Activities of João ALBUQUERQUE related to 2023/0264(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 - all sections
Amendments (5)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the economic, social and environmental aspects of fisheries, aquaculture and maritime affairs; stresses their vital role not only in ensuring food sovereignty and resilience of food systemsfood security, but also in boosting the development of the sustainable blue economy and in contributing to the development and revitalisation of coastal areas, especially in the outermost regions; takes the view that maintaining the competitive position of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors must go hand in hand with achieving the social, environmental and economic objectives set out in the common fisheries policy (CFP) as well as in the Green Deal and subsequent strategies;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that special attention must be devoted to the renewal of small-scale fishing fleets, in order to improve safety and on-board living conditions, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability while ensuring the social and economic resilience of the communities that depend on them; reiterates that fleet renewal can contribute to making the fishery sector more attractive and sustainable, and must not be confused with fleet expansion or, increased fishing capacity; or ability to catch fish;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to propose further actions to increase the global share of sustainable EU aquaculture production, which contributes to the supply of aquatic protein of high quality and with a low carbon footprint ; calls on the Member States and Commission to make full use of the financial resources available for the EMFAF in order to boost the growth ofsustainably boost this sector’s share of global aquaculture production above its current 2 % by means of specific, acceptable and shared targets for 2030; urges Member States to earmark sufficient funding from the Recovery and Resilience Facility to support the innovation, sustainability and resilience of EU aquaculture sector;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages Member States to monitor the implementation of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) and calls on the Commission to extend the deadline if necessaryto fully cover the adjustment period until 30 of June of 2026, thereby allowing fishers to fully benefit from its resources; insists that the BAR should also be used to help the wholesale and processing sectors, which have been badly affected by this crisis;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14., Stresses that generational renewal is one of the European fishing sector’s priorities; invites Member States to draw on the EMFAF to finance programmes specifically designed to help young people to take up careers in fisheries, to make the sector more diverse and to encourage people from underrepresented groups, particularly women, to join the sector; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to support the mobilisation of budgetary resources to adapt and improve the working conditions on board fishing vessels and to implement projects to support the creation of an association of young European fishers;