Activities of António MARINHO E PINTO related to 2016/2079(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the status of fish stocks and the socio-economic situation of the fishing sector in the Mediterranean PDF (344 KB) DOC (76 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that small-scale fishing in the Mediterranean accounts for 80% of the fleet and 60% of jobs; points to the importance of small-scale non-industrial fishing for the sustainability of stocks, environmental conservation, and the socio- economic development of fishing communities, particularly rural communities;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Maintains that where fisheries are concerned, policy-making should be such as to enable fishermen and their organisations, trade unions, and coastal communities to be involved in – and made an integral part of – decision-taking processes in line with the CFP's regionalisation principle;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – introductory part
Paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make information and technical support more readily available to fishermen’s organisations applying for EU funding, which should meet the sector’s needs by:
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – indent 1
Paragraph 3 – indent 1
– promoting fleet renewal and modernisation, while seeking to reduce the fishing effortmaximising catches in a sustainable way and improve active and passive safety devices, for example personal locator systems in life jackets;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – indent 2
Paragraph 3 – indent 2
– promoting the recruitment of young people, thereby enhancing the status of work and vocational training; suring the continuity and vitality of the sector and a decrease in rural to urban migration or migration abroad; stresses the need for adequate provision of, and information on, training for fishermen by the competent authorities in this regard;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – indent 3
Paragraph 3 – indent 3
– encouraging those working in the sector to join forces and organise themselves for example through trade unions, community organisations, cooperatives and/or fishers' and fishing vessel owners' representative organisations;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Suggests that a minimum wage could be established for fishermen in line with the national traditions and practices of the individual Member States; recommends that a wage compensation fund be set up to cover non-fishing periods and that such periods be treated as actual working time for the purposes of the retirement encourages the Member States to examine the feasibility of a fisheries wage compensation afund other social security entitlementto cover non-fishing periods;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on those Member States who have not already done so to ratify the ILO's Work in Fishing Convention 188 which ensures that fishers have decent conditions of work on board fishing vessels;