45 Amendments of Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA related to 2016/2035(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the fact that in order to achieve the objective of diversification, all entrepreneurship initiatives must be locally based, with a guarantee that control over companies and cooperatives is retained at that level; points out that social economy initiatives are especially suitable for these purposes;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the importance of distinguishing between the various forms of fisheries-related tourism, which include fishing tourism (pesca-tourism), maritime and coastal water-based activities, recreational fishing (including angling tourism), and activities based on heritage and culture that are geared towards creating synergies with marketing initiatives for high-quality primary products;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas fisheries-related tourism activities can help to raise the profile of fishermen and promote appreciation and understanding of their complex field of activity; whereas fishing tours and other tourism-related fishing activities (tourist services offered by fishermen ashore, recreational fishing, etc.) are economically advantageous for fishermen and sustainable in terms of resources, compared with traditional fishing, but are still little known to the general public, who are manifestly not fullyand there is a need to raise consumer awareness of the importance of consuming local fish products coming from a short supply chain;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the importance of supporting business platforms that are geared towards the type of customer who is looking for a top-quality tourist experience, meaning that skills training in this area and establishing technology infrastructure and digital distribution platforms must be a priority in public initiatives and eligible activities;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes, therefore, that mass- tourism seaside resorts will continue to lose their upmarket tourism trade to unspoiled rural and coastal destinations, if these are well developed and maintained, and if the tourism sector adapts its offers to new demands for tailor-made products; and develops marketing platforms that are tailored to suit those potential demands;
Amendment 19 #
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 ranging from local products to green business styles;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the traditional gastronomy linked with fisheries products and traditional preservation and processing industries could represent a major asset for the tourism being developed around the fishing industry;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out the need to look into ways of expanding the potential demand as regards these converted vessels by widening what is on offer to appeal, for example, to the educational community, which has experience in using the agricultural sector for teaching purposes with ‘farm school’ projects;
Amendment 26 #
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 boats, fishing tours, shore-based tourism services, catering, recreational and sport fishing services, and fishing-related educational activities;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that the regulatory burden on fishing businesses, in particular as regards safety rules, building legislation and vessel safety, must be simplified in order to facilitate necessary investment;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas fisheries-related tourism activities are carried out by professional fishermen seeking to diversify their sources of incomeactivities, 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 anyre is no clear- cut standard-setting definition for them;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on Member States to provide EMFF funding for fishing businesses’ projects without red tape and to set up central contact points at regional authorities so as to make it easier for businesses concerned to move into different areas;
Amendment 36 #
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 professional fishermen through services, facilities, and infrastructure offered to recreational fishermen;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights the need to assess the impact that tourism-related recreational fishing activities have on fishing;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas there are no reliable socio-economic or environmental statistics on the impact of recreational fishing on stocks, especially in areas where recreational fishing is intensive, and whereas there are no clear rules or exhaustive checks on catch and still less on illicit sales of recreational catch through informal channels generally linked to restaurants;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 43 #
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
X. whereas tourist numbers are concentrated almost entirely in the months of July and August, with an average of 31 touring days compared with 3 days on average in the other months of the year, giving a total of 34 days per boat per yearmeaning that fisheries-related tourism is extremely seasonal in nature and it is important to encourage diversification;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Recital Y
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z
Recital Z
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is convinced that a balanced mix of alternative and targeted tourism products, and appropriate promotion and marketing of those products, can help in balancing the problems of seasonality;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA
Recital AA
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for support to be given to marketing platforms run by local entrepreneurs to ensure that they retain the highest possible degree of involvement and participation in, and control over, the entire value chain;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AC
Recital AC
AC. whereas young people can also be considered a target group for the development of fishing tourist destinations, since they are more willing to learn foreign languages and more likely to appreciate sports events and other cultural activities related to fishing;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes, therefore, that fishing localities should consider launching joint marketing campaigns with other destinations in the same region and promoting joint marketing platforms with a particular focus on promotion and online sales;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AC a (new)
Recital AC a (new)
ACa. whereas traditional fishing is currently the least well-known primary sector activity and the one least studied and used as an educational tool at basic and intermediary academic levels;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AC b (new)
Recital AC b (new)
ACb. whereas there is broad scope for the introduction of educational activities relating to traditional fishing based on models such as that of the ‘farm school’;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Takes the view that within this marketing strategy synergies should be established among marketing initiatives for high-quality fresh or processed products, gastronomy and tourism, grouped into territorial areas that are coherent from a cultural, production- related or environmental point of view and/or synergy-based;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF
Recital AF
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AG
Recital AG
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AI
Recital AI
AI. whereas the Cetara Tuna Festival (‘La sagra del tonno di Cetara’) and similar events frequently held in Italy during July and August in order tofestivals are held in various coastal villages in Member States where it is important to integrate other means of increasing the tourism pull, such as by combining these with other quality offerings in the primary sector: disseminateing knowledge of small-scale fishing, fishermen’s way of life, and regional musical and food and wine culture have played a vital role in maintaining and promoting the tourist industry in neighbouring towns and areascontact with traditional cultures and regional food and wine culture, and high-end products from the processing and canning industry which reflect the diversity of the EU;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AJ
Recital AJ
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to promote, through the European Travel Commission and its portal visiteurope.com, sustainable recreational fishing tourism destinations in Europe and, by means of a targeted information campaign, to make fishing businesses aware of the potential of these new and sustainable business models and of the growth opportunities they afford;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States, and on regional and local authorities, widely to disseminate information about the Commission’s European Job Mobility Portal EURES, which provides information for jobseekers and employers about job opportunities, skills and training needs in the ‘blue jobs’ section, and to promote open, online courses to upgrade or re-orient skills relating to tourism management and innovative pesca-tourism;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Emphasises the need to raise awareness among local entrepreneurs, and provide them with training, on new joint online platforms for the promotion and sale of tourism-related products, including experience-based tourism, and to hard-wire these elements into their businesses to ensure that the profits of diversification remain in the local communities.
Amendment 75 #
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 experienceto ensure this is no obstacle in terms of carrying on activities;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the strategic goal of the Commission initiative should be to promote fishing tour activities, shore-based tourist services offered by fishermen, and sport fishing-related tourism and enable them to be developed to the full throughout Europe with the aid of a shared network and framework set up for that purpose;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers there to be an urgent need to carefully direct support policies and properly assess their results, and to systematise, standardise and improve the gathering of statistics on the contribution these diversifying activities make to the revenue of European fishing areas; stresses also the importance of monitoring the real impact of recreational fishing as an economic activity, its impact on stocks and any potential competition, via informal sales channels, with the professional fishing industry; urges that the fishing industry participate in the design of such monitoring measures;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recommends that the principle of the decarbonisation and energy efficiency of motorised vessels be included among the adaptations that must be made to such vessels when they are converted for use in those activities;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges that integrated offerings be designed that provide consumers with full experiences based on the structured and synergetic combination of everything an area has to offer and that partnerships be formed to capture consumers via the tourism dynamics already in operation in areas adjacent to traditional fishing areas, such as conference and/or career tourism;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission, the Member States, and regional and local authorities to intensify promotion and communication campaigns, for instance in connection with the ‘European Destinations of Excellence’, ‘European Year of Cultural Heritage’ 2018, and initiatives similarly aimed at improving knowledge and awareness of traditional fishing culture; urges stakeholders to tap the potential of environment-conscious tourists and those able to travel off-season;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Given the lack of synergy among businesses in the EU’s sea basins, resulting in fragmentation and limited economic advantages, considers it essential for Member States, regions, and stakeholders to share best practice; notes that research institutes, museums, tourism companies, traditional fisheries preserving and processing industries and other stakeholders should be encouraged to work together to develop sustainable innovative products meeting visitors’ expectations;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on Commission, the Member States, local and regional authorities, the sector concerned, and other stakeholders to take targeted action in line with the EU policies affecting the fisheries sector; points to the need to adopt a bestgood practice manual setting out the most significant examples to encourage other businesses to follow suit; points out that the local scientific community also needs to be involved in order to prevent environmental problems;