8 Amendments of Isabel CARVALHAIS related to 2020/1998(BUD)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of putting right the economic and social damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector hard; considers that the serious health situation and its economic consequences call for exceptional financial support to be made available immediatela fresh ‘aid package’ to complement the previous ones and deploy new exceptional financial support to be made available immediately, given that the pandemic and its economic and social effects are not going away;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls that at the peak of the confinement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the fishing sector, in particular small-scale coastal fishing vessels, continued to operate maintaining the regular supply of local markets, guaranteeing Union citizens access to healthy marine food, particularly in isolated coastal areas and regions where supply chains were hampered by logistical constraints
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that the negotiations on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union seem to be moving towards a no-deal scenario, and the social and economic consequences for the fishing fleets operating in UK waters will be huge; emphasises that financial support for the Union fishing fleet operating in those waters, now third country waters, needs to be ensured from the beginning of 2021 and that fishermen who are already in a difficult situation due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be subject to a double penalty .
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of controls on fishing activities; believes that these controls must remain a priority in the financing of the common fisheries policy, especially since new rules to harmonise and improve the fisheries control system in the Union are expected to be approved soon;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates that the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) must be given the additional funding and equipment it needs to carry out its activities properly and to ensure that the EU meets its sustainable fishing goals, including digitalisation and adapting to new technologies; points out, furthermore, that research and development should be included in the area of control and inspection techniques and provision of assistance to the Commission and the Member States in specific fields;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates that the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) must be given the additional funding and equipment it needs to carry out its activities properly and to ensure that the EU meets its sustainable fishing goals, in particular with the changes to Fisheries Control Regulation that are now being negotiated and, seems to increase the competences and tasks to be assumed by EFCA;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that generational renewal is one of the European fishing sector’s priorities; considers that Member States should draw on the EMFF and the European Structural Funds to finance the introduction of programmes specifically designed to help young people to take up careers in fisheries, to make the sector more diverse and to encourage people from under-represented groups, particularly women, to join the industrybring women into the different categories of jobs, and to raise the profile of women in the activities they are already involved in;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)