14 Amendments of Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA related to 2015/2090(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas coastal fishing varies to a great degree between individual Member SEuropean regions and states in terms of its basic definition and characteristics – coastal and small-scale coastal fishing is a traditional form of fishing – and significant socio- economic divergences exist between the Member States;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) acknowledges the importance of fishing-dependent coastal and island regions, and some of the main objectives of the CFP are to ensure an adequate standard of living for those who depend on fishing activities, to contribute to the attainment of such a standard in the context of coastal fishing, and to promote sustainable coastal fishing and the diversification of activities in fisheries and income for those living in these coastal areas while taking into account socio- economic and environmental factors;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas this pressure on coastal areas from the tourism sector is principally caused by certain specific activities, such as uncontrolled recreational fishing, which are putting a strain on the sea’s resources and affecting business opportunities for those who live in traditional fishing areas;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas diversification in coastal and island regions may be carried out through activities related to the marketing and promotion of fish products, gastronomy, tourism, cultural, historic and traditional heritage, the environment and green growth;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas anthropogenic influences, i.e. human activities, in coastal regions have been underestimated in the context of environmental protection issues; whereas the cumulative effects of various activities on narrow coastal regions have not been adequately recognised or assessed; whereas activities that take place in coastal areas, such as maritime transport, tourism, uncontrolled and exhaustive recreational fishing, the sale of species obtained through this activity, poaching, waste water from the mainland, etc., particularly affect the fisheries sector;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to proposgive a suitable definiinterpretation of coastal, small- scale coastal and traditional fishing that will be based more on the socio-economic characteristics and specificities of a specific region than onaking into account the following basic factors: the socio-economic characteristics, the specificities of the gears used in extractive activities and the level of sustainability thereof; the traditional formulas of entrepreneurship and the property and business structures traditionally operating in these areas; the involvement of the extractive sector in the activities of processing and sales; the true nature and scale of the extractive activities and other factors linked to traditional activities; the support from businesses or the influence on local communities, rather than less relevant aspects such as the dimensions and power of fishing vessels;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to support projects that facilitate the development of the coastal, island and outermost regions; when it comes to assessing projects, the issues of sustainability; job creation and retention; the increasing involvement of the extractive sector in processing and sales; the promotion of entrepreneurship formulas linked to social economy; the promotion of short market chains; the introduction of new technologies in the promotion and sale of fishing goods and services; innovation in the development of new goods and services, and maintaining and protecting traditional roles, should be criteria for identifying which projects are of special interest;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission to coordinate an investigation at European level to ascertain the impact of recreational coastal fishing on traditional fishing activities and also to define the parameters that are required in order to reduce recreational coastal fishing; calls for increased monitoring of this activity to prevent any interference between the extractive sector and these practices that are already a cause for concern in outermost regions with important tourism sectors;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Urges the authorities involved in promoting these activities to ensure that all local stakeholders, entrepreneurs’ associations, fishing and oceanography research institutes, universities, centres for technology and local and regional institutions participate in the innovation processes, in order to help the projects to introduce comprehensive measures, to improve their financing prospects and to provide them with sufficient support to meet the conditions specified in the European Fisheries Fund;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission to consider the particular role of women in the economy in coastal areas and to act consistently with this, as is already done in the agricultural industry; calls for an acknowledgement of the amount in terms of GDP that is contributed by women in auxiliary roles and of the particular relevance of their contribution in households in which gender-based division of work traditionally meant that extraction was solely a male activity; calls for professional recognition at all levels of traditional female roles in the sector and for the setting up of dedicated programmes aimed at supporting entrepreneurship by women in these areas;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to promote and support investment in the diversification of the fisheries sector through the development of complementary activities, including investments in vessels, environmental services in the fisheries sector, cultural and educational activities in the fisheries sector, and to promote and support the diversification of fisheries with a view to protecting thewith particular emphasis on protecting the environment and promoting sustainable growth; stresses that the key objective must be to fund activities that are socially, environmentally and ensuring green growthconomically profitable and capable of creating employment, particularly for young people and women;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of allowing mixed use of vessels intended for extractive activities so that, whilst still retaining this purpose, they may also accommodate other kinds of activities linked with the recreational and tourism sector, such as nautical information days or activities related to processing, learning or gastronomy, etc., in line with the system that operates in the rural sector involving farm schools or agrotourism;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the results of research and of the entrepreneurial projects financed from the public budget to be made publicly available, for; calls for the creation of a database of good practice and successful experiences and for the setting up of training schemes for entrepreneurs based on learning both about the key elements of these cases and about the functioning of the programmes supporting these key elements; notes that more effective access to existing data on seas and oceans tmust also be ensured, and for the current administrative barriers hindering growth and the development of innovation musto be removed;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Considers it essential in this regard to incorporate modules for the training of entrepreneurs and for diversification in professional nautical and fishing schools;