7 Amendments of Isabelle THOMAS related to 2017/2120(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 6 July 2017 on promoting cohesion and development in the outermost regions of the EU: implementation of Article 349 of the TFEU 1a, 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0316.
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas it is important to understand the difference between recreational fisheries and, semi-subsistence fishing, because the two should be evaluated and regulated separatelysemi-commercial and commercial fishing because the EU's two-tier system requires that semi-subsistence fishing and semi-commercial fishing should be evaluated and regulated as either recreational or commercial fishing;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the availability of data on recreational fisheries varies from region to region, with better information available about marine recreational fisheries in the North and Baltic Seas, than in the Mediterranean and Black Seas or the Atlantic;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the estimated number of marine recreational fishermen in the EUurope stands at between 8.7 and 9 million people, or 1.6 % of the European population, who fish for an estimated 77 million days each year;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas owing to the poor state of Northern sea bass and Western Baltic cod stocks, recreational fisheries have been included in recovery plans, by setting bag limitsrestrictions have been introduced at EU-level by setting bag limits or forbid retention (sea bass), in order to help recover these stocks;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas certain recreational fishermen are targeting diadromous species such as salmon, trout and eel; whereas data collection on these species should be carried out in both freshwater and saltwater in order to evaluate how fish stocks change over time;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to support the development of recreational fishing in the tourism sector, as an important contributor to the development of the blue economy in small communities and coastal communities, particularly in the outermost regions; considers that doing so would have a positive impact on efforts to prolong the tourism season beyond the summer months;