14 Amendments of Ulrike RODUST related to 2016/2035(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas fisheries-related tourism can help to create jobs, promote social inclusion, improve the quality of life, and revitalise communities that depend on fishing, especially in areas where there is little else in the way of economic activities; whereas this potential varies greatly both in regional terms and depending on the type of fisheries involved and vessel sizes;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas fisheries-related tourism can afford an opportunity to attract environment-conscious tourists by providing a wide offering that can ranginge from local products to green business styles;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the socio-economic gains resulting from fisheries-related tourism are of a highly seasonal nature, as they occur chiefly in the summer months; whereas the benefits to be gained from greater customer loyalty, an oft-quoted subject, are achievable throughout the year;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the EMFF supports investment to help fishermen diversify their income by developing complementary activities, including investment for boatsadditional on-board safety equipment, fishing tours, shore-based tourism services, catering, recreational and sport fishing services, and fishing-related educational activities;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas fisheries-related tourism activities are carried out by professioncommercial fishermen seeking to diversify their sources of income, promote, and enhance the status of, their profession and the socio-cultural heritage, and improve the sustainable use of aquatic ecosystems, aims which they sometimes pursue by carrying tourists on fishing boats; whereas while these fishing activities plainly involve a tourism element and a recreational purpose, they are not covered by any clear-cut standard-setting definition;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the term ‘fishing tours’ (called ‘pescaturismo’ in Italian) denotes tourist/recreational fishing activities carried out by professioncommercial fishermen who take tourists on board their vessels in order to show them the fisheries world;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas tourist services offered by fishermen ashore (in Italian ‘ittiturismo’) include gastronomic tourism and hospitality ventures run by professioncommercial fishermen; whereas one of the main differences between the above two types of tourism is that the latter cannot take place aboard fishing boats;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas recreational fishing is an activity carried out solely for recreational and/or competitive sporting purposes, in which living aquatic resources are exploited, but catches may not, under any circumstances, be sold; whereas although the intention is not to make a profit, recreational fishing is included among the tourist activities that generate a parallel economy which can be managed by professioncommercial fishermen through services, facilities, and infrastructure offered to recreational fishermen;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas in Italy there has been a steady increase in applications for licences to carry out fisheries-related tourism activities; whereas, according to a recent survey, the Italian regions with the highest number of licences are Liguria (290), Emilia-Romagna (229), Sardinia (218), Calabria (203), Campania (200), and Sicily (136): whereas 1 600 licences in all were registered in the period from 2002 to 2012; whereas in 2003 the regions with the highest number of licences were Campania (63), Liguria (62), Sicily (60), and Sardinia (59), closely followed by Apulia (46), Calabria (39), and Tuscany (37); whereas the considerable differences among Member States as regards the number of licences are due in part to local conditions and above all to the different safety regulations applying to fisheries-related tourism activities;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z
Recital Z
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA
Recital AA
AA. whereas, as regards the economic point of view, it has emerged that daily revenue from fishing tours is in the range of EUR 400-600, double the amount that an entrepreneur could earn by selling the catch alone; whereas, however, seasonality remains a problem, since tourist activities are particularly affected by weather and sea conditions; whereas the possibility of using fisheries-related tourism as a source of additional income depends greatly on the type of fisheries involved and vessel sizes;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it essential to redesign and adapt fishing vessels for tourist activities, bearing in mind that boats need to be renovated in order to guarantee tourists’ safety and offer the comfort necessary for a pleasant experience; points out, however, that alterations of this kind, especially when carried out during the off-season for tourism, must not entail any restrictions for commercial fisheries;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Given the huge differences among EU fishing operators involved in tourism, calls on the Commission to adopt common rules on navigation safety, health and hygiene requirements for vessels used to carry out fishing tourism activities, and possible tax concessions, with the proviso that the above measures must be sufficiently flexible to accommodate major differences in terms of individual fisheries and fishing vessels and allow for distinctive regional characteristics;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that training courses should be organised for fishermen, their families, and all local people involved so as to ensure that they have the knowledge necessary to welcome tourists and guarantee their safety, as well as language skills;