12 Amendments of Francisco José MILLÁN MON related to 2021/2200(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Citation 12
Citation 12
— hHaving regard to the EU- Seychelles, EU-Cook Islands and EU- Mauritius SPartnership Agreements on sustainable Ffisheries Partnership Agreementin the Indian and Pacific Oceans,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU has only three Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements in the region, the respective protocols for which are currently in force (Seychelles, Cook Islands and Mauritius) and whereas the EU fishing fleet is present in both the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas, within the framework of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the EU is an active member of several Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) in the Indo-Pacific region (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement Parties, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission and the South Pacific RFMO); whereas the EU's application for membership of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission was accepted on 25 February 2021;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the EU holds high-level dialogues on ocean and fisheries issues with Australia, Indonesia, Japan and New Zealand; whereas it has signed an Ocean Partnership Agreement with China; whereas it also holds dialogues and has working groups on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing with Korea, Thailand and Taiwan;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
D c. whereas Thailand is the world’s leading producer of canned tuna and the EU’s main competitor in this sector; whereas a free trade agreement with Thailand could pose a serious threat to the EU canned seafood industry, which is crucial in several coastal regions because of its important role in creating jobs and prosperity and because it is a sector which is female labour intensive;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to step up its action for ocean governance, through the implementation of sustainable fisheries partnership agreements and its participation in RFMOs, in full compliance with international law and with the main objective of ensuring the sustainable management of ocean resources and the restoration of marine ecosystems, which are essential for fishing activities;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU should continue its commitment to sustainable fishing in the region and support fisheries control in order to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; urges the EU to strengthen its cooperation with like-minded international partners to combat overfishing, overcapacity and IUU fishing in the Indo-Pacific;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the EU and China, in implementation of the Ocean Partnership Agreement signed in 2018, to cooperate closely towards the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological resources, the fight against marine pollution, the mitigation of and adaptation to the effects of climate change on the oceans, the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources, fisheries governance in regional and global fora and the prevention and fight against IUU fishing;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. urges the EU to continue to promote the improvement of living and working conditions of fishers in the Indo- Pacific region in accordance with International Labour Organisation (ILO) regulations and conventions;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of product traceability for banning imports of seafood products obtained from illegal fishing; welcomes the creation of a database for the management of catch certificates (CATCH) to ensure traceability and reduce opportunities for fraudulent imports, as part of the reform of the fisheries control system proposed by the Commission; calls on the Commission to report on its exchanges with ‘yellow card’ states under Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that any trade agreements with the Indo-Pacific countries must be preceded by rigorous sustainability impact studies and a detailed analysis of the potential economic, social, environmental and human rights impacts; urges the Commission to include canned seafood as ‘sensitive products’ in trade negotiations with the countries of the region;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Urges the European External Action Service to take into account the EU's fishing interests and the presence of the European fishing fleet when determining the 'maritime areas of interest' within the framework of coordinated maritime presences and maritime safety strategies;