Activities of Manuel PIZARRO related to 2021/2016(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Future of fisheries in the Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean (debate)
Future of fisheries in the Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the future of fisheries in the Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean in the light of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU
Amendments (9)
Amendment 21 #
B. whereas the importance of conserving and sustainably managing biological marine resources and marine ecosystems and promoting responsible and sustainable aquaculture is recognised, as is the key role that trade will play in achieving these goals; in particular through coherent action and incompliance with the relevant international agreements of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), including the effort to prevent and eliminate the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, also by excluding the marketing of fishery products resulting from this harmful activity;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) obliges the Union to promote the objectives of that policy internationally, ensuring that Union fishing activities carried out outside its waters are based on the same principles, and providing a level playing field for Union and third-country operators, and to cooperate with third countries and international organisations in order to improve compliance with international measures, including measures to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, on the basis of the best available scientific knowledge;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the Parties have agreed to work together on conservation and on trade-related policies and measures in the area of fisheries and aquaculture, including under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs) and in other multilateral instances, as the case may be, with the aim of promoting sustainable fisheries and aquaculture practices and trade in fish products from sustainably managed fisheries and aquaculture operations;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Specialised Committee on Fisheries has been set up, which will prepare multiannual conservation and management strategies as basis for setting TACs and other management measures, including for non-quota stocks, defining scientific data collection for fisheries management purposes, as well as sharing these data with scientific bodies to have the best scientific advices possible;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. Considering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, in particular the SDG14 - Protecting Marine Life;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that access to waters and resources for both fleets cannot be considered in isolation from market access; that there is a historical dependence on fishing grounds, now under British jurisdiction, of a significant part of the European Unionfleet, as well as there are many British companies, in particular of aquaculture production, which depend on the EU Single Market, and that the Union depends of this products to meet their needs;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is opposed to all unilateral decisions of any kind that establish fishing opportunities that contravene international law or go against the advice based on the best and most up-to-date scientific knowledge, putting into question international agreements as well as the sustainable exploitation of shared resources;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the need for the Commission to ensure that the most recent decisions of the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) are fully integrated into Union law; Urges the Commission to work together with other contracting parties to include ambitious control and fisheries management measures in line with the objectives set out in the CFP and the Green Deal, and compatible with the rules set out in the access to waters and resources in waters under the jurisdiction of both Parties;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and Member States to comply with and enforce the Trade and Cooperation Agreement without resorting to an interpretation of the rules that would be out of step with the spirit of good neighbourliness and close and peaceful relations based on cooperation and respect for the autonomy and sovereignty of the Parties; points out that the United Kingdom has already unlawfully construedtried to misinterpret the terms of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement in an interpretation at odds with the spirit thereofcontradicting its spirit;