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What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text
From · plenary report· 6 Feb 2026
on the fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies
To · adopted text· 10 Mar 2026
Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies
AI:What changed, in short
Adds a recital citing public opposition to seal product sales and moral concerns about seal hunting.4 The other changes are formal or wording: decimal separators are standardized and an invisible character is removed.1235
1 change of substance · 3 formal · 1 of wording only
Written by AI from the two texts only · read the changes before relying on it · 4 Sept 2026 · Report a problem
Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.
Changes of substance · 1
Change 4 Substance
AI summary:Adds a recital stating that in a public consultation, 94% of respondents opposed placing seal products on the market and 89% raised moral concerns.
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Added:AA. whereas during a public consultation organised by the Commission, 94 % of all respondents indicated that they were against or strongly against the placing of seal products on the market, rejecting it as a fisheries management measure; whereas 89 % of respondents indicated that seal hunting raises significant moral concerns;
3 formal changes: legal basis, citations, references, corrections
Change 1 Formal
AI summary:Replaces the decimal separator in the percentage from a period to a comma.
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Changed:H. whereas data published by the European Environment Agency in 2025 showed that marine protected areas (MPAs) covered 13.713,7 % of EU waters;
Change 2 Formal
AI summary:Replaces the decimal separator in the percentage from a period to a comma.
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Changed:I. whereas the Commission’s Mission Ocean and Waters service portal reports on a study indicating that, in 2023, fisheries were authorised in over 40 % of MPA areas, restricted in less than 25 % and explicitly prohibited in only 0.40,4 %;
Change 3 Formal
AI summary:Replaces the decimal separator in the percentage from a period to a comma.
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Changed:R. whereas the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN) currently monitors 12 423 alien species across various environments, of which 1 440 (11.6(11,6 %) are marine species; whereas as of 2019, 53 % of Europe’s sea coastlines are under pressure from IAS, with significant regional variation – 33 % of the coastlines of the Baltic Sea, 100 % of the Black Sea, 98 % of the Mediterranean Sea and 25 % of the Northeast Atlantic Ocean;
1 change of wording only
Change 5 Wording
AI summary:Removes an invisible character in the word 'faster'.
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Changed:32. Underlines that the Mediterranean Sea, which, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, is warming 20 % fasterfaster than the rest of the globe, is a particular hotspot, harbouring more IAS than any other sea globally, with significant negative impacts on marine ecosystems and on the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, thus requiring particular attention; urges the Commission and the Member States, in this regard, to allocate additional resources and to establish urgent measures to stop the spread of these species in this sea basin;