The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward

Tabled by Piotr Müller, Stephen Nikola Bartulica

3. Urges the Commission and Removed: the Member States when implementing the Baltic MAP Regulation to move to a recovery and rebuilding phase for fish stocks, taking measures and actions based on the best available scientific advice, as well as taking other potential interlinked actions related to other EU or national legislation to address all stressors on fish stocks; calls on the Commission and the Member States, when implementing the above-mentionned recovery and rebuilding phase, to consider remedial measures based on the best available science such as suspending targeted fisheries for some stocks Added: Member States to commit to a comprehensive and cross-sectoral plan that addresses all major stressors in the Baltic Sea Removed: as provided for in the MAP, avoiding Added: – including nutrient pollution, chemical contaminants, offshore energy, climate change and predator impacts – while ensuring inclusive governance and maritime spatial planning that involves the fisheries sector; emphasises that these pressures are transboundary and cumulative, requiring EU-level coordination and the avoidance of measures that could undermine the socio-economic stability of coastal Removed: communities so as to ensure that fishing activities for human consumption remain sustainable; Added: communities;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.278