21 Amendments of Paulo DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL related to 2024/0159M(NLE)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas, unfortunately, direct job creation in the fisheries sector in Guinea- Bissau is uncommon and limited, even in the case of local crew members on board vessels and women working and earning their living in the fisheries sector;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas, by comparison with the previous Protocol, the number of seafarers to be signed on in the EU fleet has increased significantly; whereas EU vessel owners must endeavour to sign on additional Guinea-Bissau seafarers; whereas, however, the Guinea-Bissau authorities mustshould fulfil their obligation to draw up and keep up to date an indicative list of qualified seafarers who could be signed on to EU vessels, and; whereas sectoral support may be provided for training local seafarers in accordance with International Maritime Organisation (IMO) standards;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas, after initialling the protocol, the Commission validated with the Council of the EU an amendment to point 4 of Chapter VIII of the Annex to the protocol (‘4.Remuneration of deep-sea fishers’), replacing the word ‘wage’ by ‘remuneration’, this having received the approval of the authorities of Guinea-Bissau;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas Guinea-Bissau is one of 13 countries coming within the scope of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) project ‘Improved regional fisheries governance in western Africa (PESCAO)’, adopted by Commission Decision C(2017) 2951 of 28 April 2017, which, among other objectives, aims to step up the prevention of and fight against IUU fishing by improving monitoring, control and surveillance at national and regional level;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports the need to include allmake actors in Guinea-Bissau’s fisheries sector aware throughout the process leading to an agreement, from the time of its drafting to when it is concluded and implemented, including as regards the use of sectoral support, and stresses the particularly important role of local cooperatives, representatives of local artisanal fishers and other stakeholders;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the contribution of EU vessels to food security in Guinea-Bissau through direct landings, as specified in Chapter V of the Annex to the Protocol, for the benefit of local communities and to promote internal fish trade and consumption, while deploring the factand for that, the tonnage involved is low;landings should increase throughout this protocol.
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers the electronic reporting system for catches, data processing and vessel activity monitoring to be a challenge for this Protocol; calls on the Commission and Guinea-Bissau to promote, without delay, appropriate and effective implementation that safeguards the necessary reliability and effectiveness of the ERS and the processing of catch data;. This has to be done, without further delays, during the extension of the Protocol.
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Takes the view that the EU-Guinea- Bissau SFPA will not achieve its objectives unless it contributes to establishing a long- term sustainable management system for the exploitation of its fisheries resources plus responsible socio-economic arrangements; regards it as extremely important that the sectoral support provisions set out in the Protocol be complied with, with the utmost transparency, in order to help fully implement the national strategy for sustainable fisheries; points out in this regard that the EU should mobilise its technical and financial assistance in order, as a matter of priorityparticular, to:
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point c
Paragraph 8 – point c
(c) build, linked to Global Gateway Initiative, key infrastructure tailored to fisheries and related activities, such as ports (both industrial and artisanal), landing sites, fish storage and processing facilities, markets, distribution and marketing structures, and quality analysis laboratories, with the aim of attracting landings of fish caught in the waters of Guinea-Bissau;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point e
Paragraph 8 – point e
(e) train fishing professionals upstream for seafarers, but also downstream in processing workshops, in particular hygiene and health training, and send to vessel owners a list of deep-sea fishers with the required skills, as provided for in the Protocol;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point h
Paragraph 8 – point h
(h) recognise and enhance the role of women and young people in fishing and improve how their roles are organised by supporting the necessary conditions for this, by funding training for women working in recovery facilities, by carand creating forall their young children in crèches close to the workplace, and by contributing to school fees for children of parents working on EU vessels or in facilities linked to EU firms necessary conditions for them to develop their work and have a work-life balance;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that it would be useful to compile information on the benefits that implementation of the Protocol brings to local economies (e.g. employment, infrastructure and social improvements), not creating more and unnecessary administrative burden;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges that updated reports be published on the actions that have been given backing under sectoral support arrangements, with a view toin order to have greater transparency;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Supports the need to improve governance, control and surveillance of the Guinea-Bissau fishing zone and to combat IUU fishing, in particular by stepping up vessel monitoring (by VMS or any other leaner and cheaper geolocation and identification system), with a view to improving the sustainability of fishing activities, also included for fleets from third countries;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the importance of allocating the fishing opportunities provided for by the SFPA on the basis of the principles of equity, balance and transparency and recognition of historical catch levels and relative stability;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Emphasises that it is important for landings of fish in Guinea-Bissau ports to contribute to local processing activities and food security, in terms of both species and quality; calls therefore on the Commission to strengthen that component in the next agreement; encourages the creation of national companies in the industrial fishing sector, capable of participating in the exploitation of fishery resources through national fleets that would be processed on land;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to coordinateraise awareness among the social partners onf the EU Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee onfor Fisheries with a view to concluding a collective agreement, including on pay, in line wi(SSDC-F) on the importance of determining a minimum remuneration under the International Labour Organisation (ILO) cConventions, 188, which can be used for subsequent SFPAs; encourages the Commission to promote ratification of ILO Convention 188 by all Member States and third countries, including when negotiating SFPAs, and to take forward the requirements of the current conventions within the ILO; calls on the Commission to include any social clauses necessary to achieve those objectives in the mandate issued by the Council of the European Union for SFPAs or during negotiations within regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs);
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary steps in order to amend point 4 of Chapter VIII of the Annex to the protocol (‘4.Remuneration of deep-sea fishers’), as validated with the Council of the EU;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to launch a legislative proposaladdress in the Ocean Diplomacy and SFPAs the issue onf implementation ofing the IMO Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F) in order to promote better occupational safety standards in the fisheries sector, include its requirements in SFPAs and, if necessary, include the training component in sectoral support arrangements;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to forwardpresent to Parliament the minutes and conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Committee, the multiannual sectoral programme and the results of the annual evaluations thereof, the minutes and conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Scientific Committee, and information on IUU fishing in the Guinea-Bissau fishing zone, the integration of EU economic operators in the Guinea-Bissau fisheries sector (Article 12 of the Protocol) and verification of compliance with vessel owners’ obligations (e.g. as regards the contribution in kind provided for in Chapter V of the Annex to the Protocol); calls on the Commission to present to Parliament, during the last year in which the Protocol applies and before negotiations on renewing it are opened, a full report on its implementation, during the last year in which the Protocol applies, and before negotiations on renewing it are opened, a full report on its implementation as well as the documentation necessary to assess the situation accordingly;