# EU Action Plan: protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries

European Parliament procedure 2023/2124(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee DEVE / PECH). Stage: Procedure completed. 349 committee amendments tabled by 20 Members between 2023-10-18 and 2023-10-19.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier concerns an EU Action Plan on protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries. The amendments stress the ocean's role in climate and food systems, combating overfishing and biodiversity loss, decarbonising fishing, marine protected areas, cooperation with coastal communities and small-scale fisheries, and working with developing and ACP countries, referencing SDG 14, the EU Biodiversity Strategy targets and Russia's war against Ukraine.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline ROOSE | France | Verts/ALE | 86 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197506.md |
| Catherine CHABAUD | France | RE | 50 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197505.md |
| Pietro BARTOLO | Italy | S&D | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197808.md |
| Niclas HERBST | Germany | PPE | 46 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197412.md |
| Pierre KARLESKIND | France | RE | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197585.md |
| Asger CHRISTENSEN | Denmark | RE | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197558.md |
| Rosanna CONTE | Italy | ID | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197616.md |
| Annalisa TARDINO | Italy | ID | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197806.md |
| Valentino GRANT | Italy | ID | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197799.md |
| Massimo CASANOVA | Italy | ID | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197796.md |
| France JAMET | France | PfE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/189065.md |
| Anja HAZEKAMP | Netherlands | GUE/NGL | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125023.md |
| Francisco José MILLÁN MON | Spain | PPE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28400.md |
| Gabriel MATO | Spain | PPE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96936.md |
| Bert-Jan RUISSEN | Netherlands | ECR | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197773.md |

## Official source documents

- PE753.465: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/DEVE-AM-753465_EN.pdf
- PE754.845: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PECH-AM-754845_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2023-2124-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2023-2124-INI.json

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