Procedure

Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies

2025/2011(INI)·10th term·PECH·INI

Summary

The dossier concerns fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies. Amendments cite the Habitats, Birds and Marine Strategy Framework directives, technical-measures and nature restoration regulations, the IAS Regulation and IUCN Red List; they address bycatch of sensitive species, sharks, rays and chimaeras, marine protected areas, overfishing, aquaculture escapes, and invasive alien species of Union concern spread through maritime transport and tourism.

Procedure timeline

Committee amendments tabled
10 Jun 2025
Plenary vote — Adopted
10 Mar 2026 · On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole

189

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tabled at least one

Committee

10 Jun 2025

Dates

Plenary votes

6 roll-call votes

In plenary, Parliament usually votes in steps: first on amendments to the text (sometimes split into parts, so Members can accept one half of a sentence and reject the other), then on the text as a whole. The “main vote” is the one that adopts or rejects the text itself. Each vote below shows exactly which step it was. How voting works →

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1. 10 Mar 2026Adopted
  On paragraph 8 (part 2 of a split vote)
  Official label: § 8/2 · what was voted ↗
  455 for147 against12 abstentions104 did not vote
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2. 10 Mar 2026Rejected
  On amendment 2 · paragraph 16
  Official label: § 16 - Am 2 · what was voted ↗
  247 for334 against28 abstentions109 did not vote
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3. 10 Mar 2026Rejected
  On amendment 3 · paragraph 17
  Official label: § 17 - Am 3 · what was voted ↗
  217 for306 against86 abstentions109 did not vote
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10 Mar 2026Adopted
On paragraph 18 (part 1 of a split vote)
Official label: § 18/1 · what was voted ↗
444 for153 against16 abstentions105 did not vote
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10 Mar 2026Adopted
On amendment 1 · text to be inserted after recital Z
Official label: Après le considérant Z - Am 1 · what was voted ↗
277 for246 against90 abstentions105 did not vote
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10 Mar 2026Main voteAdopted
On the motion for a resolution · the text as a whole
Official label: Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) · what was voted ↗
528 for21 against62 abstentions107 did not vote
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Vote data: HowTheyVote.eu (ODbL, attribution) / European Parliament · roll-call votes only

Plenary amendments5 tabled on this text

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

Amendment 1Motion for a resolution · Recital Z a (new)
Amendment
Za. whereas during a public consultation organised by the Commission, 94 % of all respondents indicated that they were against or strongly against the placing of seal products on the market, rejecting it as a fisheries management measure; whereas 89 % of respondents indicated that seal hunting raises significant moral concerns1a; _________________ 1a European Commission, ‘Trade in seal products – fitness check of EU rules’, European Commission website.
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Amendment 2Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 16
Current text
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess regional and local population size, the status and trends of species and the potential impacts that unbalanced populations can have on fishing activities, to ensure ecosystem-based management of fisheries, including measures to protect sensitive species;
Amendment
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess regional and local population size, the status and trends of species and the potential impacts that overfishing and unbalanced fish populations can have on sensitive species such as whales and dolphins, and on the viability of fishing activities, to ensure ecosystem-based management of fisheries, including measures to protect sensitive species;
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Amendment 3Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 17
Current text
17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase support for scientific programmes on sensitive species and management approaches, as identified in relevant legislation; highlights the fact that, in some regions, sensitive species, such as growing populations of cormorants and seals, are having impacts on fish stocks and fisheries and aquaculture activities and on other sensitive species populations; is of the opinion that the regulatory framework has the necessary tools to allow improvements, given the local status of the sensitive species; invites, therefore, the Commission and the Member States to consider, among the actions to be taken, all possibilities provided for in the…
Amendment
17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase support for scientific programmes on sensitive species and management approaches, as identified in relevant legislation; highlights the fact that, in some regions, sensitive species, such as growing populations of cormorants and seals, are having impacts on fish stocks and fisheries and aquaculture activities and on other sensitive species populations; is of the opinion that the regulatory framework has the necessary tools to allow improvements, given the local status of the sensitive species; invites, therefore, the Commission and the Member States to consider, among the actions to be taken, all possibilities provided for in the…
Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
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Amendment 4Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 19 a (new)
Amendment
19a. Reiterates its call on the Faroe Islands to stop its controversial annual hunt on pilot whales, also known as the Grindadràp; calls on the Commission and the Member States to mandate country-of-origin labelling for fish products from the Faroe Islands, enhancing market transparency within the single market and enabling consumers to make informed choices; calls on the Commission to consider prohibitions or restrictions on imports of fish products from the Faroe Islands on grounds of public morality and the protection of animal life and health, in line with Article 22 of the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and the Faroe Islands1a; _____________________ 1a Agreement between the Europea…
Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
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Amendment 5Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 19 b (new)
Amendment
19b. Expresses concern over the fact that the European eel is listed as ‘critically endangered’ under the IUCN Red List; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen conservation and recovery measures in line with the best available scientific advice;
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