49 Amendments of Antolín SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO related to 2011/2318(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 bis (new)
Citation 7 bis (new)
- having regard to the FAO Report on the State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2010,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 bis (new)
Citation 14 bis (new)
- having regard to the conclusions adopted at the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 19–20 March 2012 on the external dimension of the CFP,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -1 (new)
Recital -1 (new)
-1. whereas the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) must be the permanent basis for the Common Fisheries Policy, particularly where it concerns the international management of fisheries;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -1 bis (new)
Recital -1 bis (new)
-1a. whereas two-thirds of the world’s oceans lie outside national jurisdictions and there are no exhaustive policies for regulating international waters and that the current laws are fragmentary, being largely based on the principles of freedom of the sea dating from the 17th century;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -1 ter (new)
Recital -1 ter (new)
-1b. whereas fisheries are of strategic importance for the social and economic welfare of coastal communities, aside from the considerable contribution they make in terms of development, employment and the public supply of fresh fish and seafood in the interests of preserving dietary balance throughout the European Union;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas 85 % of fish stocks globally for which information is available are either fully exploited or overexploited, according to the most recent assessment by the FAO, despite the progress mentioned that is being made on a global scale in reducing ratios of exploitation and the recovery of overexploited stocks and marine ecosystems, through effective management actions;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is one of the few players that has a strong presence in all the world’s oceans throughmain fishing players in the world, boasting a strong and historic presence and significant activity in all the world’s oceans through the efforts of its fleet, the entrepreneurial spirit of its businesses, investments, bilateral fisheries agreements and participation in all of the major Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs);
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is a majorone of the most important markets for fishery products – fish caught by EU fleets as well as imports -and the biggest importer in the world of fish products, consuming 11 % of the world’s fish production in terms of volume and importing 24 % of fishery products in terms of value,; even though it only accounts for 8 % of the world’s catch (2 % when considering solely foreign waters);
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas quotas in RFMOs are primarily based on the development of historical catches, for which maintains preferential access for developed countries to global fish stocks; reason they are awarded by taking into account the preferential access to global fish stocks of developed countries that have carried out more international fishing activity;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the EU has to seek policy coherence for development on the basis ofcoherence among all of its policies, particularly those such as fishing and related activities whose foreign dimension makes a contribution to developing common foreign policy objectives and the fulfilment of the 2020 European Strategy, which also entails coherence with the policy for development, in accordance with Article 208(1), of the TFEU according to which ‘The Union shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries’;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there is in many cases insufficient data on fish stocks that the EU is fishing, or which are destined for the internal market, in terms of their status and of total removals by local fleets and other third country fleets to further the development of sustainable fishing, trade and consumption;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F bis (new)
Recital F bis (new)
Fa. whereas rigorous scientific studies will be required in order to determine in which fisheries fleet overcapacity is occuring or may occur, studies which must be accompanied by an assessment of the socio-economic impact that a reduction of fleet capacity would have in each fishery;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F ter (new)
Recital F ter (new)
Fb. whereas the CFP must provide a tool that enables the EU to demonstrate to the world how fishing can be practised as a responsible activity and how to promote improvement of the international management of fisheries applying European fleet management standards;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F quater (new)
Recital F quater (new)
Fc. whereas the EU must assume a key role in mobilising the international community in the campaign against IUU fishing;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s Communication and the many positive proposals it includes for encouraging the sustainability of the EU’s overall fishing and related activities outside EU waters; considers, however, that the scope of the document is not broad enough, beingas it does not take an integrated approach to other fishing and related activities destined for the internal market and is too concentrated on bilateral agreements and multilateral organisations;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 bis (new)
Paragraph 1 bis (new)
1a. Considers that the objectives serving to guide the external action of the CFP consist of defending Community fishing interests while remaining coherent with EU foreign policy;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 ter (new)
Paragraph 1 ter (new)
1b. Considers it of major importance to coordinate foreign policy and cooperation policy for the purpose of establishing sustainable fishing agreements and provide the necessary synergies to make a more effective contribution to the development of associated third countries;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the size of the EU market for fish and the geographical range of activities by EU-flagged and EU-owned vessels impose a high level of responsibility on the Union for ensuring that its fisheries’ footprint is ecologicallysocio-economic impact and ecological footprint are sustainable, providing high quality seafood to consumers in Europe and other countries where European fish, seafood and other products prepared with these ingredients are marketed, and contributing to the social and economic fabric of coastal fishing communities both inside the EU and elsewhere;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that fishing by EU interests inside and outside Union waters should be based upon the same standards in terms of ecological and socinomic, social and ecological sustainability and transparency;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its belief in the need for coherence between the fisheries policy of the Union and its policies with respect tothat in order to achieve the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy, coherence is needed between the fisheries policy and other policies of the Union, particularly with regard to policies on employment, trade, development and the environment; n. Notes that such coherence requires coordination both within the Commission itself and between the Commission and the governments of the individual Member States;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to support clearly defined principles and objectives for environmentally and sociresponsible fishing that is economically, socially and environmentally sustainable fisheries on the high seas and in waters under national jurisdiction at the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Brazil in June 2012. We understand that in order to convene a conference with expectations of success, rigorous scientific studies are needed first of all in order to determine in which fisheries fleet overcapacity occurs or may occur, studies that must be accompanied by an assessment of any socio-economic impact which may result from reducing fleet capacity in each fishery;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to drive forward the global and multilateral agenda promoting sustainable fisheries worldwide, while transforming its dialogues with key countries such as the US, Japan and China, and its fishing relations with third countries into effective partnerships to address crucial issues such as the eradication of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and the strengthening of high seas control and governance;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the EU should launch an initiative at UN level to set up a global catch and traceability documentation scheme as a key tool to combat IUU fishing and ensure fair trade and responsible consumption;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 bis (new)
Paragraph 10 bis (new)
10a. States the need to create mechanisms for promoting fishery products that are sustainably sourced from an ecological perspective, and fair from a social perspective, within the EU and beyond;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that the application of the principles that serve to guide the external action of the Union in bilateral fisheriesing agreements, or Sthe sustainable Ffisheries Aagreements (SFA) as the Commission proposes to call them, negotiated between partners and equitably implemented, should be of benefit to both parties, providingare essential in order to strengthen the external position of the EU and the development of sustainable fishing, should be of benefit to both parties by facilitating the third country with economic resources, technical and scientific expertise, ands well as support for improved fisheries management and good governance to the third country, while allowenabling the continuation of fishing activities by EU vessels that provide a modest but importantlasting supply of fish to the EU and other markets to continue to develop fishing activities in a competitive way;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets, however, that EU bilateral agreements have not always fulfilled these potential benefits, while recognising that much improvement has been made since the previous reform; the assessment of populations, the transparency and monitoring of compliance with its objectives, in particular, of the resulting benefits for the local population, and improving governance are key for obtaining them;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to include several provisions in future bilateral agreements, including respect for the principle of limiting access to resources that are scientifically demonstrated to be surplus tofor the coastal State’s own catch capacity or at regional level in the case of emigrant populations, a human rights clause and the exclusivity clause, although the latter needs tomust be strengthened and made consistent acrossformally recognised through agreements;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 bis (new)
Paragraph 13 bis (new)
13a. The clause on human rights must be implemented without discrimination and apply equally to all countries, not only to fishing agreements but also to trade agreements; through the World Trade Organisation (WTO) we must work towards penalising the production of countries that have yet to recognise human rights or use child labour in their manufacturing production;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 ter (new)
Paragraph 13 ter (new)
13b. Considers that the increased contribution made by undertakings to future fishing agreements must be in line with a greater capacity to influence the individual sector under the technical measures and standards that the Commission negotiaties in such agreements;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the Fishing Authorisations Regulation should be amended so that EU-flagged vessels which have temporarily left the register of a Member State to seek fishing opportunities elsewhere are not allowed, or are allowed under certain conditions, to benefit from fishing opportunities under the SFA if they subsequently return to an EU register, provided that they do not infringe any clauses of the agreements or laws of the third country;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Reaffirms that EU vessels should not compete with local fishermen for the same resources and that cooperation between local and EU operators should be facilitated;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the EU must make increased efforts to help provide the coastal States with which it negotiates bilateral agreements with sufficient data and information for reliable stock assessments, and that providing funding for aconsiders that crewing scientific research vessels in regions where the EU fleet is active would considerably strengthen scientific analyses on fish stocks, which is a prerequisite for any SFA;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Fully supports balanced compensations in accordance with the economic relations between the parties, and the concept of decoupling compensation for access to fisheries resources from sectoral support for development; strong. Firmly insists that shipowners shouldhave to pay a fair and market- based portion of the former, and that improved oversight of the latter is badly needed, including the possibility of suspension of payments in cases of failure to fulfilportion that enables their activities to be economically profitable; improved supervision of that support is imperative, including the option of suspending procedures in cases of a breach of the commitments byof the coastal State;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Insists that the Commission closely monitor the implementation of bilateral agreements, with annual reports being sent to Parliament and the Council, as well as evaluations performed by external, independent experts to be sent to the co- legislators prior to the negotiation of new protocols, all of which should be in the public domain, for the purpose of verifying its effectiveness, it is important to monitor the aid to the third country;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Underlines the need for Parliament to be wholly involved in both thethe preparation and negotiating process and the long-term monitoring and assessment of the functioning of bilateral agreements, in order to respect the provisions of the TFEU;. Also recalls its conviction that Parliament should be represented at the Joint Committee meetings envisaged in fisheries agreements, and insists that civil society, including both EU and third country fisheries representatives, also participate in those meetings. The Commission must be able to call upon the advice of Community businesses that operate in third country waters, and upon Community businesses that have fisheries investments in those countries;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 bis (new)
Paragraph 22 bis (new)
22a. Supports the introduction of scientific audits to evaluate fish populations prior to negotiating agreements and that the third country notifies of the fishing effort of the fleets of other countries in its waters in order for these objectives to be effective;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is convinced that full transparency on catches, payments and implementation of sectoral support will be a powerful tool to fighn indispensable tool for developing responsible and sustainable fishing based on good governance and the fight against corruption;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 bis (new)
Paragraph 25 bis (new)
25a. Bilateral conventions should be introduced to encourage Community fisheries investments in countries where at present there are no association agreements, because there are no excess fishing opportunities, and to contribute as a result towards sustainable fishing; also in these cases, coordination between European development funding and the bilateral agreements funding should be a top priority;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Urges the EU to take the lead in strengthening RFMOs in order to improve their performance, including by means of regular reviews by independent bodies of the extent to which they achieve their objectives, and to ensure that the recommendations made in such reviews are faithfully, rapidly and fully implemented; b. Believes that clear cases of lack of compliance by States must lead to effective, proportional and non- discriminatory sanctions, including reductions in quotas, effort, capacity allowed, etc.;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Believes that RFMOs must ensure the Maximum Sustainable Development of resources and develop management systems that provide for an equitable and fair resource allocation based upon transparent environmental and social criteria, rather than the simplistic criterion of historical catches, while ensuring that management and conservation measures are fully implemented by all members;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 bis (new)
Paragraph 32 bis (new)
32a. Believes that before establishing charges for high sea fishing, the impact that this may have on the fleet must be assessed, ensuring that no unnecessary costs are added that could result in unfair competition or prove discriminatory for normal practice within EU territorial waters or those of third countries; these resources must be used transparently so as to encourage them to contribute to the development of responsible fishing and the improved working of the RFMOs.
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Considers that the external dimension of the CFP is not limited to bilateral fisheries agreements and the EU’s participation in RFMOs but also includes European external fisheries investments, international trade in fisheries and aquaculture products, private agreements between EU shipowners and third countries, joint ventures by EU companies in third countries and activities by EU nationals on non-EU vessels;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 bis (new)
Paragraph 33 bis (new)
33a. We consider that European fisheries investments should be included as a third component in the external dimension of the CFP, together with fishing agreements and the RFMOs; the CFP must encourage sustainable external fisheries investment on the grounds that they are useful for making our fisheries more competitive and consolidating the EU’s position globally, thereby emphasising its role in the generation of wealth and the creation of employment, both in the EU Member States and in third countries.
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 ter (new)
Paragraph 33 ter (new)
33b. Believes that the CFP must promote strategies for Corporate Social Responsibility, in order to assume fully our social responsibilities, in line with the EU Strategy 2011–2014 for Corporate Social Responsibility;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 quater (new)
Paragraph 33 quater (new)
33c. Believes that there has to be close collaboration with the players involved in external waters and represented on the Long Distance Fleet Regional Advisory Council (LDRAC), in particular, with business associations fishing under bilateral agreements, RFMOs and in international waters, as well as with businesses that have investments in fisheries in third countries and possess extensive knowledge of the fisheries in those countries, which would provide a better understanding of resources, fishing areas and fisheries businesses in third countries,
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 bis (new)
Paragraph 34 bis (new)
34a. Believes in the need to increase human and financial resources dedicated to external fisheries policy and that in this regard the LDRAC could provide considerable assistance;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Expresses its impatience with the Commission for not having added vessels to be included on the EU IUU list other than those listed by the RFMOs, nor having proposed a list of non-cooperating countries, despite the IUU Regulation having been in force for over two years; we agree with the need to seek support from our principal social partners in order to eradicate IUU fishing in all oceans and Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ);
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Encourages banks and other lending institutions to incorporate assessments of the environmental and sociconomic, social and environmental sustainability of activities, and not simply their short- term profitability, prior to granting access to capital;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 – indent 1
Paragraph 42 – indent 1
– be preceded by environmental and sociconomic, social and environmental impact assessments,