# European fisheries and aquaculture statistics

European Parliament procedure 2025/0246(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 10th term, committee PECH). Stage: Awaiting Parliament's position in 1st reading. 75 committee amendments tabled by 9 Members between 2026-03-04 and 2026-03-05.

## What the amendments focus on

This procedure concerns European fisheries and aquaculture statistics. The amendments repeatedly stress minimising the administrative and financial burden on Member States and respondents (including SMEs), allowing exemptions, derogations and the reuse of equivalent national data sources only with the Member State's prior agreement, and adding data on recreational fisheries, sensitive and invasive species, aquafeed, socio-economic variables and criminal offences relating to fishing and IUU rules.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michal WIEZIK | Slovakia | RE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197769.md |
| Isabelle LE CALLENNEC | France | PPE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/256920.md |
| António TÂNGER CORRÊA | Portugal | PfE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/257050.md |
| Séverine WERBROUCK | France | PfE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/261796.md |
| Ana MIRANDA PAZ | Spain | Verts/ALE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/24942.md |
| Paulo DO NASCIMENTO CABRAL | Portugal | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/257048.md |
| Stephen Nikola BARTULICA | Croatia | ECR | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/257000.md |
| Kristoffer STORM | Denmark | ECR | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/257025.md |
| Maria ZACHARIA | Greece | NI | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/256955.md |

## Official source documents

- PE784.255: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PECH-AM-784255_EN.pdf
- PE785.271: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PECH-AM-785271_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2025-0246-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2025-0246-COD.json

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