas, according to the American NGO Ocean Conservancy, cigarette butts top the list of the 10 items most collected during international beach clean-up operations; whereas a single cigarette butt takes 12 years to degrade and contains nearly 4 000 chemical substances; whereas, for every cigarette butt that ends up in the oceans and rivers, 500 litres of water are polluted;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas 730 tonnes of waste are dumped in the Mediterranean every day; whereas, according to a WWF report from June 2019, every year 11 200 tonnes of plastics dumped in the environment find their way into the Mediterranean; whereas the equivalent of 66 000 refuse collection trucks of plastic is dumped in the Mediterranean every year; whereas the microplastics in the Mediterranean are reaching record concentration levels, with 1.25 million fragments per km2; whereas small particles account for around 90% of all the plastic floating in the Mediterranean, which means around 280 billion fragments of floating microplastics; whereas an average consumer of Mediterranean shellfish ingests on average 11 000 fragments of plastic every year; whereas the Mediterranean is therefore one of the most polluted seas in the world;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas ocean deoxygenation is increasing; whereas the surface area of ‘dead zones’ caused by this phenomenon has increased tenfold since 1950; whereas, in 50 years, the oceans have lost 77 billion tonnes of oxygen; whereas the impact on marine biodiversity and local small-scale fisheries is devastating; whereas this phenomenon is mainly due to the massive discharges of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, and the high concentrations of aquaculture farms in coastal areas;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to champion an ambitious governance model in international UN negotiations on marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions and to recognise all the oceans and seas as common goolobal goods to be protected and restored, with a view to adopting a new approach that prioritises individual and collectivecollective and individual responsibilities over the traditional principles of freedom and sovereign rights, as laid down in the Law of the Sea, and thus ensures that the sea is protected;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to develop an ambitious European policy to protect the seas and oceans that is consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the United Nations in 2015, in particular SDG 14 on life below water and SDG 12 on responsible consumption and production;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to step up research and data collection on the impact of marine waste on fisheries and ecosystems and the impact of nano- and microplastics on both fishery resources and human health, by significantly increasing European research grants;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for information on the loss of fishing gear at sea to be put to more effective use when it comes to tackling marine pollution through improved data- sharing among Member States and EU agencies, and for this information to be used to develop new tools for identifying and tracking fishing gear lost at sea; considers that this information must be provided to environmental protection associations in a transparent manner to help them in their work of analysing and assessing marine waste;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the development, and the creation where necessary, of efficient recycling channels through the upgrading of reception facilities at all European ports with a view to improving selective waste sorting; calls for collection operations to be made more attractive by taking measures to support fishermen and aquaculture producers that bring their end- of-life fishing or aquaculture gear back to port;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to draw up an EU-level action plan to combat littering; urges the Commission to present an action plan to tackle the mountains of litter along Europe’s coastlines;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the role of fishermen in voluntary collection programmes which make it possible to identify, collect and recycle marine waste, such as the ‘Fish for Litter’ programme must be promoted and supportedsorting of caught waste and its unloading in specific port areas must become mandatory for all ships so that it is no longer returned to the sea;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Expresses its deep concern about the increasing deoxygenation of the oceans and the expansion of ‘dead zones’ at sea; points out that the surface area of such ‘dead zones’ at sea has increased tenfold since 1950 and that, in 50 years, the oceans have lost 77 billion tonnes of oxygen; points with concern to the severe deterioration in marine biodiversity caused by this phenomenon and its significant socioeconomic impact on local small-scale fisheries;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Urges the Commission to combat this expansion of ‘dead zones’ in the oceans by drastically reducing the quantities of nitrogen and phosphorus released into the oceans through the further development of organic farming and by tackling the high concentration of aquaculture farms;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Urges the Commission, given the extent of the pollution caused by cigarette butts and their toxicity, to revise Directive (EU) 2019/904 and end the special rules for the tobacco industry concerning extended producer responsibility; requires the Commission to introduce a ban on cigarette filters in due course as it has not been proven that they have a positive effect on smokers’ health;