Turkey: Fish prices drop due to trawling allowed in the Aegean

Mehmet Şahin Çakan, President of the İZMİR Fishermen's Businessmen's Association, said that as of July 15, the fishing prices have decreased due to trawling allowed in the Aegean. Explaining that the ban on industrial large ship fishing will continue until September 1, Çakan said, "Red mullet prices were around 1000-1500 before the trawlers, but now they have decreased to 400-500 liras." Trawling in international waters ended as of April 15. After a 3-month hiatus, fishing started in the Aegean Sea with the trawlers, for which all preparations were made for trawling, which resumed in international waters as of 15 July. Mehmet Şahin Çakan, President of İzmir Fishermen's Businessmen's Association, stated that the activity started with trawling fishing in İzmir, and said that according to the legislation, the fishing zones are limited to a maximum of 6 nautical miles from the coast. Çakan, "The Aegean Sea has been opened to international water hunting of 6 miles from July 15th. In ...