2016/2035(INI) Role of fisheries-related tourism in the diversification of fisheries
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
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| Lead | PECH |
BRIANO Renata ( S&D)
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ITURGAIZ Carlos ( PPE),
SERNAGIOTTO Remo ( ECR),
BILBAO BARANDICA Izaskun ( ALDE),
AFFRONTE Marco ( Verts/ALE)
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| Committee Opinion | TRAN |
UJHELYI István ( S&D)
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Daniela AIUTO ( EFDD),
Marie-Christine ARNAUTU ( ENF),
Gesine MEISSNER ( ALDE)
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RoP 54
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2017/12/01
EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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2017/07/04
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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2017/07/04
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
The European Parliament adopted by 599 votes to 33, with 67 abstentions, a resolution on the role of fisheries-related tourism in the diversification of fisheries.
The resolution noted that most coastal and island regions are suffering severe economic decline. Fisheries-related tourism can help to create jobs, promote social inclusion and revitalise communities that depend on fishing. However, there is no common definition of fisheries-related tourism, nor is there any legal basis.
Members considered it essential to redesign and adapt fishing vessels for tourist activities. They highlighted the as yet untapped potential of fishing-related tourism and stated that fishing tourism at sea, and shore-based tourist services offered by fishermen, can complement commercial fishing and provide an additional income for fishing communities.
The strategic goal of the Commission initiative shall be to promote fishing tour activities, shore-based tourist services offered by fishermen, and sport fishing-related tourism throughout the EU.
Infrastructure : the resolution noted that investments at national, regional and local level are needed in order to provide the necessary infrastructure from better internet connectivity to building new and better transport infrastructure and tourism services roads ensuring good access to remote fishing villages, to renewing maritime and fishing facilities, while at the same time ensuring that it is being done in a sustainable and environment friendly way.
More specifically, the Commission is called upon to:
harmonise the definition of tourism-related fishing activities at Union level, with particular emphasis on fishing tours, shore-based tourist services offered by fishermen, aquaculture-related tourism, and tourism related to sport/recreational fishing; foster the establishment and development of fishing tourism, with the aim of applying a differentiated business strategy that is appropriate to the potential of this segment and able to meet its needs more effectively; promote and support investment in fisheries in the area of tourism with a view to diversifying fisheries in cultural and artistic terms, as part of the traditional heritage; set up a European tourism fishing network , and a European network for tourist services related to sport/recreational fishing, following the highly successful example of FARNET, which offers considerable help to FLAGs; stress the importance of monitoring the real impact of recreational fishing as an economic activity; 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 aforementioned measures are sufficiently flexible to accommodate major differences in terms of individual fisheries and fishing vessels, and allow for distinctive regional characteristics; promote the involvement of fisheries and fishery workers also in projects relating to cultural and heritage tourism , such as the rediscovery of seafaring activities and traditional fishing grounds and occupations.
The resolution also suggested:
organising language training for fishermen in order to provide them with the necessary knowledge to welcome tourists and guarantee their safety and to promote information on marine biology, local fish species, environment and cultural traditions; promoting cooperation between research institutes, museums, tourism companies, managers of Natura 2000 sites in order for them to work together to develop sustainable innovative products.
Seasonality : Member States are called upon to adopt strategies to overcome the problem of seasonality affecting tourist activities. A balanced mix of alternative and targeted tourism products, and the appropriate promotion and marketing of those products, can help in balancing the problems of seasonality.
Funding : Parliament called for the earmarking of the funding needed to establish a European network for the exchange of best practices , and for the mapping of fishing activities with information regarding points of interest and the characteristics of each fishing community. It encouraged the Member States and the Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) to make the best use of the available funds , and also to make use, where possible, of multi-funding (jointly with the ERDF, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) or the ESF).
Documents
2017/07/04
EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2017/07/03
EP - Debate in Parliament
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2017/06/15
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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2017/06/15
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
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2017/05/30
EP - Vote in committee
2017/03/30
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2017/03/07
EP - Committee draft report
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2016/10/18
EP - Committee opinion
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2016/03/10
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2016/03/01
EP - UJHELYI István (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in TRAN
2016/02/17
EP - BRIANO Renata (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in PECH
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2017)619
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T8-0280/2017
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0221/2017
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A8-0221/2017
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE602.763
- Committee draft report: PE597.467
- Committee opinion: PE585.780
- Committee opinion: PE585.780
- Committee draft report: PE597.467
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE602.763
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0221/2017
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2017)619
Activities
- Renata BRIANO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- David COBURN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Valdis DOMBROVSKIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Michela GIUFFRIDA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ivan JAKOVČIĆ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Notis MARIAS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Daciana Octavia SÂRBU
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Maria Lidia SENRA RODRÍGUEZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
A8-0221/2017 - Renata Briano - Vote unique 04/07/2017 12:38:25.000 #
2017/07/04 Outcome: +: 599, 0: 67, -: 33
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2016/2035(INI)
2016/09/14
TRAN
74 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Underlines the
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Believes it important to develop pesca-tourism and ittitourism as an ‘activity holiday’ experience with major spin-off benefits such as the promotion of maritime culture and fisheries tradition and education in matters of environmental awareness and species conservation.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Is convinced that both maritime and inland recreational fishing should respect natural heritage, animal protection and biodiversity and thereby contribute to preserve long term resources of sustainable tourism and artisanal fishing;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that the 2010 Tourism Communication set the development of sustainable, responsible and high-quality tourism as one of the main objectives for European tourism for the purposes of encouraging job creation and growth;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls that the 2010 Tourism Communication set the development of sustainable, responsible and high-quality tourism as one of the main objectives for European tourism, which can help develop new jobs;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that,
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion 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 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Believes, therefore, that
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Believes, therefore, that mass- tourism seaside resorts will continue to lose their upmarket tourism trade to unspoiled rural and coastal and insular destinations, if these are well developed and maintained, and if the tourism sector adapts its offers to new demands for tailor- made products;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion 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
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion 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 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Believes that diversification in fisheries should be based on the culture and identity of the fisheries sector, bearing in mind that eco-tourism and soft tourism
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Believes that diversification in fisheries should be based on eco-tourism and soft tourism, which are environmentally friendly business models that help preserve the identities of local communities, as well as promoting the development of outlying areas with limited economic activity;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Believes that diversification in fisheries should be based on eco-tourism and soft tourism, which are environmentally friendly business models that help preserve the identities of local communities; recommends therefore that environmental experts should always be closely associated with local action groups (e.g. the fisheries and aquaculture local action groups (FLAGs) and rural local action groups (LAGs);
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that one of the obstacles facing pesca-tourism, and one that limits the potential benefit for fishermen, is the regulatory burden put on small-scale commercial navigation and the high cost of refitting fishing vessels to conform to tourism standards; calls on the Union to take immediate action to step up funding for the pesca-tourism sector;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion 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 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Objects to efforts to bring in excessive national or regional charges for recreational skippers using public inland waterways, since they constitute a bureaucratic restriction and hinder soft pesca-tourism and nautical tourism;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion 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 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the importance of fishing tourism in the preservation of cultural and culinary traditions and traditional lifestyles in coastal and waterside areas;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out, however, that fisheries- related tourism can only very partially compensate for the collapse in incomes and in the number of jobs in small-scale fishing, which has been hit by unfair competition from industrial fishing;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Welcomes regional and national efforts to introduce tourist fishing permits, provided - in connection with legislation on fishing and animal welfare - they guarantee a minimum level of expertise that ensures compliance with fishing provisions and correct use of rods and treatment of fish caught;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Takes the view that rebuilding professional fishing vessels into vessels that conform to tourism standards
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Takes the view that rebuilding and modernising professional fishing vessels into vessels that conform to tourism standards should be supported by funds from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF);
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Takes the view that rebuilding professional fishing vessels into vessels that conform to tourism standards should be supported by funds from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF); calls on Member States to make use of the funds available under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) for the refitting of fishing vessels;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion 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 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Reminds the Commission that boosting fishing tourism can increase the visibility of new tourist areas whose potential has yet to be harnessed.
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Notes that angling tourism is a well-developed and growing business segment in some Member States, while it remains an unused potential in some others; highlights the importance of recreational angling tourism in coastal and rural regions, in inland fishing as a high-value and sustainable development activity
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Highlights the need to assess the impact that tourism-related recreational fishing activities have on fishing;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Emphasises that tourism related recreational fishing should correspond to the interests of small local artisanal fishing enterprises;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to analyse the efficiency of EU action taken in the development of fisheries areas, and in the economic diversification of fisheries, including action taken under the
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Underlines that for 2007-2013, FLAGs had at their disposal 486 M€ from the EFF and that approximately 12,000 local projects were supported during that programming period;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Underlines furthermore that under the current financial period funding under the EMFF has increased to 514 M€ for measures allocated to Community local led development (CLLD);
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Encourages the Member States and the FLAGs to make the best use of the available funds and to combine multifunding (with the EFRD, EAFRD, ESF) where possible;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 13. Recommends that specific financial support be provided
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 13. Recommends that specific financial support be provided under the EMFF to initiatives in fishing communities promoted by women; considers that the allocation of funds should take into account the local specificities of the various localities, given that in some of them fishing is the main activity;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Recommends that specific financial support be provided to local authorities in fishing areas for the opening of info points tasked with presenting, promoting and providing information on fishing communities and traditional products as well as on tourism objectives in those areas;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Deplores the fact that the allocation of 80% of European quotas to industrial fishing, leaving small-scale fishermen (who make up 80% of the workers in the sector) with only 20% of the quotas, will inevitably lead to a search for substitute activities, in areas such as tourism;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on Member States to ensure, through the establishment of the selection criteria for operations under the EMFF, that gender equality is well mainstreamed and promoted throughout the actions financed (e.g. by providing preference to actions aimed specifically at women or undertaken by them);
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Recommends that specific financial support be provided for encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation through the financing of activities reliant on the fishing industry;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Reminds the Commission of the need to promote and provide certification for traditional fisheries products and establish local brands specific to fishing areas;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion 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 54 #
Draft opinion 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 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Commission to actively support and promote investment in the diversification of fisheries in terms of the marketing and processing of local fish products and to boost the development of local distribution channels;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Calls on the Commission to support investment in the diversification of the fisheries sector through the development of complementary activities, including investments in vessels, training, safety equipment, cultural and educational activities;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 15 c (new) 15c. Calls on the Commission to actively support investment in the diversification of fisheries in the area of culture and art as part of traditional heritage and to support investment in the promotion of tradition and fishing heritage in general (techniques and fishing gears);
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 16 16. Believes, therefore, that fishing localities should consider launching joint marketing campaigns with other destinations in the same region, as was suggested in the European Parliament report ‘New challenges and concepts for the promotion of tourism in Europe’;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 16 16. Believes, therefore, that fishing localities should consider launching joint
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the importance of distinguishing between the various forms of fisheries-related tourism, which include fishing tourism (pesca-tourism and ittitourism), maritime and coastal water- based activities, recreational fishing (including angling tourism), and activities based on heritage and culture;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 16 16. Believes, therefore, that fishing localities should consider launching joint marketing campaigns with other destinations in the same region on the basis of international cooperation;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion 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 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Stresses that, in order to encourage fishing eco-tourism, dedicated facilities should be created for fishing localities such as campsites and mooring, parking and recreational facilities;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for the promotion of local labels to identify and highlight the quality of the activities of small-scale fishermen, both for their principal activity of fishing and for their tourism activities;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 18 18. Recommends that Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) cooperate closely with tourism experts in order to identify projects and
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 18 18. Recommends that Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) cooperate closely with tourism experts in order to identify projects and appropriate funding, through
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Recommends that the Commission, together with the Member States, adopt a suitable term to designate fishing communities in the Union or in sub-catchment areas, such as the ‘Aldeias do Mar’ seaside communities in Portugal, with the involvement of Fisheries Local Action Groups; urges that the necessary funding be accordingly earmarked for the establishment of a European network for the exchange of best practices and the mapping of fishing activities with information regarding points of interest and the characteristics of each fishing community;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Expects in particular that the upcoming evaluation of the Community Local led Development which will be carried out by the Commission will help to better understand the socio-economic impact of the diversification measures taken under the EMFF as well as in the framework of the joint strategies set up by rural local action groups (LAGs) and by fisheries and aquaculture local action groups (FLAGs);
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Commission to promote, in the framework of the European Fisheries Areas Network (FARNET)
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion 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 7 #
Draft opinion 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), inland fishing and activities based on heritage and culture;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 21 Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion 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 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Commission to specify the Member States’ obligations regarding promotion of the Commission’s European Job Mobility Portal in order to ensure that citizens and entrepreneurs are as well informed as possible;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion 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 8 #
Draft opinion 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, in order not to endanger that heritage or reserves in any way;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion 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;
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2017/03/30
PECH
151 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) – having regard to the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and in particular to Target 4 ‘Make fishing more sustainable and seas healthier’, in which the EU pledges, amongst other things, to eliminate adverse impacts on fish stocks, species, habitats and ecosystems, ‘including through providing financial incentives through the future financial instruments for fisheries and maritime policy for marine protected areas (including Natura 2000 areas and those established by international or regional agreements). This could include restoring marine ecosystems, adapting fishing activities and promoting the involvement of the sector in alternative activities, such as eco-tourism, monitoring and managing marine biodiversity, and combating marine litter’,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas fisheries-related tourism can help to reduce the impact on fish stocks and the environment and also increase knowledge and awareness of environmental protection and cultural conservation; whereas, in particular, fishing tours and tourist services offered by fishermen ashore are
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to fulfil their obligations under the EU’s Water Framework Directive and Marine Strategy Framework Directive in order to achieve good status of coastal and marine waters, in particular by improving resource efficiency and
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to lighten the administrative burden by simplifying licensing and other bureaucratic procedures;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to simplify licensing p
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses the need for these activities to be compatible with the protection of the biodiversity, the Natura 2000 and the Marine Protected Areas (EU Biodiversity strategy, Birds and Habitats directives) and thus the need to enhance dialogue and synergies with other concerned Member-States;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on Member States to develop quality labels in synergy with the development of fisheries-related tourism;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution 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; calls on the Commission and Council to grant legal and social recognition to the role played by women in the fishing tourism sector and in the sustainable development of areas that depend on fishing, with the aim of removing all economic, administrative and social barriers that stand in the way of their participation on equal terms;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution 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;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution 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 linguistic and technical knowledge necessary to welcome tourists and guarantee their safety;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas fisheries-related tourism can help to reduce the impact on fish stocks and the environment and also increase knowledge and awareness of environmental protection and cultural conservation; whereas, in particular, fishing tours and tourist services offered by fishermen ashore are serving in many European regions to reduce the fishing effort and
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that training courses should be organised for fishermen, fish harvesters and their families, and all local people involved so as to ensure that they have the knowledge necessary to welcome tourists and guarantee their safety;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Believes that training courses should be
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of allowing the mixed use of vessels intended for commercial fishing so that, while still retaining this purpose, they may also accommodate fishing-related tourism activities;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers it important that individual tourism offerings should have their own distinctive identity deriving in each instance from a strategy based on local and national peculiarities and the specialisation associated with them, and on the resources available; accordingly calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote sustainable forms of tourism and eco-tourism, not least through innovative marketing strategies which should focus on traditional characteristics and which should be continuously monitored with a view to balancing supply and demand; stresses, in this context, the importance of encouraging the development of quality labels;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers it important that individual tourism offerings should have their own distinctive identity deriving in each instance from a strategy based on local peculiarities and the specialisation associated with them, and on the resources available; accordingly calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote sustainable forms of tourism and eco-tourism, not least through innovative marketing strategies which should focus on traditional and sustainability characteristics and which should be continuously monitored with a view to balancing supply and demand;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution 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 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Commission to support and promote the involvement of fisheries and fishery workers also in projects relating to cultural and heritage tourism, such as the rediscovery of seafaring activities and traditional fishing grounds and occupations;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. The consumption of local fisheries products, including by the restaurant industry, is to be promoted and should be a precondition for accessing public support;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Notes the importance of collaboration between tourism operators and fishermen in order to maximise the potential of fisheries-related tourism
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Stresses the importance of tourism activities related to wildlife observation and cetaceans watching in particular, while respecting their natural habitat and their biological needs; this could have many educational, environmental, scientific and other socioeconomic benefits, and can help raising awareness and appreciation for these unique species and the precious environment in which they live;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States and local and regional authorities to provide complete specialised sustainable innovative infrastructure, including Internet connections and IT, to help encourage the development of fisheries- related tourism and regenerate existing maritime infrastructure;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States and local and regional authorities to provide sustainable innovative infrastructure,
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution 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 and aquaculture; urges stakeholders to tap the potential of environment-conscious tourists and those able to travel off-season;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission, the Member States, and regional and local authorities to intensify promotion and communication campaigns, for instance in
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Considers it necessary to preserve the use of traditional practices and techniques such as the almadraba and xeito, given that these are closely connected with the identity and way of life of coastal regions, and for these to be recognised as forming part of cultural heritage;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Points to the importance of investing in diversification of fisheries with a view to promoting tradition, history, and the fishing heritage as a whole (traditional fishing gear and techniques);
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Points to the importance of investing in diversification of fisheries to promote the processing of local fishery products;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States to adopt strategies to overcome the problem of seasonality affecting tourist activities, one possibility being to establish gastronomic festivals and events, fairs/markets, theme villages, or museums (witness Spain and Cetera) so that events can take place all year round, regardless of weather and sea conditions; also recommends that investment be properly planned in order to reduce the outlay on maintenance and work off-season;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution 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.)
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States to adopt strategies to overcome the problem of seasonality affecting tourist activities, one possibility being to establish gastronomic festivals and events, quality labels, fairs/markets, theme villages, or museums (witness Spain and Cetera) that events can take place all year round, regardless of weather and sea conditions;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States to adopt strategies to overcome the problem of seasonality affecting tourist activities, one possibility being to establish gastronomic festivals and events, port and village fairs/markets1a , theme villages, or museums (witness Spain and Cetera) that events can take place all year round, regardless of weather and sea conditions; _________________ 1a E.g. the Herring Fleet Days and Port Days in the Netherlands.
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States to adopt strategies to overcome the problem of seasonality affecting tourist activities, one possibility being to establish gastronomic festivals and events, fairs/markets, theme villages, or museums
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls for Member States to invest and promote such initiatives in their own regions as an environmentally and socio- economic sustainable community-based alternative to non-local intrusive large- scale industrialized fishing in order to benefit the local regions and coastal communities concerned;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Given the lack of synergy among businesses in the EU’s sea basins, resulting in fragmentation and limited economic
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution 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, and other stakeholders should be encouraged to work together to develop sustainable innovative products meeting visitors’ expectations; considers that local action groups (FLAGs) can play an important role in this connection and therefore need to be provided with the appropriate funding;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution 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, and other stakeholders should be encouraged to work together to develop sustainable innovative products which, in addition to bringing economic added value with a view to diversifying fishing activities, also meet
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution 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 138 #
Motion for a resolution 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, managers of Natura 2000 sites and MPAs and other stakeholders should be encouraged to work together to develop sustainable innovative products meeting visitors’ expectations;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Given the lack of synergy sometimes observed among businesses in the EU
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas fisheries- and aquaculture-related tourism activities can help to raise the profile of fishermen and fish harvesters and promote appreciation and understanding of their complex field of activity; whereas fishing tours and aquaculture tourism and other tourism- related fishing activities (tourist services offered by fishermen ashore, recreational fishing, etc.) are economically advantageous for fishermen and fish harvesters and sustainable in terms of resources, compared with traditional fishing, but are still little known to the general public, who are manifestly not fully aware of the importance of consuming local fish products coming from a short supply chain;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls upon national authorities and agencies to work more closely with tourism agencies and to accord a high priority to diversifying the blue economy with particular reference to marine tourism and its complementary sectors, notes this would also include the integration of sea angling, where relevant, into tourism packages and marketing campaigns, particularly for the islands and coastal areas; Emphasizes that licensing duel use of fishing vessels both regarding commercial small-scale and artisanal fishing, and marine tourism including tourism angling, and their conversion grant-aided, should be considered a priority;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the 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 and aquaculture sector; points to the need to adopt a best 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
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Hopes that specific support mechanisms will be used (in the context of the EMFF and/or other instruments), which may be activated in the event of an emergency (natural disaster) in areas in which fishing and fishing tourism represent the only source of income;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers it necessary to encourage funding for measures of the type described under the EMFF, the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund, the research framework programme, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), etc.; Emphasizes that marine tourism depends upon an integrated strategy providing tourists with comprehensive and accessible ´packages´ but that it also depends on capital investment in developing infrastructure that will allow tourists to safely and conveniently access the ocean itself;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers it necessary to encourage funding for measures of the type described under the EMFF, the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund, the research framework programme, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), etc. and to facilitate soft loan channels that make it possible to avoid the specific difficulties faced by women in relation to financing projects eligible for inclusion in national programmes;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Considers it necessary to encourage funding for measures of the type described under the EMFF, the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund, the research framework programme
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to conduct a study to gauge the socio- economic impact and the environmental impact
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to conduct a study to gauge the socio- economic impact and the environmental impact
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas fisheries-related tourism
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to improve the collection and management of data on fisheries- and aqualculture-related tourism;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the governments of the Member States, and the regional / county advisory councils.
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution 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; whereas fisheries-related tourism can afford opportunities to develop quality labels;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas fisheries-related tourism can afford an opportunity to attract environment-conscious tourists by providing a wide offering that can rang
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas fisheries-related tourism can afford an opportunity to attract
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas small-scale fishing receives only a minority of quotas, even though it enjoys preferential access to coastal waters up to 12 nautical miles offshore;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas fisheries-related tourism can afford an opportunity to attract
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution 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 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas angling confers various social benefits, including its favourable impact on human health and well-being;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution 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 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas 2018 will be the European Year of Cultural Heritage, intended to make citizens aware of European history and impress upon them that the values embodied in their cultural heritage are a resource that they share; whereas traditional fishing forms part of Europe’s
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas 2018 will be the European Year of Cultural Heritage, intended to make citizens aware of
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the EMFF supports investment to help fishermen diversify their income by developing complementary
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the EMFF supports investment to help fishermen diversify their income by developing complementary activities, including investment for
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the EU’s Water Framework Directive and Marine Strategy Framework Directive require Member States to achieve good status of coastal and marine waters; whereas the Habitats Directive requires Member States to identify and maintain marine and coastal habitats by establishing and managing Natura 2000 sites;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas in most marine protected areas (MPAs) and in marine and coastal Natura 2000 sites the tourism sector is particularly important; whereas there are many positive examples of shared management and partnerships between MPA management bodies and small-scale fishermen for the promotion of fishing tourism and other forms of showcasing traditional fishing for tourism and cultural purposes;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas, apart from overfishing, many anthropogenic factors endanger fish stocks, including the rising density of coastal populations, oil extraction, maritime transport, effluent discharges, desalination of seawater, plastic pollution, etc.;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas fisheries-related tourism activities are carried out by
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas fisheries-related tourism activities are carried out by
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P P. whereas fisheries-related tourism activities are carried out by professional fishermen seeking to diversify their
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. whereas the term ‘fishing tours’ (called ‘pescaturismo’ in Italian) denotes tourist/recreational fishing activities carried out by
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. whereas the term ‘fishing tours’
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital R R. whereas tourist services offered by fishermen ashore (in Italian ‘ittiturismo’) include gastronomic tourism and hospitality ventures run by
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution 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;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution 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 member states are prevented from opening a recreational fishery for a stock in the absence of a national quota for the stock in question; 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 #
Motion for a resolution 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; whereas, however, uncontrolled and intensive recreational fishing is liable to have an adverse effect on fish stocks in some areas;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas diversification has become a necessity for many small-scale fishermen in order to provide additional sources of income, as their income is often inadequate;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution 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 43 #
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution 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 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital W Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital X X. whereas tourist numbers are concentrated almost entirely in the months of July and August,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Y Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Z Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Z Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas when speaking of diversification in fisheries, it is necessary to take into account that much of the fisheries sector depends almost entirely on ancient traditional forms of fishing;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Z Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Z Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Z Z. whereas a survey of fishing tour operators in Italy has revealed that fishing tours translate into much shorter working hours at sea for fishermen, with a corresponding reduction in the gear used, daily catch volumes up to 50% lower, fishing effort reduced by a half, and roughly 16% less by-catch, compared with traditional fishing; whereas this brings major benefits for fish stock and marine ecosystem conservation;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AA Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution 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 55 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AB AB. whereas it has been noted that women have become involved in greater numbers not just in side activities related to fishermen’s work, but also in pursuing their own fisheries-related tourism activities;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AC AC. whereas young people can also be considered a target group for the development of fishing tourist destinations
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AC AC. whereas young people can also be considered
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution 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 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas most coastal and island regions are suffering severe economic decline, resulting in depopulation as their inhabitants leave for areas with greater employment and education opportunities;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution 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 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AF Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AF AF. whereas local stakeholders have learned, through the FLAGs, how the tourist offering of a fishing area can evolve so as to encompass a complete package of activities and thus remain attractive even within a tourism segment in which competition is very keen; whereas in this way tourism can become a major source of additional revenue for fishing communities, thus ultimately contributing to the overall development of coastal and island regions;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AG Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution 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 to disseminate 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 areas;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AI AI. whereas
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AJ Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AJ AJ. whereas in Spain ‘Turismo marinero – Costa del Sol’ and other specialised agencies have been set up to promote the traditional fishing industry and help local people to develop and publicise fisheries-related tourist activities; whereas the Costa del Sol agency organises cooking courses on boats used by local fishermen, tours to observe fish species, and recreational fishing activities; whereas another option available is guided tours of the ‘Bioparc’, an open-air museum designed specially for children, where they can learn something about marine biology, traditional fishing practices, and local culture; notes that the emulation of such initiatives and sharing of expertise in this area between member states would be beneficial to coastal and rural communities particularly in peripheral regions;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AJ AJ. whereas in Spain ‘Turismo marinero – Costa del Sol’ and other specialised agencies have been set up to promote the traditional fishing industry and help local people to develop and publicise fisheries-related tourist activities; whereas the Costa del Sol agency organises cooking courses on boats used by local fishermen, tours to observe fish species, and recreational fishing activities; whereas another option available is guided tours of the ‘Bioparc’, an open-air museum designed specially for children, where they can learn something about marine biology, traditional fishing
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AJ a (new) Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas some coastal fishing regions are located close to tourist destinations but – even though those two sectors, fisheries and tourism, are compatible – not managing to achieve proper economic growth;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital AJ a (new) AJa. whereas in Croatia, the fishing festivals held during the summer months at coastal and island tourist centres serve to promote traditional fishing, the cultural and historical heritage, gastronomy, and the traditional way of life;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution 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 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Considers it essential to
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution 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, without any increase in fishing capacity;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Considers it essential to redesign and adapt fishing vessels for tourist
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights the as yet untapped potential of fishing-related tourism, which can bring considerable benefits to communities living in coastal areas by diversifying sources of local income; considers in this regard that fishing tourism at sea and shore-based tourist services offered by fishermen can be activities which complement commercial fishing and produce an additional income for fishing communities;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution 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 set up for that purpose, and that particular attention should be focused on frontier zone waters where fishing activities are highly productive;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution 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 80 #
Motion for a resolution 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 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission to foster the establishment and development of fishing tourism, with the aim of applying a differentiated business strategy that is appropriate to the potential of this segment and able to meet its needs more effectively, working towards a new form of tourism in which the key concerns are for quality, flexibility, innovation and preserving the historic and cultural heritage of fishing areas as well as the environment and health, among other aspects; calls on the Commission also to promote and support investment in fisheries in the area of tourism, in order to create differentiated tourism capacities by promoting gastronomy connected with non-industrial fish products, angling tourism activities, underwater and diving tourism, etc., thereby sustainably capitalising on fishing heritage and the recognisability of a specific fishing region;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Commission, in order to foster the establishment and development of fishing tourism, to encourage and actively support investments with a view to diversifying fisheries in cultural and artistic terms, as part of the traditional heritage (non- industrial products, music, dance, etc.) and to support investment in the promotion of fishing traditions, history and general fishing heritage (fishing gear, techniques, historical documents, etc.), by opening museums and organising exhibitions that are closely linked to coastal fishing;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of allowing a mixed use of vessels intended for catch-related activities so that, while still retaining this purpose, they may also accommodate other kinds of activities linked with the recreational and tourism sector, such as nautical information days or activities related to processing, learning or gastronomy, etc., in line with the system that operates in the rural sector involving farm schools or agritourism;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Accordingly considers it necessary to set up a European tourism fishing network and a European network for tourist services related to sport/recreational fishing, following the highly successful example of
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Accordingly, considers it necessary to set up a European tourism fishing network and a European network for tourist services related to sport/recreational fishing,
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution 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 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and support partnerships with the fishing tourism sector promoted by MPA management bodies, in the MPAs and Natura 2000 sites, to combine protection of natural resources with the promotion and development of culture through responsible enjoyment;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Considers it vital to harmonise the definition of tourism-related fishing activities at Union level, laying particular emphasis on fishing tours, shore-based tourist services offered by fishermen, and tourism related to sport/recreational fishing; stresses that, under this definition, fisheries-related tourism is regarded as an ancillary activity which enables fishermen to supplement their main fishing activity without moving into a sector other than fishing;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas fisheries-related tourism can help to
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Considers it vital to harmonise the definition of tourism-related fishing activities at Union level, laying particular emphasis on fishing tours, shore-based tourist services offered by fishermen, and tourism related to sport/recreational fishing; takes the view, nonetheless, that the adoption of such a definition must go hand-in-hand with an appropriate consultation of all stakeholders and should reflect the diversity of the many different forms of fisheries-related tourism that exist in the EU;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Considers it vital to harmonise the definition of tourism-related fishing activities at Union level, laying particular emphasis on fishing tours, shore-based tourist services offered by fishermen, aquaculture-related tourism and tourism related to sport/recreational fishing;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution 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 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Given the huge differences among EU fishing operators involved in tourism, calls on the Commission to
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution 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
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution 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 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Believes that the provision of proper transport and accommodation facilities
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Believes that it is advisable for proper transport and accommodation facilities
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