Anchovy in Turkey turned things around

Published 2022년 2월 16일

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The article highlights the impact of rising diesel prices and costs on fishing boats in the Black Sea region, specifically affecting the anchovy hunting season. Fishermen have had to increase the price of anchovy due to increased diesel costs, with diesel now costing 15-16 TL compared to previous prices of 6-7 TL. The higher costs are also impacting the ability of boats to go out and catch more fish, leading to higher prices for other types of fish such as red mullet, haddock, and horse mackerel. Some fishermen have suggested that they may need to close shop during the summer hunting ban due to the unsustainable costs.

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Rising diesel prices and rising costs have also affected fishing boats. The herds of anchovy, which fled off the coast of Georgia during the New Year's Eve in the Black Sea region and returned to the Turkish shores in the previous weeks, are about to come to the end of the current hunting season. Fishermen stated that they could not open as easily as before due to the increasing diesel prices, and that the price of the case increased accordingly. Anchovy, which was caught in small quantities in Sinop, rose to 50 TL again on the counters. Fisherman İsmail Değer stated that the diesel prices have increased too much and that the boats cannot be opened easily. Value said, “There was live anchovy coming out of Iğneada, it was finished. Here, too, while our trawlers were hunting whiting and red mullet, they collected 5-6 crates of anchovies from those caught in the nets in Akliman region, and since there was no box price of 550-600 TL, it had to be 50 TL. It doesn't save otherwise. Our ...

Source: Netgazete