1 Amendments of Jim HIGGINS related to 2012/2063(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 6
Section 1 – paragraph 6
6. Draws attention to the problem of illegal, unregistered and undeclared (IUU) fishing; recalls that many vessels do not duly report their catches and are not inspected, the data supplied by vessels are not checked and the species caught are not clearly identified; considers that the EU can and must make a more effective contribution towards overcoming these problems and regrets the lack of consistency and transparency when monitoring agreements;