13 Amendments of Tiago MOREIRA DE SÁ related to 2024/0159M(NLE)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas ship owners will pay licence and capture fees to the Guinea- Bissau administration to be authorised to fish; whereas the combination of the EU’s contribution and fees paid by EU operators puts the total estimated financial envelope beyond €100 million over the 5 year period;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas Guinea-Bissau's official language is Portuguese; whereas Guinea- Bissau obtained its independence from Portugal on September 24th, 1974, after 528 years as a colony; whereas it is today an integral part of the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries), a multilateral political and diplomatic entity that includes countries such as Portugal (Member state of the European Union), Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea and East Timor; whereas these historical links highlight the need to foster and strengthen diplomatic and economic relations with Guinea-Bissau, based on mutually beneficial cooperation and development;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas development of the fisheries sector in Guinea-Bissau calls for the establishment of basic infrastructure, such as ports, landing sites, storage facilities and processing plants, which are still lacking or are being built by other third countries competing with the EU, with the aim of attracting landings of fish caught in Guinea-Bissau waters, calls on the Commission to support EU investments in coastal infrastructure in this context under the Global Gateway initiative;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the objectives of the EU-Guinea-Bissau SFPA have been realised to varying degrees: while the agreement has offered and still provides considerable fishing opportunities for EU vessels in the Guinea-Bissau fishing zone, in view of the considerable use made of those opportunities by European vessel owners, the same cannot be said of the local fisheries sector, whose development remains insufficient or unsatisfactory overall while there is a need for further efforts to empower local fisheries sector and to foster cooperation between local and EU firms;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the contribution of EU vessels to food security in Guinea-Bissau through direct landings, as specified in Chapter V of the Annex to the Protocol, for the benefit of local communities and to promote internal fish trade and consumption, while deploring the fact that the tonnage involved is low; further underlines the particular importance of sustainable fisheries partnership agreements in job creation in EU Member States; notes that these agreements are particular opportunities for partner countries to combat illegal fishing and facilitate local blue economy;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the need for significant progress in the development of the Guinea- Bissau fisheries sector, including as regards related industries and activities, and calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures, including a possible revision and strengthening of the sectoral support component of the agreement, along with measures to increase the financial contribution take-up rate, in order to achieve that objective;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point c
Paragraph 8 – point c
(c) build key infrastructure, using the opportunities provided by the Global Gateway initiative, tailored to fisheries and related activities, such as ports (both industrial and artisanal), landing sites, fish storage and processing facilities, markets, distribution and marketing structures, and quality analysis laboratories, with the aim of attracting landings of fish caught in the waters of Guinea-Bissau; the construction, repair, expansion and improvement of these infrastructures must be carried out primarily by companies from European Union Member States, which must obtain financing or guarantees from European Union funds and programs under advantageous conditions, recognising these projects as strategic EU Cooperation actions;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point e
Paragraph 8 – point e
(e) train fishing professionals upstream for seafarers, but also downstream in processing workshops, in particular hygiene and health training, as well as facilitating knowledge exchange, building on the experience of European seafarers;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 8 – point i a (new)
(ia) support school feeding programmes in cooperation with local and EU fisheries sector;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for publication of details of the activities financed by sectoral support funds, thus allowing more rigorous monitoring and greater consistency with other funds for development of the local sector, as publication would make the impact of those activities totally clear to the European taxpayer and local populations; stresses the importance of implementing robust measures to ensure transparency in the use of European contributions and payments;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its concern at the growing number of fish meal and fish oil plants on the west African coast, which are also supplied with fish from Guinea-Bissau waters; underlines the fact that forage fishing runs counter to the principle of sustainability and providing valuable protein resources for the local community; welcomes expansion of port and landing facilities in Guinea-Bissau, but is concerned that this will be followed by the construction of new fish meal plants; notes that Peru, Chile and other Latin American countries account for about 40% of the global export of fish meal, pellet and other products while West African countries account for less than 10%;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Supports the need to enhance the contribution of the SFPA to local direct and indirect job creation, both on vessels operating under the SFPA or in fishing- related activities, both upstream and downstream; considers that the Member States can play a key role and be an active participant in capacity-building and training efforts in order to achieve the objectives set; calls on the Commission to support EU firms’ investments and initiatives in technology and knowledge exchange, local capacity building and training in local fisheries sector;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to coordinate the social partners on the EU Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Fisheries with a view to concluding a collective agreement, including on pay, in line with International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions, for subsequent SFPAs; encourages the Commission to promote ratification of ILO Convention 188 by all Member States with active presence in fisheries sector and third countries, including when negotiating SFPAs, and to take forward the requirements of the current conventions within the ILO; calls on the Commission to include any social clauses necessary to achieve those objectives in the mandate issued by the Council of the European Union for SFPAs or during negotiations within regional fisheries management organisations (RFMOs);