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

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 18 January 2024. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 12 July 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 7 December 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 14 December 2023
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 18 January 2024
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
PECH — Fisheries
Rapporteur
Niclas HERBST PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #197616 IDMEP #197808 S&DBert-Jan RUISSEN ECRAsger CHRISTENSEN RenewMEP #197506 Verts/ALEAnja HAZEKAMP The Left
For opinion
DEVE — Development · rapporteur MEP #197505 Renew

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0046/2024 18 January 2024 ✦ Parliament's resolution responds to the Commission's 2023 action plan on protecting marine ecosystems and sustainable fisheries. It welcomes progress by the fisheries sector but says the plan lacks coherence with food security, stakeholder consultation and impact assessment.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0437/2023 14 December 2023 ✦ Parliament's resolution responds to the Commission's EU Action Plan on protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries. It welcomes progress by the fisheries sector but says the action plan lacks coherence with food security, stakeholder consultation and impact assessment.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (PECH) 19 September 2023 ✦ The Committee on Fisheries draft report responds to the Commission's EU Action Plan on protecting and restoring marine ecosystems. It criticises the plan for lacking coherence with other EU priorities, for proposing blanket bans on fishing gear in marine protected areas, and for unclear legal consequences.

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (DEVE),Opinion (DEVE)

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 18 January 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 18 January 2024 📄 Report A9-0437/2023📄 Adopted text TA9-0046/2024
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 402 Against 95 Abstained 57

    Final vote — text as a whole at 12:28 · 73% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 26 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 26 ballots in voting order
    1. Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 1 12:24 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – After § 1 – Am 1
    Adopted
    2. Separate vote on paragraph 7 12:24 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – § 7
    Adopted
    3. Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 10 12:25 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – After § 10 – Am 2
    Adopted
    4. Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 10 12:25 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – After § 10 – Am 3
    Adopted
    5. Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 11 12:25 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – After § 11 – Am 4
    Adopted
    6. Separate vote on paragraph 13
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    7. Paragraph 13 — part 2 12:25 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – § 13/2
    Adopted
    8. Separate vote on paragraph 13
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    9. Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 13 12:25 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – After § 13 – Am 5
    Adopted
    10. Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 13 12:26 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – After § 13 – Am 6
    Rejected
    11. Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 14 12:26 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – After § 14 – Am 7
    Rejected
    12. Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 17 12:26 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – After § 17 – Am 8
    Adopted
    13. Amendment 9, adding text after paragraph 18 12:26 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – After § 18 – Am 9
    Rejected
    14. Amendment 10, adding text after paragraph 18 12:26 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – After § 18 – Am 10
    Rejected
    15. Separate vote on paragraph 19
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    16. Paragraph 19 — part 2 12:26 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – § 19/2
    Adopted
    17. Separate vote on paragraph 23
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    18. Paragraph 23 — part 2 12:27 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – § 23/2
    Adopted
    19. Amendment 11, adding text after paragraph 23 12:27 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – After § 23 – Am 11
    Rejected
    20. Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 23 12:27 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – After § 23 – Am 12
    Rejected
    21. Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 23 12:27 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – After § 23 – Am 13
    Rejected
    22. Separate vote on paragraph 24
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    23. Paragraph 24 — part 2 12:28 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – § 24/2
    Adopted
    24. Separate vote on paragraph 25 12:28 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – § 25
    Adopted
    25. Amendment 14, adding text after paragraph 39 12:28 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – After § 39 – Am 14
    Adopted
    26. Final vote — text as a whole 12:28 A9-0437/2023 – Niclas Herbst – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole)
    Adopted
  3. 18 January 2024 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 18 January 2024 📄 Report A9-0437/2023
  4. 14 December 2023 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A9-0437/2023
  5. Committee stage
  6. 7 December 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    PECH (Fisheries) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  7. 24 October 2023 DEVE (Development) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (DEVE)
  8. 19 September 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in PECH (Fisheries). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (PECH)
  9. 12 July 2023 Referred to the PECH (Fisheries) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; DEVE (Development) gives an opinion.

  10. 10 July 2023 Draft opinion from DEVE (Development)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    📄 Draft opinion (DEVE)