10 Amendments of Peter van DALEN related to 2017/2120(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas semi- subsistence fishing is particularly relevant to coastal and island fisheries policy however, its consideration is often lacking in EU fisheries policy which tends to focus on commercial fisheries and the Common Fisheries Policy;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN has defined subsistence fishing as ‘fishing for aquatic animals that contribute substantially to meeting an individual's nutritional needs’;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in order to properly manage any type of fishing activity, including recreational fisheries, member states need reliable data collection and time series are required in order to assess the impact on local fish stocks and on the environment;
Amendment 53 #
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, at the request of the concerned member states, by setting bag limits, in order to help recover these stocks;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to propose the necessary measures in order to expand data collection for recreational fisheries to encompass more fish stocks and to make the collection of data on its socio-economic impact mandatory and to produce a comprehensive impact assessment to clearly demonstrate the economic, social and environmental impact of EU legislation on the recreational fishing sector; stresses that this is in line with the European Commission's better regulation agenda;
Amendment 83 #
3a. Notes that where recreational fisheries contribute significantly to fishing mortality and when ICES advice is available, the European Commission can adopt measures for that specific fishery;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that subsistence fishing is a local fishing activity that takes place, not for recreational purposes, but for the procurement of fish for consumption of the fishers, their families and community;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that Article 2 of Council Regulation 2017/0287 on fixing for 2018 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks allows for EU measures to apply to recreational fisheries only in cases which are expressly referred to in the relevant provisions;