Amen­dement Hazekamp: meer­ja­renplan voor de kabeljauw-, haring- en sprot­be­standen in de Oostzee (9)

Jarosław Wałęsa
Multiannual plan for the stocks of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks

Proposal for a regulation
COM(2014)0614 - C8-0174/2014 – 2014/0285(COD)

Committee on Fisheries

Amendment 9
Anja Hazekamp

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title

Text proposed by the Commission

Minimum spawning biomass

Amendment

Biomass corresponding to maximum sustainable yield

Justification

In the Commission proposal, measures will only be taken when the biomass falls below a critical level known as Bpa. This is not a very ambitious approach. As the biomass corresponding to Maximum Sustainable Yield already constitutes a lower limit that should not be exceeded, conservation reference points should also be set at this level so that urgent action is taken in case biomass drops below it.