Guidelines for the 2026 Budget - Section III

Tabled by João Oliveira

14. Removed: Stresses Added: Criticises the cuts to EMFAF allocations in the 2025 budget; stresses the strategic role of fisheries and aquaculture and the need for them to Removed: be adequately supported financially; acknowledges that the common fisheries policy ensures Added: receive adequate financial support; calls for the 2026 budget to compensate for the cuts made in 2025 and to increase the allocations in the EMFAF to enable the fisheries sector to address, in an ambitious and practical way, the increase in production costs faced by fisheries, in particular small-scale, artisanal and coastal fisheries; believes that the EMFAF should help ensure a stable income and long-term future for Removed: fishers by contributing to protecting sustainable marine ecosystems, which are key to the sector’s competitiveness; Added: fishers, help establish compensation and support mechanisms for fishers in the light of the instability of the profession, help support an integrated maritime policy, while protecting the outermost regions’ role and particular characteristics and contributing to the protection of sustainable marine ecosystems; insists that special attention must be Removed: devoted Added: given to the EU’s fishing fleet in order to improve safety and security, … actions and improving working conditions, energy efficiency and sustainability, as well as Removed: by renewing Added: to renew the fleet; reaffirms that the European Removed: Maritime, Added: Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund Added: (EMFAF) should support a human resources policy capable of addressing future challenges, in …

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE769.787v01-00