7 Amendments of Michela GIUFFRIDA related to 2016/2016(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that fisheries are crucial for the development of the ORs and are an important sector which creates large numbers of jobs and does much to maintain food security; calls for everything possible to be done to strengthen the fisheries sector as a pillar for local development in these regions, in particular by supporting the creation and consolidation of fisheries in the ORs;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that the rules governing this sector are complex, and that the obstacles they create are holding back the creation and development of fisheries; calls for the simplification of those rules in order to make it easier for individuals working in ORs to organise themselves into collectives and to promote access to funds, as well as to maximise the performance of EU funding and make the best possible use of fisheries assets in these regions;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the European Union, while still complying with the principles of sustainability and sustainable development established under the CFP, to exploit the exceptional fishing potential of the outermost regions, promoting better integration with the ocean-going fleets of the European Union as a whole, and to remove all the regulatory and administrative obstacles hampering their economic development;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to be applied in full to the EU policies, rules, funds and programmes related to EU fisheries policy, and in particular the EMFF, with the relevant implementing provisions to be established in a homogeneous manner which is consistent with the other operational programmes of the CFP;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the EMFF should be used to replace and modernise small fishing boats that land all their catches in ports in the ORs and contribute to the sustainable local development of fisheries in the outermost regions, supporting the labour market derived therefrom;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to single out and promote the use of relevant EU cohesion funds, in particular the ERDF and the ESF, in order to boost investment in the infrastructures required for the development of local fisheries in the outermost regions and for modernisation of fleets; encourages, in particular, investment in projects that make fisheries jobs more attractive, projects that attract more young people and innovative projects that make fisheries more sustainable, promote selective fishing methods and help to develop environmentally responsible fisheries;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the ORs are dependent on the fish stocks in their EEZs, which are biologically highly vulnerable, and takes the view, therefore, that sensitive OR zones need to be properly and effectively protected, in particular by granting exclusive access to local fleets which use sustainable, environment- friendly fishing equipment;