Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/2126(INI)
The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins
Own-initiative report (INI): Parliament’s own position on a topic. It is not binding. · First reading
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Parliament adopted the text on 20 May 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 23 January 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 15 April 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 23 April 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 20 May 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
20 May 2026 · decision 9
Climate & environment, Resolution
The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins
Adopted 518 for · 31 against · 102 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The text finds uneven implementation, limited benefits for fisheries, and calls for better stakeholder engagement, data, and cross-border cooperation.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal and wording changes: a decimal separator is corrected and a sentence is moved to its own recital.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The report expands significantly, adding new recitals and paragraphs on food security, geopolitical tensions, and sector challenges. It strengthens requirements for stakeholder involvement, including fishers and coastal communities, and calls for legally binding participation. It adds calls for priority access for fisheries, compensatory measures, and better integration of aquaculture and small-scale fishing. It emphasizes the need for cross-border cooperation, especially with the UK, and sea-basin approaches. The other changes are formal or wording: rephrasing and minor additions.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Fisheries
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Isabelle Le Callennec (EPP), Eric Sargiacomo (S&D), France Jamet (Patriots), Bert-Jan Ruissen (ECR), Isabella Lövin (Greens), Luke Ming Flanagan (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 20 May 2026
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on the impact of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive on fisheries finds uneven implementation and calls for better integration of fisheries and aquaculture in maritime spatial plans.
Tabled for plenary· 23 Apr 2026
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on the impact of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive on fisheries finds uneven implementation and limited benefits for fisheries and aquaculture, and calls for reforms.
Committee draft· 16 Dec 2025
AI summary:This draft report assesses the impact of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive on fisheries and aquaculture. It finds uneven implementation, limited benefits for fisheries, and weak stakeholder involvement.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 4 steps
20 May 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 20 May 2026 Report A10-0120/2026Adopted text TA10-0181/2026
18 May 2026
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
11 May – 12 May 2026
7 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
23 April 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
15 April 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
PECH (Fisheries) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
10 February 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of PECH (Fisheries) proposed changes to the draft.
16 December 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in PECH (Fisheries). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
23 January 2025
Referred to the PECH (Fisheries) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/2126(INI)