The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 1Rejected

   Recital C a (new)

   Tabled by France Jamet, António Tânger Corrêa, Ton Diepeveen · PfE

   Added: Ca. whereas the EU still accounts for less than 1 % of global aquaculture production and bears a considerable administrative burden, with the aquaculture sector experiencing a 22 % decrease in return on investment between 2017 and 2022;

2. Amendment 2Rejected

   Paragraph 31

   Tabled by France Jamet, António Tânger Corrêa, Ton Diepeveen · PfE

   … Emphasises that fisheries and aquaculture are often overshadowed by other, more powerful Added: state-backed or economically important sectors, such as offshore Removed: energy; Added: energy, especially wind farms; recalls that the vast majority of offshore energy infrastructure has significant disadvantages and does not compensate for the damage caused to fisheries and food sovereignty; takes note of reports of structural power imbalances between maritime sectors; deplores …

3. Amendment 3Rejected

   Recital F

   Tabled by Sarah Knafo · ESN

   … measures in at least 20 % of its sea area by 2030; Added: whereas the implementation of these measures must respect the principle of proportionality and not compromise food sovereignty, coastal employment and traditional fishing activities;

4. Amendment 4Rejected

   Paragraph 16

   Tabled by Sarah Knafo · ESN

   … whenever possible, be placed in zones that are less suitable for fishing, Added: and should not be authorised where they would threaten the economic viability of traditional fishing communities, in order to minimise negative impacts on fisheries operations;

5. Amendment 5Rejected

   Paragraph 41

   Tabled by Sarah Knafo · ESN

   … indicators, in order to bring greater visibility and predictability to the fisheries Removed: sector; Added: sector, a sector that should not be reduced by the deployment of offshore renewable infrastructure; calls for mandatory assessment of the cumulative socio-economic impacts of fishing displacement, …

6. Amendment 6Rejected

   Paragraph 69

   Tabled by Sarah Knafo · ESN

   … legislation and regulatory framework, by streamlining overlapping regulations, aligning objectives, streamlining existing Removed: targets and introducing minimum targets to be reached in maritime spatial plans, Added: targets, improving coherence between marine and terrestrial spatial planning, and establishing shared governance … provisions on the participation of stakeholders, especially fishers and coastal communities, legally Removed: binding, with more harmonised application by all Member States; Added: binding; believes that the proposed act should create synergy among the different regulations …

7. Amendment 7Rejected

   Paragraph 42 a (new)

   Tabled by Emma Fourreau, Luke Ming Flanagan · The Left

   Added: 42a. Calls for the EU and its Member States to prohibit fishing vessels over 25 metres in length from fishing within EU waters up to 12 nautical miles from the baselines in order to safeguard coastal fishing communities and conserve marine biological resources and ecosystems;