Activities of Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA related to 2022/2148(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implications of Chinese fishing operations for EU fisheries and the way forward (short presentation)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Deplores the lack of transparency concerning the number of vessels making up China’s distant-water fleet; notes that the total Chinese fishing fleet amounts to almost 27roughly 564 000 vessels, according to the FAO; regrets that the ‘'control’' regulation adopted by China applies only to its distant-water vessels, which represent a mere fraction of its entire fleet;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls more generally for the fight against IUU fishing to be stepped up in international waters and in the areas covered by authorities of coastal states that do not have sufficient control capabilities; considers that such stepping up can be achieved through joint operations such as PESCAO; notes that navies have specific distant-water capabilities and that some Member States entrust fishing control operations to their navies; stresses that the European fisheries control funding framework should change to allow navies to take part in anti-illegal fishing operations in the areas mentioned, alongside their operations to combat piracy;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to analyse and determine the origin of those quotas before importing them in order to ensure that they are not the product of IUU fishing;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on China to ratify the ILO's Work in Fishing Convention (No 188);