41 Amendments of Jan HUITEMA related to 2021/2168(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy [CFP], amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/EC2 and specially Article 17
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— Having regard to the 2020 report of the Working Group on Electric Trawling, volume 2, number 37 of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the ICES Special Advice of 20 May 2020, entitled 'Request from the Netherlands regarding the impacts of pulse trawling on the ecosystem and environment from the sole (Solea solea) fishery in the North Sea';
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the CFP includes the objectives of minimising the ‘negative impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem’, of ‘achievobjectives of the CFP are to ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities are environmentally sustainable in the long term and managed in a manner consistent with the objectives of generating economic, social and employment benefits’, of and contributing ‘to a fair standard of living for those who depend on fishing activities, bearing the availability of food products by applying the precautionary approach to fisheries management and seeking to ensure that the exploitation of living mind coastal fisheries and socio-economic aspects’ and of promoting ‘coastal fishing activities, taking into account socio- economic aspects’; arine biological resources restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels that can produce the maximum sustainable yield;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is responsible for setting the annual total allowable catches and total fishing efforts, which are then distributed among the Member States; whereas each Member State distributes these fishing opportunitiesCouncil allocates fishing opportunities to the Member States ensuring the relative stability of fishing activities of each Member State in relation to each stock or fishery and each Member State allocates them among its fishers and producer organisations with this goal;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas according to Article 17, it is an obligation for Member States to ‘shall use transparent and objective criteria’ to allocate fishing opportunities, ‘including those of an environmental, social and economic nature’, including those of an environmental, social and economic nature and may include other criteria such as the impact of fishing on the environment, the history of compliance, the contribution to the local economy and historical catch levels to allocate fishing opportunities;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Article 17 states that ‘Member States shall endeavour to provide incentives to fishing vessels deploying selective fishing gear or using fishing techniques with reduced environmental impact, such as reduced energy consumption or habitat damage’ which implies an obligation of means;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas electric pulse fishing, a proven selective and less environmentally harmful fishing technique, was initially proposed by the Commission but has nevertheless been banned;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Article 16.6 obliges Member States to inform the Commission of the allocation method used, and thus how Article 17 is being implementedaccording to Article 16 Member States shall decide on the method of allocating the fishing opportunities allocated to them which are not subject to a system of transferable fishing concessions, and each Member State shall inform the Commission of the method of allocation;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the EU has failed to achieve good environmental status of EU marine waters by 2020, as set out in Article 1(1) of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, and to meet its legal deadline to end overfishing by 2020; report that the Commission adopted in 2020 on the first cycle of implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, taking into account its holistic nature, established that the EU system of protection is one of the most ambitious in the world and concluded that it needs to be improved to address problems such as overfishing in some seas and unsustainable fishing practices, plastic waste, excess nutrients, underwater noise, and other types of pollution;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas in its resolution on the Farm To Fork Strategy, Parliament called on the Commission and the Member States to ‘build on existing sustainable practices and to facilitate, encourage and provide adequate support for the transition to low- impact fisheries’ including ‘ and aquaculture and the sustainable development of the sectors, including small-scale coastal fisheries, such as through the application of selective fishing gear, environmentally friendly aquaculture, including organic aquaculture, and energy efficiency solutions and by increasing the percentage of the national quotas allocated to small- scale coastal fisheries’;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas EU fisheries greatly contribute to society by creating direct and indirect employment and are of critical importanceis a strategic sector of the Union, providing a significant number of direct and indirect jobs in fishing and coastal areas, maintaining a sustainable economy by linking employment to the territory, to people’'s livelihoods and to the cultural heritage of several EU coastal communmaintenance of cultural traditieons;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas the Commission is developing an action plan to conserve fishery resources and protect marine ecosystems, which must contribute to one of the main objectives of the European Green Deal by making fisheries more sustainable andensuring sustainability of fisheries and ensure adequate protectingon of marine ecosystems and their biodiversity;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that fish stocks are natural common goods that should not be considered commodities and should be managed in a way that guarantees the highest long-term benefits for society and minimises the impact on ecosystemsing activity is an asset in managing our natural common goods and it belongs to our common heritage and that the objectives are to preserve fish stocks, protect the marine environment, ensure the economic viability of the Union's fleets through environmentally, economically and socially sustainable exploitation and based on reliable scientific advice and the precautionary principle;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that the Member States are notStresses that there is no European Commission study analysing the application of the criteria for the allocation of quotas under Articles 16 and 17 of the CFP, including the transparentcy and are not making public what criteria they apply when distributing fishing opportunitieobjectivity of the criteria, in the various Member States, the basis for the analysis being studies by various foundations or NGOs;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to draw up a report on the application of the criteria of Articles 16 and 17 of the CFP by each of the Member States;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. EmphasiStresses that transparent allocation criteria provides stability and legal certainty for operatorshe criteria for the allocation of fishing opportunities based on past performance are those that provide greater stability and legal certainty for operators and also recognises the dependence of the resources of the different fleets, and that it is desirable to make progress on transparency at European level with regard to the criteria and their practical application;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to make their respective methods of distributing fishing opportunities and the final quota allocation of each producer organisation and each vessel publicly available, in line with the applicable data protection legislation;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that producer organisations and fishers guilts play an essential role in the distributingon and management of fishing opportunities among the different vessels;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the allocation methods should be developed in consultation with fishing communities and other relevant stakeholders, based on the best available scientific advice, and should include notice periods to allow fishers to adaptshared with regional authorities, fishing communities, fishers´ guilts and may be aimed at achieving economic, social and environmental sustainability but that it is the Member States that are responsible for developing and implementing these methods;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the Member States have only marginally modified theirre is no report from the European Commission to know whether EU Member States have changed their methods of allocating fishing opportunity allocation methods since the reform of the CFP in 2013;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that historic catch levels are currently the most common criteria applied by Member States to distribute fishing opportunities, whereas vessel size (le since it has proven to be the most social criterion for recognising th, power and weight) is the second-most- applied criteriae dependence of the resource on the different fleets;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the use of criteriatransparent and objective criteria including those of an environmental, social or economic nature is an obligation for Member States under Article 17 of the CFP;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that the current allocation methods allow forMember States should ensure a certain level of economic stability in the fishingeries sector, but contribute to reinforcing trends such as economic concentration in the fishing sector and the difficulty of attracting new young fishers; considers, furthermore, that these methods do not provide incentives to fishers who implementy providing incentives for segments that use fishing practices with a reducedlower environmental impact, do not provide fair opportunities to small-scale fishers and threaten their existence by offering opportunities for social, economic and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that using all three criteria of ain Article 17 of the CFP, namely criteria of a economic, social or environmental nature when allocating fishing opportunities is necessarydesirable in order to fully achieve the objectives set out in the CFP, as well as in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 but that it is the Member States that are responsible for developing and implementing the allocation criteria;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers sustainability and selectivity to be the guiding principles of the European institutions when it comes to fisheries policy, irrespective of scale in the fisheries sector; recalls the low environmental impact of electric pulse fishing, which is also recognised by ICES;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to ensure that each Member State allocates fishing opportunities using a combination of environmental, social and economic criteria, while making sure the criteria arin accordance with the CFP and specially Article 17, using transparent and objective criteria including those of an environmental, social and economic nature; considers that the criteria should aim to be balanced according to local specificities and challenges that need to be tackled in order to maintain its sustainability;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the re are no one- size-fits-all criteria of an environmentalality and type of fisheries at the European level is different so that there is no single economic or social naturecriterion that can be applied uniformly throughout the EUnion;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that Member States and producer organisations have in several countries created quota reserves which could be distributed to fishers based on environmental, economic and social criteria;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to incentivise fishers to use the most innovative, sustainable and environmentally friendly fishing practices and to include climate and ecosystem considerations methods; considers that such incentives should also be considered while designing their allocation processes (e.g. the impact on the seabed and the carbon footprint of each fisher or producer organisation)method according to Article 17;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises that the allocation of fishing opportunities to operators withusing criteria such as a lower environmental impact and a betterconsidering an operators history of compliance will contribute to restoring fish populations to a sustainable level and improve biodiversity protection;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Members States, in line with Article 17 of the CFP, to use age criteria methodology when allocating the fishing opportunities available to them, in order to support the entry into the business of young fishersimprove transparency;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Encourage the incorporation of young people who can apply innovative and highly sustainable models and can benefit from the transparent application of quota allocation taking into account Article 17 and calls on Member States to use all the opportunities within the European Fisheries Fund to solve the problems of generational change;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to engage in more proactive work with the Member States to investigate ways to distribute fishing opportunities in line with the recommendations laid down in Article 17 of the CFP, and to publish guidelines on the use of social and environmental criteria whenon the implementation of the provisions laid down in Article 17 of the CFP, notably ways to distribute fishing opportunities available to them and to publish guidelines on the use of different criteria, including economic, social and environmental when designing their allocation methodology for allocating fishing opportunities;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission, in its upcoming action plan, to preserve fishery resources, and protect marine ecosystems and include a fishing opportunity target to be distributed according ton environmental criteriagrounds and to developed actions based on an impact assessment;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission, to take this resolution into account in its upcoming report on the functioning of the CFP, to and to further analyse the implementation of Article 17 by the Member States and where appropriate, make proposals on how to improve its implementation;