Amen­de­menten Hazekamp over het ontwerp van algemene begroting van de Europese Unie voor het begro­tingsjaar 2022 - alle afde­lingen

Amendments on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - all sections of the Committee on Fisheries.

Amendment 1
Sebastian Everding, Anja Hazekamp

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Draft opinion

1. Recalls the economic, social and environmental relevance of fisheries, aquaculture and maritime affairs; stresses the vital role of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) not only in ensuring food security and resilience of marine ecosystems and food systems but also in boosting the development of a sustainable blue economy and upholding the competitiveness of EU fisheries and aquaculture sectors;

Amendment

1. Recalls the economic, social, environmental and animal welfare impacts of fisheries, aquaculture and maritime affairs; stresses the necessary role of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) not only in ensuring resilience of marine ecosystems but also in biodiversity and animal welfare goals;

Amendment 2
Sebastian Everding, Anja Hazekamp

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Draft opinion

2. Recalls the effects on the food supply chain, fuel costs and price volatility caused by Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, as well as its impacts on EU fishing activities and the livelihoods of fishers, especially in the Black Sea;

Amendment

Recalls the effects on the food supply chain, fuel costs and price volatility caused by Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, as well as its impacts on climate, environment, health and lives of people and animals, on EU fishing activities and the livelihoods of fishers, especially in the Black Sea; recalls the necessity of further ambitions for climate, biodiversity and animal welfare measures;

Amendment 3
Sebastian Everding, Anja Hazekamp

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Draft opinion

Stresses that Russia’s military aggression has led to significant disruptions in trade flows and an increase in energy prices, which has hit small-scale fisheries particularly hard, requiring the use of European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) crisis measures to mitigate the effects of inflation for fishers, producers and consumers;

Amendment

3. Stresses that Russia’s military aggression has led to significant disruptions in trade flows and an increase in energy prices, which has hit small-scale fisheries particularly hard, requiring the use of European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) crisis measures to help fishers’ transits to sustainable jobs;

Amendment 4
Sebastian Everding, Anja Hazekamp

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Draft opinion

5. Insists that special attention must be devoted to the fishing fleets in order to improve safety, on-board living conditions, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, including renewal of the fleet, with special attention to the small scale fishing fleet; reiterates that this can contribute to making the fishery sector more attractive for the younger generations and must not be confused with fleet expansion or increased fishing capacity or ability to catch fish;

Amendment

5. Insists that special attention must be devoted to the fishing fleets in order to improve safety, on-board living conditions, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability, including renewal of the fleet, with special attention to the small scale fishing fleet; recalls Sustainable Development Goal 14.6 to prohibit fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing and demands that any support must not be misused for fleet expansion or increased fishing capacity or ability to catch fish;

Amendment 5
Sebastian Everding, Anja Hazekamp

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Draft opinion

6. Urges the Commission to propose actions to increase the global share of sustainable EU aquaculture production, which contributes to the supply of aquatic protein of high quality and with a low carbon footprint; calls on the Member States and the Commission to make full use of the financial resources available for the EMFAF in order to sustainably boost the growth of this sector’s share of global aquaculture production above its current 2 % by means of specific, acceptable and shared targets for 2030;

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6. Urges the Commission to propose actions to increase the global share of sustainable algae production, which contributes to the supply of aquatic protein of high quality and with a low carbon footprint; calls on the Member States and the Commission to make full use of the financial resources available for the EMFAF in order to sustainably boost this sector;

Amendment 6
Sebastian Everding, Anja Hazekamp

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Draft opinion

Recalls that, as a result of Brexit, the EU fishing sector is still experiencing considerable economic disruptions especially with regard to the unilateral institution of fishing restricted areas in UK waters; calls on the Commission, therefore, as a matter of priority, to secure commensurate compensation to offset the damage suffered by the sector and fishing communities;

Amendment

7. Recalls that, as a result of Brexit, the EU fishing sector is still experiencing considerable economic disruptions especially with regard to the unilateral institution of fishing restricted areas in UK waters; calls on the Commission, therefore, as a matter of priority, to secure commensurate compensation to offset the damage suffered by the sector and fishing communities and provide exit and transition subsidies;

Amendment 7
Sebastian Everding, Anja Hazekamp

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

Draft opinion

Insists on the need to improve scientific and technical knowledge in order to ensure the development and use of the most reliable research-based solutions; reiterates the importance of guaranteeing sufficient financial resources for Member States’ and European scientific entities so that they can collect, manage, analyse, use and exchange fisheries sector data and invest in research on innovative, and more selective fishing techniques with technology-openness;

Amendment

8. Insists on the need to improve scientific and technical knowledge in order to ensure the development and use of the most reliable research-based solutions; reiterates the importance of guaranteeing sufficient financial resources for Member States’ and European scientific entities so that they can collect, manage, analyse, use and exchange data to protect and restore biodiversity and invest in research on innovative algae and other plant based alternatives;

Amendment 8
Sebastian Everding, Anja Hazekamp

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13

Draft opinion

Stresses that generational renewal, including diversifying the profession, is one of the European fishing sector’s priorities; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to support the mobilisation of budgetary resources to help young people to take up careers in fisheries and the wider sustainable blue economy sector, to make the sector more diverse and to encourage people from underrepresented groups, particularly women, to join it; further invites the Commission to support the creation of an association of young European fishers;

Amendment

Stresses that generational renewal, including diversifying the profession, is one of the European fishing sector’s priorities; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to support the mobilisation of budgetary resources to boost the transits to alternative sustainable jobs; further invites the Commission to support fishers who plan to transit, who are in the process of transition or have already finished the transition to a sustainable job;