3 Amendments of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2017/2119(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU fishing sector is facing ever-more difficult and complex challenges; whereas the status of resources and the increase in outgoings, particularly variations in the price of fuel, may have a decisive impact on fishermen’s incomes; whereas, in this context, downward variations in, and unfair allocation of, fishing quotas mean that local communities face complicated situations owing to the reduction in extractive activities and to the fact that the rules of fair competition are being infringed; whereas, in addition, they face competition from imports of products from third countries;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to expand, promote and generalise the use of the information provided by the EU Market Observatory for fisheries and aquaculture products (EUMOFA) so that all operators in the chain have transparent, reliable and up-to-date information for efficient business decision-making; also believes that more attention and funding should be focused on pond aquaculture and fish farming in closed aquaculture systems;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Asks the Commission to sketch the foundations for a futuredraw up, as quickly as possible, a special European programme to support small-scale fishing that will help to improve the environmental and socio-economic sustainability of the fishing sector in the EU, that will make it possible to identify, differentiate and enhance the value of products from small- scale fishing in order to promote consumption of those products, and that will encourage new generations to work in the fishing sector so as to produce a generational renewal that will make it possible to create more social cohesion in the EU’s coastal communities;