4 Amendments of Gesine MEISSNER related to 2017/2118(INI)
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that scientific evidence should be followed to formulate and monitor management and production practices in relation to environmental impact, sanitary and veterinary conditions and food safety; calls on the Commission to establish long time scientific monitoring also beyond the duration of a specific project; underlines the importance of follow-ups on projects and studies and the close cooperation between scientists with the aquaculture sector, including pond farmers;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that investments are necessary in order to use the enormous potential of the aquaculture sector, and calls therefore for an increase in funding for research, innovation and quality- orientated, sustainable production projects.; calls on the Commission and the Member States to further simplify and reduce bureaucratic burden for the aquaculture sector, including pond farmers;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Highlights the current situation of European pond farmers as they are struggling with substantial losses of their entire stock due to predators like otter, heron and cormorant; underlines that those predators also kill the spawn of Zander and Carp and as a result limit significantly the breeding and reproduction of freshwater fish; therefore calls on the Member States to apply to existing derogations in the case of heron and cormorant and calls on the Commission to do a revision regarding the conservation status of the otter and to allow where needed to remove and control those predators;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to make a distinction between industrial aquaculture and small-scale family- owned companies in the tendering of grants and projects, given the fact of different starting positions, development opportunities and goals;