# Conservation of fishery resources and protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures

European Parliament procedure 2016/0074(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 8th term, committee ENVI / PECH). Stage: Procedure completed. 584 committee amendments tabled by 43 Members between 2017-02-07 and 2017-06-14.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier is a regulation on conserving fishery resources and protecting marine ecosystems through technical measures. The amendments cover recreational fisheries, bycatch of sensitive species, prohibited destructive gears, minimum conservation reference sizes, mesh sizes, closed and restricted areas, regional joint recommendations by Member States, innovative gears such as electric pulse trawl, and the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola CAPUTO | Italy | S&D | 116 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124851.md |
| Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS | Portugal | S&D | 88 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124741.md |
| Linnéa ENGSTRÖM | Sweden | Verts/ALE | 72 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/128588.md |
| Norica NICOLAI | Romania | ALDE | 70 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96825.md |
| Nils TORVALDS | Finland | RE | 62 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/114268.md |
| António MARINHO E PINTO | Portugal | ALDE | 53 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124742.md |
| Marco AFFRONTE | Italy | Verts/ALE | 50 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124797.md |
| Renata BRIANO | Italy | S&D | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124787.md |
| Alain CADEC | France | PPE | 42 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96849.md |
| José BLANCO LÓPEZ | Spain | S&D | 29 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125044.md |
| Liadh NÍ RIADA | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 29 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124987.md |
| Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA | Spain | RE | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96922.md |
| Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK | Netherlands | PPE | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125030.md |
| David Maria SASSOLI | Italy | S&D | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96864.md |
| Gabriel MATO | Spain | PPE | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96936.md |

## Official source documents

- PE599.634: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-599634_EN.pdf
- PE599.648: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-599648_EN.pdf
- PE603.068: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PECH-AM-603068_EN.pdf
- PE604.507: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PECH-AM-604507_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2016-0074-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2016-0074-COD.json

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