EU Action Plan: protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries

Tabled by Caroline Roose, Anja Hazekamp, Catherine Chabaud, Raphaël Glucksmann, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Marie Toussaint, Manon Aubry, Alviina Alametsä, François Alfonsi, Rasmus Andresen, Margrete Auken, Benoît Biteau, Michael Bloss, Saskia Bricmont, Reinhard Bütikofer, Damien Carême, Anna Cavazzini, Ignazio Corrao, David Cormand, Ciarán Cuffe, Rosa D’Amato, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Karima Delli, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg, Bas Eickhout, Malte Gallée, Claude Gruffat, Francisco Guerreiro, Henrike Hahn, Martin Häusling, Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, Ska Keller, Philippe Lamberts, Katrin Langensiepen, Lydie Massard, Erik Marquardt, Sara Matthieu, Tilly Metz, Hannah Neumann, Ville Niinistö, Grace O’Sullivan, Jutta Paulus, Piernicola Pedicini, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, Manuela Ripa, Bronis Ropė, Mounir Satouri, Tineke Strik, François Thiollet, Kim Van Sparrentak, Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, Thomas Waitz, Sarah Wiener, Michal Wiezik, Karen Melchior, Pascal Durand, Christophe Clergeau, Nora Mebarek, Sylvie Guillaume, Marina Mesure, Leila Chaibi, José Gusmão, Petros Kokkalis, Marisa Matias, Younous Omarjee, Anne-Sophie Pelletier, Malin Björk, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Helmut Scholz, Stelios Kouloglou, Özlem Demirel, Aurore Lalucq, Antoni Comín i Oliveres, Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó, Pär Holmgren, Alice Kuhnke, Jakop G. Dalunde, Patrick Breyer, Silvia Modig, Nikolaj Villumsen, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Added: 10a. Welcomes the fact that the action plan also addresses the potential for introducing additional measures to boost selectivity, including innovations to improve the selectivity of fishing gear and devices and measures to reduce catches of juveniles and the by-catch of sensitive species; recalls that incidental catches of sensitive marine species have to be reduced and, where possible, eliminated so that they do not threaten the conservation status of these species, as required by Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE756.735