Activities of Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA related to 2019/0090M(NLE)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2019-2024)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, although the EU has had fisheries agreements with Guinea-Bissau since the early 1980s, the development cooperation component of these agreements (sectoral support) has done nothing to promote either significant development ofnot had the hoped-for effect on the local fisheries sector nor on the development of related industries and activities;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas direct employment in the fisheries sector in Guinea-Bissau has been limited, even in the case of local crew members on board vessels (they currently number fewer than when the previous protocol was concluded) or that of women whose livelihoods and work depend on the fisheries sector;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas Parliament must be immediately and fully informed,duly informed in good time and at all stages, of the procedures concerning the Protocol or its renewal;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the importance of the EU- Guinea Bissau SFPA, both for Guinea Bissau and for EU fleets operating in Guinea-Bissau waters; emphasises that there is scope for more effective progress in terms of fisheries cooperation between the EU and Guinea-Bissau and considers that it should therefore go beyond previous protocols on the implementation of this agreement; to ensure that this SFPA leads to satisfactory levels of development of the local fisheries sector in global terms.
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the need for significant progress in the development of the Guinea- Bissau fisheries sector, including the fishing industry and related activities, and calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures –to including a possible revision and the bolstering of the sectoral support componentrease the effectiveness of the agreimplement, along with the creation of conditions to increase the absorption rate of this support –ation of local development programmes in order to ensure an effective reversal of the path taken in recent decades;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point e
Paragraph 5 – point e
e. recognising and enhancing the role of women in fishing, together with improving the organisation of this role by supporting the necessary conditions for this;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the European Commission and the Member States, in their cooperation and official development assistance policies, to take into account that the European Development Fund (EDF) and sectoral support provided for in the EU-Guinea-Bissau SFPA should complement each other and be fully coordinated, with a view to strengthening the local fisheries sector and to the full exercise of the country’s sovereignty over its resources; calls on the Commission to facilitate, through the EDF and other relevant instruments, the necessary steps for the provision of infrastructure which, by reason of its scale and costs, cannot be built solely by means of sectoral support within the framework of the SFPA, for example fishing ports (both industrial and artisanal);
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that information should be compiled on the benefits that the implementation of the Protocol brings to local economies (employment, infrastructure, social improvements);
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that there is a need to improve the quantity and quality of data on all catches (target and by-catch), on the conservation status of fishery resources in the EEZ of Guinea-Bissau and, in general, on the impact of the SFPA on ecosystems, and that an effort should be made to develop the capacity of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau to acquire such data; calls on the Commission to help ensure that the bodies responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Agreement, namely the Joint Committee and Joint Scientific Committee, can operate smoothly, with the involvement of artisanal fishermen’s associations, associations of women working in the fisheries sector, trade unions, representatives of coastal communities and Guinea-Bissau civil society organisations;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that, in view of a possible closure of fisheries or the setting of restrictions on fisheries, in order to ensure that resources are sustainable local fishing needs should be addressed first, on the basis of sound scientific advic due account needs to be taken of the best scientific advice in order to ensure that resources are sustainable;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the European Commission to forward to Parliament the minutes and conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Committee, the multiannual sectoral programme referred to in Article 5 of the Protocol and the results of its annual evaluations, information on the coordination of this programme with the strategic plan for the development of Guinea-Bissau’s fisheries (2015-2020), the minutes and conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Scientific Committee, as well as information on IUU fishing in the Guinean EEZ, the integration of EU economic operators in the Guinean fisheries sector (Article 10 of the Protocol) and the verification of compliance with the obligations of shipowners (e.g. in relation to the contribution in kind relevant information necessary to monitor compliance with the approvided for in Chapter V of the Annex to the Protocol); calls on the Commission to present to Parliament, within the last year of application of the Protocol and before the opening of negotiations for its renewal, a full report on its implementationProtocols;