Activities of Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU related to 2017/2118(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION ‘Towards a sustainable and competitive European aquaculture sector: current status and future challenges’
Amendments (6)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Believes that stronger measures are needed to make aquaculture a more efficient, economically viable, socially responsible and environmentally friendly sector, fulfilling a greater share of the European demand for fish and reducing Europe's dependence on imports.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that freshwater aquaculture is still an insufficiently explored opportunity for improving food security and developing rural areas.
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Stresses that freshwater aquaculture plays an important social role, by providing rural employment in the poorest areas, as well as playing an environmental role in maintaining valuable wetlands and providing a wide range of ecosystem services, which go far beyond its economic value.
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on Member States to develop and apply maps of protected species and habitats to aquaculture prior to determining aquaculture zones in order to implement an ecosystem based approach to spatial planning.
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that investments are necessary in order to usensure the enormous potentialsustainability of the aquaculture sector, the protection of the environment and the delivery of public goods, and calls therefore for an increase in funding for research, innovation and quality- orientated, sustainable production projects.
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to invest in innovative, future oriented, environmentally responsible aquaculture production methods, including Integrated Multi- Trophic Aquaculture Systems (IMTA), Aquaponics, and Recirculation Aquaculture Systems (RAS), that reduce the impact of aquaculture farms on habitats, wild animal population and water quality, thus contributing to an ecosystem based approach.