Turkey: Fishing season set to open amid calls to work on sustainability

게시됨 2021년 8월 31일

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Turkey is set to begin its annual fishing season on September 1, following a 4.5-month ban to safeguard fish eggs and promote sustainable fishing. The country saw a decrease in its total hunted fishery volume in 2020, but there was a 4.8% increase in aquaculture products. In 2020, Turkey's aquaculture exports surpassed $1 billion for the first time. The main exports include trout, bream, and seabass, with the Netherlands, Russia, Italy, and Greece being the primary recipients. The fishing season is anticipated with optimism, with expectations of up to a 50% price decrease due to an abundance of bonito in the Black Sea waters.

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Turkey’s annual fishing season will open tomorrow after a 4.5-month ban as experts call for efforts to ensure the sustainability of sea products. “In order to use resources efficiently, aquaculture training centers should be established, aquaculture, hunting and R&D studies should be supported more, and the organizational structure in the sector should be strengthened,” Şemsi Bayraktar, the head of the Union of Turkish Chambers of Agriculture (TZOB), said yesterday. A fishing ban is imposed every year between April 15 and Sept. 1 to preserve fish eggs and ensure sustainable fish farming. Last year, Turkish fishing fleets caught 171,253 tons of anchovies, marking nearly 59 percent of all hunted fishery. Sprat (26,804 tons) and sardines (22,743 tons) followed it. Overall, Turkey’s total hunted fishery volume decreased 23.2 percent year on year in 2020 to 364,400 tons, whereas aquaculture products increased 4.8 percent to 421,411 tons, according to Bayraktar’s remarks. In 2010, ...

출처: Hurriyetdailynews