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, Laura Ferrara, Michal Wiezik, Karen Melchior, Pascal Durand, Christophe Clergeau, Pierre Larrouturou, 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: 13a. Notes that there is a strong scientific consensus that MPAs can be beneficial to fisheries because of their spillover effect and their positive effects on recruitment, for example, through the protection of reproduction sites, juveniles and big mother fish with high reproductive capacities, as shown in various MPAs across the EU; highlights that, when successful, MPAs offer substantial socio-economic benefits, especially for coastal communities and the fisheries and tourism sector, and that MPAs can perform key ecological functions for the reproduction of fish populations, such as by providing spawning grounds and nurseries, and improve their resilience;

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