1. A total of 17 different groups of seabirds were taken into account, including: loons, grebes, fulmars and petrels, shearwaters, pelicans, cormorants, shorebirds, gulls and kittawakes, terns, skimmers, and Alcids

2. Given the negative effects of longline fishing which kills between 50 000 and 100 000 Northern Fulmars a year in the Northeast Atlantic and given that the survival of a number of albatross species is threatened, what concrete measures is the Commission prepared to take to ensure that EU fishing vessels take the necessary measures to ensure that these unnecessary deaths are avoided?