On General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 - all sections
PECH-PA-761147
Committee on Fisheries · Rapporteur: Chair
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The Committee on Fisheries calls on the Committee on Budgets to incorporate its suggestions into the 2025 EU budget resolution, covering fisheries, aquaculture, and maritime affairs.¶ It opposes the Commission's proposed EMFAF budget cut of €105 million, urges support for fleet renewal, aquaculture growth, scientific data, IUU fishing combat, and EFCA funding, and stresses impacts of Russia's war and Brexit.¶¶¶
Committee position. The Committee on Fisheries proposes that the Committee on Budgets incorporate its suggestions into the resolution, opposing the EMFAF cut and calling for increased funding in specific areas.¶¶
Key points
- Recalls the economic, social and environmental relevance of fisheries, aquaculture and maritime affairs, and the CFP's role in food security, blue economy, and competitiveness.¶
- Recalls effects of Russia's aggression on food supply, fuel costs, and price volatility, impacting EU fishing and livelihoods, especially in the Black Sea.¶
- Stresses that Russia's aggression disrupted trade and raised energy prices, hitting small-scale fisheries, requiring EMFAF crisis measures.¶
- Deplores the Commission proposal to cut EMFAF by €105,000,000, which would impact scientific advice, data collection, control, and contributions to Advisory Councils and RFMOs.¶
- Insists on attention to fishing fleets for safety, living conditions, energy efficiency, and sustainability, including renewal, especially small-scale, without increasing fishing capacity.¶
- Urges actions to increase EU aquaculture's global share above 2% by 2030, using EMFAF resources fully.¶
- Recalls Brexit disruptions and calls for compensation for the sector and fishing communities.¶
- Insists on improving scientific knowledge and ensuring financial resources for data collection and research on selective fishing techniques.¶
- Calls for adequate resources for ocean governance and international cooperation, and increased funding to combat IUU fishing worldwide.¶¶
- Calls for funding to reduce fleet fossil fuel dependence and research on zero-emission propulsion systems.¶
- Underlines EFCA's role and calls for adequate funds for new tasks under the Control Regulation, including pilot projects and tripartite cooperation.¶
- Calls for support for generational renewal, including young fishers and underrepresented groups, and for financial support for fleet renewal in outermost regions by ending the State aid ban.¶¶
Who is affected
- EU fisheries and aquaculture sectors, including small-scale fishers and young people.¶¶¶
- European Commission and Member States, for budget and funding decisions.¶¶¶
- European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA), for new tasks and funding.¶
- Fishing communities in outermost regions and those affected by Brexit.¶¶