Activities of Kriton ARSENIS related to 2009/2106(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy (debate)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the EU’s renewed Sustainable Development Strategy as adopted by the European Council on 15/16 June 2006,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas, in accordance with Directive 2008/56/EC, Member States should take the necessary measures to achieve or maintain good environmental status in the marine waters of the European Union by the year 2020 at the latest, which will require the regulation of fishing activities under the CFP,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the maintenance of modern, competitive and safe fishing fleets is not incompatible with the reduction in fishing capacity, which has in fact been carried out by various Member States in order to bring it more closely into line with the availability of resources,
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the Community fisheries sector is a source of high-quality food and plays an essential role in respect of employment and social cohesion in the EU's coastal, remote and, outermost and island regions,
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas the greatest possible focus should be given to theaquaculture, an area of particular strategic importance of aquaculture, and to its development around the world, both in socio-economic and environmental terms and with regard to food security,
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes also the two main principles set out by the Commission with a view to an effective and successful reform of the CFP, namelyincluding the need to give more responsibility to the sector, based on the establishment of conditions favourable to good fishing practice and to mak, to provide long-term flexible management models more flexible in order to create alternatives to the traditional single system of TACs and quotas and to address the problem of fleet over-capacity;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the Commission’s recognition that ecological sustainability is a basic premise for the economic and social future of European fisheries;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that while scientific knowledge of marine ecosystems is a sine qua nonnecessary for the establishment of a policy for the conservation and sustainable management of fisheries resources, any lack of accurate scientific data on fisheries and marine ecosystems should not hinder the application of a precautionary approach in the new common fisheries policy;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that, despite the decommissioning measures taken, overcapacity remains a serious problem and some sections of the European fleet have not been sufficiently renewed and there are still vessels which are obsolete or very old and which need to be modernised with a view to ensuring greater on-board safety and a lesser environmental impact without increasing fishing capacity;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Points to the need for greater investment on national and European level, in research and scientific knowledge in the fisheries field, and for the fisheries sector to be dovetailed more effectively into the subject areas covered by the framework programmes to promote research; the coordination of research and knowledge with regards to fisheries is necessary at a European level;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Maintains that the exploitation of fish stocks has toshould be in line with the achievement and maintenance of good environmental status and should be based upon the principle of maximum sustainable yield, which should be utilized as a lower limit;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission to recognise the specific features of, and the differences between, the ORs and island regions, and to promote support measures geared to the biological and social sustainability of fisheries in those regions;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Urges the Commission to draw up a specific Community support programme for small-scale coastal and non-industrial fisheries in so far as they help address the five structural failings identifies by the Commission;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Considers that long-term management plans, applying an ecosystems approach, are necessary for all EU fisheries and/or fishing regions and should be regularly monitored and assessed, without detracting from the minimum flexibility required to enable them to be adapted swiftly to new circumstances affecting the broader context;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Maintains that the Community should establish a stronger presence in RFMOs, the FAO, the UN, and other international organisations with a view to promoting the propersustainable management of international fisheries and combating illegal fishing;