Activities of Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR related to 2021/2056(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the small-scale fisheries situation in the EU and future perspectives
Amendments (27)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament's Resolution of 14 September 2021 towards a stronger partnership with the EU outermost regions,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
— having regard to Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EU regulation N.º 508/2014 defines small-scale coastal fishing as being carried out by fishing vessels of an overall length of less than 12 metres and not using towed fishing gear, in 2018 the EU Member States’ small-scale fisheries sector consisted in a fleet of 44702 vessels, accounting for 76% of the EU’s active fishing ships and 50% of its crew but only 8% of gross tonnage and 5% of landings, employing 67 760 fishers;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the future of small-scale, coastal and artisanal fishing depends on immediate, meaningful and effective measures to increase fishing incomes, empower the fleetsector, to enhance the profession’s attractiveness and provide training and targeted support for young people and to improve operating conditions; calls on the Commission, therefore, working in close cooperation with the Member States, to establish and implement support mechanisms for small- scale, artisanal and coastal fisheries that make it possible to tackle the specific problems in this part of the sector;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Affirms the need to strengthen the sector’s value chain and promote marketing strategies, fostering mechanisms that improve the first-sale price including through product differentiation, so as to benefit fishers;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls, with a view to distributing added value more fairly and properly along the sector’s value chain, for consideration to be given to forms of intervention along the lines of guarantee prices or maximum profit rates in order to achieve the above aim and improve fishers’ incomes;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that measures are neededCalls for European measures, with adequate EU support to defend or create markets of origin, thereby advocating short sales channels for traditional products and promoting and defending the particularintrinsic qualityies of fish from small-scale fishing as, among others, the freshness, seasonality, cultural heritage, and sustainability; insists in the creation of a promotional campaign for local fishing products, also investing in the promotion of less consumed species;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for small-scale fishing support programmes to be introduced with a view to driving down production costimproving business management and organizational capabilities, driving down production costs, improving first sale prices and ensuring economic sustainability;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates the need to support the promotion of product diversification in the canning industry, namely through the use of undervalued or less consumed species;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls for the implementation of a training program for the HoReCa sector, aimed at knowledge of seafood products and good practices to protect resources, in particular raising awareness of the “non- sale” and “non-consumption” of species during the closed season;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Emphasizes the importance of implementing innovative projects in the retail sector, highlighting the work in cooperation with fishermen’s guilds and associations of small-scale fisheries, giving as examples the projects “Fresco y del Mar” in Galicia, Spain, and “Fresh and Alert,” in Sicily, Italy, through which a close relationship with the final consumer is maintained;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) should make it possible to provide specific support for small-scale fishing in the form of fuel subsidito switch to more fuel-efficient engines, like electric or hybrid engines;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to allow, under the aegis of EMFAF, support to be provided once again formall-scale fisheries sector-specific support to be provided for the installation of storage, freezing, and refrigeration infrastructure, maintaining the cold chain from boat to final consumer, as a decisive element enabling full advantage to be taken of fisheries resources – without destroying or depleting stocks – and ensuring a regular supply to the publicdelivery of fresh and high-quality products to the public, HoReCa sector and the food processing industry;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reiterates that the renewal of the fleet and/or new vessels cannot be confused with expanding it or increasing fishing capacity;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that ignoring the need for fleet renewal, particularly of obsolete and inefficient vessels, especially evident in the Outermost Regions, would jeopardise the future of small-scale fishing;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers, therefore, that EMFAF must provide funding opportunities for the renewal, and/or purchase of new vessels upgrading or even resizing of the small- scale coastal and artisanal fleet;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of the small-scale fisheries sector in the socio- economic situation, employment and promotion of economic and social cohesion in the outermost regions (ORs), areas that are characterised by economies with permanent structural constraints and few opportunities for economic diversification; calls, therefore, to step up EU support for the small-scale fisheries sector in those regions; calls for the reestablishment of a separate POSEI fisheries programme;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights the potential of tourist fishing in these regions, as a way of attracting young people to the profession and diversifying fishermen's income, without increasing their fishing effort and raising public awareness about the traditions of the sector, for sea literacy; stresses the need to guarantee the reduction of the bureaucracy in the activity and to provide EU support for the adaptation of vessels;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Believes that if we wish to see generational renewal there must be attractive conditions for young people, which means increasing fisheries incomes and ensuring training under conditions that pay due account to the diverse fishing practices, fishing gear and needs of each Member State, as well as guaranteeing adequate working conditions and safety on board;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for the financial and technical resources for fisheries research in each Member State to be increased with a view to developing activities targeted at promoting small-scale fisheries and conserving fishery resources, stepping up and improving data collection and the assessment of the state of resources.
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view, however, that the necessary setting of environmental objectives must go hand in hand with defining social and economic objectives, which are; considers it crucial for any fisheries policy to take the interdependence of these objectives into account;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Believes that the visibility of small- scale fisheries critically depends on secure access to resources, fishing areas and value added markets;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Takes the view that it is necessary to establish fishing areas reserved for small-scale fishery activities under co- management regimes, with associations of small-scale fishers empowered to share responsibility and decision-making power in the drafting and implementation of co- management plans with national authorities in co-management committees;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Proposes that associations of small-scale fishers be supported to establish and run Fish Producer Organizations or other organizational structures with a view to better managing their fishing activities and balancing the supply and demand for their fishery products, and transforming small-scale fishers from price takers into price makers;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)
Paragraph 26 d (new)
26d. Urges Member States to invest in “Community Supported” fisheries to establish closer links between small-scale fish producers and consumers, through direct sales, fish box and similar schemes;