9 Amendments of Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA related to 2017/2120(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the definition provided by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) in 2013 describes recreational fisheries as ‘the capture or attempted capture of living aquatic resources mainly for leisure and/or personal consumption. This covers active fishing methods including line, spear, and hand-gathering and passive fishing methods including nets, traps pots, and set- lines’; whereas thisclear definition should be corroborated bys of recreational fisheries and marine recreational fisheries are needed, taking into account that Article 55(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, which states that ‘the marketing of catches from recreational fisheries shall be prohibited’;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, it is important to understand the differencn certain Member States, a distinction is made between recreational fisheries and semi-subsistence fishing, because; whereas the Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy makes no reference to the latter, for which a definition is therefore needed; whereas the two should accordingly be evaluated and regulated separately;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas one of the priorities of the common fisheries policy, as laid down in Article 6(4), is increasing employment and territorial cohesion by pursuing various objectives, including the diversification of activities within fisheries and into other sectors of maritime economy; whereas consideration should accordingly be given to the possibility of the professional fishing sectors branching out into recreational fishing also;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the estimated number of those practising marine recreational fishermening in the EU 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 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas, in Article 3(2)(6) of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund ‘fisherman’ means any person engaging in commercial fishing activities, as recognised by the Member State, and it is therefore necessary to find another definition for those engaged in the recreational fishing activities, as referred to in recital A;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the Commission to propose a definition of those practising recreational fishing, taking into account that the Regulation on the European Maritime Fisheries Fund contains only the definition of fisherman as any person engaging in commercial fishing activities, as recognised by the Member State;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to propose a plan for the diversification of professional fishing activities, including recreational fisheries, with a view to fulfilling the priorities and objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy and making small-scale professional fishing activity more socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, focusing in particular on outermost regions such as the Canary Islands;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to propose a comprehensive regulation on maritime recreational fisheries, as well as a definition for the activity and the designation and definition of those practising it, at EU level, to be included in the future CFP, so that both types of maritime fishing – commercial and recreational – can be managed in a balanced, fair and sustainable manner with a view to achieving the desired objectives, with no adverse effect on professional fisheries;