Activities of Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA related to 2021/2056(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Small-scale fisheries situation in the EU and future perspectives (debate)
Amendments (33)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the Fisheries Committee study entitled 'Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on EU fisheries and aquaculture' of July 2021,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the common fisheries policy (CFP) states that access to a fishery should be based on transparent and objective criteria including those of an environmental, social and economic nature and that Member States should promote responsible fishing by providing incentives to those operators who fish in the least environmentally damaging way and who provide the greatest benefits for society;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU fishing sector plays a key role in supplying fish to the public and keeping food balances in equilibrium in the Member States and the EU;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas issues concerning safety and accidents during fishing cannot be removedoperations cannot be viewed separately from those concerning fishing efforts and fish yieldharacteristics of fishing fleets in the Member States;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas small-scale, artisanal and coastal fisheries are potentially less damaging to fish stocks and more sustainable, both in termsartisanal fisheries are sustainable from the viewpoint of the biological management of fish stocks and resources, and froms well as socio-economic point of view, and therefore warrant particular attention and supportally and economically, and contribute to the deep- rootedness of the activity and to the protection of the cultural heritage in coastal areas;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas small-scale fishing also consumes far less energy (and has less impact) than large-scale fishinghas potential to contribute to decarbonisation and increased energy efficiency and is thus more environmentally sustainablecontribute also to climate mitigation efforts;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas, despite small-scale fishing’s importance in the EU, it accounts for aand coastal fishing, together with large-scale and distant-water fishing, as global leaders in terms of substantially smaller share of the sector’s total income than large- scale and distant-water fishinginable practices, are a strategic sector for the EU because of their contribution of high-quality protein and also for the communities that are highly dependent on their activities;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas many of the causes of the worsening socio-economic situation in the sector have still to be addressed, including the undervaluing and inadequate pricing of fish at first salestrengthening the position of fishers in the supply chain;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas earnings are very unequally distributed between industrial fisheries on the one hand, which tend to take a more destructive approach to resources, and small-scale, artisanal and coastal fisheriethe recognition of producer organisations, associations and fishing guilds would enable them to access financial aid, and the promotion of their active participation through co- management could clearly improve earnings oin the othesector;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas in the lackfishing sector the different systems of income- and wage-security for fishing professionals is particularly acute in small-scale fishings depend to a large extent on the fishing opportunities and are always subject to the uncertainty of the opportunities offered by the sea, and this is one of the factors that makes it less attractive for new generations;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas earnings fromsustainable profitability for small-scale fisheries are considerably depis important to incresased by ope the attracting costsveness of the sector;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas greater investment is needed in research into and understanding of the state of natural resources; and specifically fish stocks, in order to secure their sustainable management;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy urges that associations such as guilds should be recognised under EU law and be eligible to receive financial aid on an equal footing with producer organisations; whereas the Commission is asked to adopt an initiative in this regard;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the future of small-scale, coastal and artisanal fishing depends on immediate, meaningful and effective measures to increase fishing incomes, empower the fleet,long-term and sustainable profitability but also immediate, meaningful and effective measures to enhance the profession’s attractiveness and provide training for young people and to improve operating conditions, especially to facilitate the incorporation of women on board ; calls on the Commission, therefore, within the framework of the EMFAF and working in close cooperation with the Member States' producer organizations, guilds, and the managing authorities, to establish and implement support mechanisms for small-scale, artisanal and coastal fisheries that make it possible to tackle the specific problems in this part of the sector;
Amendment 198 #
2. Affirms the need to strengthen the sector’sposition of the fishers of the sector in the value chain and promote marketing strategies, fostering mechanisms that improve the first-sale price, so as to benefit fishersenhances the profitability of the sector;
Amendment 212 #
4. Takes the view that measures are needed to defend or increatse markets of origtraceability in, thereby advocating short sales channels for traditional products and promot supply chain which would allow for information to consumers on aspects such as place of origing and defending the particularto showcase and label traditional products and quality of fish from small-scale fishing;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for small-scale fishing support programmes to be introduced with a view to driving down production costs and ensuring economicto be facilitated through the EMFAF with a view to ensuring economic and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Warns of the difficulties thatand the fisheries sector is still experiencingserious adverse effects generated by the COVID crisis and Brexit in the fisheries sector, which have now been aggravated by rising fuel prices;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the importance of Member States allocating funds under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for the fishing sector with the aim of helping fishers and those who do associated work, mainly women, as net menders, shore-based assistants and packagers, and aquaculture workers, to overcome the current crisis;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the importance for Member States to allocate funds under the recovery and resilience fund (RFF) for the fishing sector to help fishers and aquaculture workers in overcoming current crisis;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) should make it possible to provide specific support for small-scale fishing in the form of fuel subsidiesfacilitate support for the entire fishing fleet, including small-scale fishing in order to contribute to the European Green Deal and economic stability;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes the view that the EMFAF should lend support to small-scale fishing as a priority, with a viewhe entire fishing fleet including small-scale fishing, in order to contribute to ensuring the sustainability, competiveness and future viability of the countless coastal communities that are traditionally dependent on fishing;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Warns ofHighlights the high average age of the fleet in small-scale fishing, which means a programme and the need to make it attractive for young people and women, to renew and update the small-scale fleet is needed with a view ton terms of improving safety and on-board living conditions, improving energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, while ensuring the social and economic sustainability of the fishing communities that depend on the fleet;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers, therefore,Points out that EMFAF must provides funding opportunities for the renewal, upgrading or even resizing of the small-scale coastal and artisanalinvestments in safety, better living conditions and energy performance for vessels, which also benefits the small-scale coastal and artisanal fleet and that it should also offer funding opportunities for the renewal and restructuring of the fleet;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Member States to ensure that the beste full implementation of EU standards and regulation in relation to safety, labour and living standards are in placeconditions on board fishing vessels;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of the fisheries sector in the socio-economic situation, employment and promotion of economic and social cohesion in the outermost regions (ORs), areas that are characterised by economies with permanent structural constraints and fewer opportunities for economic diversification;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. BWelieves it essential, therefore, to maintain and step up EU supportcomes the support provided under EMFAF and POSEI for the fisheries sector in those regions;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that the future of small- scale fishing requires that states and public policymakers take a more active role, contrary to the logic that the market and ever-greateEU regulations ensure a regulatory environment that strengthen the position of fishers in the supply chain and provide investments for cloncentration in the sector must prevailg-term sustainability, stability and economic competitiveness of the sector;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that the objectives of a fisheries policy should include guaranteeing the supply of fish to the public – as part offull implementation of the CFP should be done in a way contributing to ensuring food security and sovereignty –, developing of coastal communities, and promoting fisheries- related professions andby increasing their attractiveness, recognising the social role they play in providing jobfishing communities and improving the living conditions of fishers and of the workers carrying out auxiliary tasks - usually women;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates that the reality of fisheries in the EU is complex and varies widely from Member State to Member State, and reaffirms that this great diversity requires management at local level; highlights the possibility of regionalisation, where appropriate, of fisheries management within the framework of the CFP while at the same time ensuring a level playing-field for the EU fishing sector;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Proposes that the EMFAF could support the establishment of a wage compensation fund that makes up for allmechanisms be established to provide wage compensation for lost earnings and coversduring non-fishing periods and during disasters that hamper activities, and that such periods be treated as actual working time for the purposes of the retirement pension and other social security entitlements;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Believes that if we wish to see generational renewal there must be attractive conditions for young people, and women, which means increasing fisheries incomes and ensuringstable income opportunities, national basic social rights, training under conditions that pay due account to the diverse fishing practices, fishing gear and needs of each Member State; and a proper organised representation of young fishers and aquaculture workers;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for the financial and technical resources for fisheries research in the EU and in each Member State to be increased with a view to developing activities targeted at fisheries and fishery resources, stepping up and improving data collection and the assessment of the state of resources.