11 Amendments of Chris DAVIES related to 2012/0179(COD)
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Fishing authorisations referred to in paragraph 1 for vessels using bottom trawls or bottom-set gillnets shall expire at the latest two years after the entry into force of this Regulation. After that date, fishing authorisations targeting deep-sea species with bottom trawls or bottom-set gillnets shall neither be issued nor renewed.
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a General requirements on the identification of vulnerable marine ecosystems 1. Member States shall use the best scientific and technical information available, including biogeographic information, to identify where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known or likely to occur. In addition, the scientific advisory body shall undertake an assessment annually of where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known or likely to occur. 2. Where, based on the information in paragraph 1, areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known or likely to occur have been identified; Member States and the scientific advisory body shall inform the Commission in a timely manner. 3. By no later than 1 year after the entry into force of this Regulation, on the basis of the best scientific and technical information available and based on the assessments and identifications done by Member States and the scientific advisory body, the Commission shall establish a list of areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known to occur or are likely to occur. 4. Fishing with bottom gears shall be prohibited in the areas identified in paragraph 3. 5. Member States shall implement these closures without delay and immediately notify the Commission as well as its own vessels of the closures. The closures will be applicable to all Union vessels when these occur in Union waters or in the high seas, and to any vessel when the closure occurs in Union waters. 6. The Commission shall review the list referred to in paragraph 1 annually on the basis of advice received from the scientific advisory body. 7. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, if the Commission, based on an impact assessment and after consulting the scientific advisory body, decides that there is sufficient evidence that vulnerable marine ecosystems are not present in a particular area in the list referred to in paragraph 1, or that appropriate conservation and management measures have been adopted which ensure that significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems in that area are prevented, it may allow the area to remain open or reopen that area to fishing with bottom gears.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Any fishing authorisation issued on the basis of an application made in accordance with paragraph 1 shall specify the characteristics, type and dimensions of the bottom gear to be used and limit the fishing activities authorised to the area in which the intended fishing activity, as set out in paragraph 1(a), and the existing fishing activity, as set out in paragraph 1(b), overlap. However, the area of the intended fishing activity can be extended beyond the area of the existing fishing activity if the Member State has assessed and documented, based on best available scientific advice, that such extension would not have significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems. This assessment shall be conducted in accordance with Annex IIa and the 2008 FAO International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas and shall be made publicly available. The Commission, in consultation with the Member State and the scientific advisory body, shall review this assessment to ensure that all areas where VMEs are known or likely to occur have been identified and that the proposed mitigation and management measures are sufficient to prevent significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Fishing authorisations referred to in Article 4(1) for vessels using bottom trawls or bottom-set gillnets shall expire at the latest twowithin one years after the entry into force of this Regulation. After that date, fishing authorisations targeting deep-sea species with those gears shall neither be issued nor renewed.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When allocating the fishing opportunities for deep-sea species available to them Member States shall use transparent and objective criteria that shall include, inter alia: (a) selectivity of fishing methods, gears and practices with low by-catch and low impact on the marine ecosystem, with a particular focus on most vulnerable species and vulnerable marine ecosystems; (b) record of compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy and EU environmental requirements and with respecting catch and/or fishing effort limits designated by scientific advice; (c) quality employment (d) fuel emissions and energy efficiency of the fishing operation; and (e) use of video surveillance or an equivalent electronic monitoring equipment, (f) working conditions that comply with relevant international standards, notably the 2007 ILO Work in Fishing Convention.
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a Encounters with vulnerable marine ecosystems 1. Where, in the course of fishing operations, a fishing vessel encounters any quantity of any vulnerable marine ecosystem indicator species listed in Annex III, it shall immediately cease fishing, or refrain from engaging in fishing in the site concerned. It shall resume operations only when it has reached an alternative site at a minimum distance of five nautical miles from the fished area when the encounter occurred. 2. The fishing vessel shall immediately report each encounter with vulnerable marine ecosystems to the competent national authorities, who in turn shall notify the Commission, without delay. 3. Member States shall close the site concerned to fishing with bottom gears. These areas shall remain closed to bottom fishing until such time as the scientific advisory body carries out an assessment of the area and concludes that no vulnerable marine ecosystems are present.
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall establish a programme of observer coverage to ensure the collection of reliable, timely and accurate data on the catch and bycatch of deep-sea species, encounters with vulnerable marine ecosystems and other relevant information for the effective implementation of the provisions of this regulation. Vessels using bottom trawls or botom-set gillnets with a fishing authorisation to catch deep-sea species, whether as target or by-catch shall carry 100% observer coverage. The rest of the vessels with an authorisation to catch deep-sea species shall carry 10% observer coverage.
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Section 2 – row 1
Annex I – Section 2 – row 1
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Section 2 – row 2
Annex I – Section 2 – row 2
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Section 2 – row 5
Annex I – Section 2 – row 5