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, Pierre Larrouturou, 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: 18a. Recalls its concern regarding the widespread physical disturbance of the sea floor in coastal EU waters, in particular as a result of bottom trawling, which has been identified by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN as the gear type that contributes most to annual levels of discard and that has a highly detrimental impact on the seabed depending on the fishery and the particularities of the fished areas; notes that bottom trawling is one of the most used fishing techniques in the EU and that reducing bottom trawling should be done carefully, properly planned by governments and based on the best available scientific advice;

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