Multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna * European Parliament legislative resolution of 12 March 2009 on the proposal for a Council regulation concerning a multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (COM(2009)0093 – C6-0081/2009 – 2009/0029(CNS))
Date: 2009-03-12
Institutions: Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, amendment, conservation of fish stocks, consultation procedure, drafting of EU law, fishing area, fishing controls, fishing fleet, fishing regulations, resolution of parliament








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1.4.2010   


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Official Journal of the European Union


CE 87/381





Thursday 12 March 2009Multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna *
P6_TA(2009)0128
European Parliament legislative resolution of 12 March 2009 on the proposal for a Council regulation concerning a multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (COM(2009)0093 – C6-0081/2009 – 2009/0029(CNS))
2010/C 87 E/64
(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2009)0093),
having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0081/2009),
having regard to Rules 51 and 134 of its Rules of Procedure,






1.


Approves the Commission proposal as amended;










2.


Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;










3.


Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;










4.


Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;










5.


Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.










TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION


AMENDMENT





Amendment 1






Proposal for a regulation


Recital 3 a (new)





 










(3a)






The ICCAT recovery plan encourages Contracting Parties voluntarily to reduce their catches of bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean in 2009 as a way to foster stock recovery; some Contracting Parties have done so.











Amendment 4






Proposal for a regulation


Article 2 – point g











(g)


‘joint fishing operation’ means any operation between two or more catching vessels flying the flag of different CPCs or of different Member States where the catch of one catching vessel is attributed to one or more other catching vessels in accordance with an allocation key;












(g)


‘joint fishing operation’ means any operation between two or more catching vessels flying the flag of different CPCs or of different Member States 
or by vessels flying the same flag
 where the catch of one catching vessel is attributed to one or more other catching vessels in accordance with an allocation key;









Amendment 5






Proposal for a regulation


Article 4 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3





The flag Member State may require the vessel to proceed immediately to a port designated by it when the individual quota is deemed to be exhausted.


The flag Member State 
shall suspend the licence to fish for bluefin tuna and
 may require the vessel to proceed immediately to a port designated by it when the individual quota is deemed to be exhausted.





Amendment 6






Proposal for a regulation


Article 21 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording





1.   By way of derogation from Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, the master of a Community fishing vessel referred to in Article 14 of this Regulation or his representative shall notify the competent authority of the Member State (including the flag Member State) or the CPC whose ports or landing facility they wish to use at least four hours before the estimated time of arrival at the port, of the following:


1.   By way of derogation from Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, the master of a Community fishing vessel referred to in Article 14 of this Regulation or his representative shall notify the competent authority of the Member State (including the flag Member State) or the CPC whose ports or landing facility they wish to use at least four hours before the estimated time of arrival at the port 
or, if the distance to port is shorter, at the end of the fishing operations and prior to starting the return journey
, of the following:





Amendment 7






Proposal for a regulation


Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point a











a)


estimated time of arrival;












a)




date, port and
 estimated time of arrival;









Amendment 8






Proposal for a regulation


Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a











a)


observer coverage for 
at least 20 %
 of its active purse seine catching vessels over 24 metres;












a)


observer coverage for 
100 %
 of its active purse seine catching vessels over 24 metres;









Amendment 9






Proposal for a regulation


Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point b











b)


in the case of joint fishing operations, the presence of an observer during the fishing operation.












b)


in the case of joint fishing operations, the presence of an observer 
on each catching vessel
 during the fishing operation.