Turkey: This year was a vicious circle

Ahmet Mutlu, President of the Eastern Black Sea Fisherman's Cooperatives Association, stated that there was a vicious cycle in the fishing season this year and said, "Let's say the absence of bonito and the liveliness of horse mackerel recently saved it a little, it is not very satisfactory." Ahmet Mutlu, Chairman of the Eastern Black Sea Fisherman's Cooperatives Association, evaluated the 2023-2024 fishing season. Stating that the lack of bonito fishing at the beginning of the season has a negative impact on fishing, Mutlu said, “Although there is horse mackerel hunting at the moment, the lack of bonito and horse mackerel hunting at the beginning of the season has had a great impact on our fishermen. There were anchovies that were going to start later, but I think we couldn't get the desired yield in terms of the market. These things don't happen with plenty of anchovies and rumors anyway. The availability of bulk anchovies in the business sense, which saved the fisheries to some ...