Activities of Maurice PONGA related to 2011/2086(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on fisheries restrictions and jurisdictional waters in the Mediterranean and Black Sea – ways for conflict resolution
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that conflicts about maritime areas stem primarily from the desire to exploit marine resources which have grown limited, not to say rare, not least as a result of their overexploitation and non- sustainable use, and that, given this situation, access to resources needs to be regulatedin the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea; maintains that, for a good many developing countries, marine resources are a cornerstone of their future development and their food sovereignecurity;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Maintains that when the delimitation of maritime boundaries and the establishment of maritime areafisheries protection zones are a subject of dispute, conflict resolution must proceed entirely in accordance with international law and be based on the principles of cooperation in good faith and of equality and fairness, taking into account the sustainability of marine resources and protection of the ecosystems;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that regional cooperation organisationsfisheries management organisations, particularly the General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean, offer the most appropriate framework within which to resolve conflicts of jurisdiction and regulate fishing activities; calls on coastal states and those states which fish the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, therefore, to favour that approach at bilateral levelframework for deliberation;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points to the need to provide coastal developing countries with economic and technical assistance enabling them to ascertain that the fishing activities being carried out in their jurisdictional waters are legal and sustainablefor the European Union to continue to support coastal developing countries so that they can put in place sustainable fisheries management plans for their territorial waters and take effective measures against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;