Activities of Gesine MEISSNER related to 2016/2035(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the role of fisheries-related tourism in the diversification of fisheries
Amendments (11)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the importance of distinguishing between the various forms of fisheries-related tourism, which include fishing tourism (pesca-tourism), maritime and coastal water-based activities, recreational fishing (including angling tourism), and activities based on heritage and culture that are geared towards creating synergies with marketing initiatives for high-quality primary products;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out the need to look into ways of expanding the potential demand as regards these converted vessels by widening what is on offer to appeal, for example, to the educational community, which has experience in using the agricultural sector for teaching purposes with ‘farm school’ projects;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that the regulatory burden on fishing businesses, in particular as regards safety rules, building legislation and vessel safety, must be simplified in order to facilitate necessary investment;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on Member States to provide EMFF funding for fishing businesses’ projects without red tape and to set up central contact points at regional authorities so as to make it easier for businesses concerned to move into different areas;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights the need to assess the impact that tourism-related recreational fishing activities have on fishing;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is convinced that a balanced mix of alternative and targeted tourism products, and appropriate promotion and marketing of those products, can help in balancing the problems of seasonality;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for support to be given to marketing platforms run by local entrepreneurs to ensure that they retain the highest possible degree of involvement and participation in, and control over, the entire value chain;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes, therefore, that fishing localities should consider launching joint marketing campaigns with other destinations in the same region and promoting joint marketing platforms with a particular focus on promotion and online sales;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to promote, through the European Travel Commission and its portal visiteurope.com, sustainable recreational fishing tourism destinations in Europe and, by means of a targeted information campaign, to make fishing businesses aware of the potential of these new and sustainable business models and of the growth opportunities they afford;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States, and on regional and local authorities, widely to disseminate information about the Commission’s European Job Mobility Portal EURES, which provides information for jobseekers and employers about job opportunities, skills and training needs in the ‘blue jobs’ section, and to promote open, online courses to upgrade or re-orient skills relating to tourism management and innovative pesca-tourism;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Emphasises the need to raise awareness among local entrepreneurs, and provide them with training, on new joint online platforms for the promotion and sale of tourism-related products, including experience-based tourism, and to hard-wire these elements into their businesses to ensure that the profits of diversification remain in the local communities.