Hungary: Balaton perch and carp received EU protection

Perch and carp received EU protection under the name "Balaton fish", the Ministry of Agriculture announced. As a result of the Geographical Indications Program of the Ministry of Agriculture, only carp and perch farmed in the Balaton catchment area can be named with the geographical indication “Balaton fish” in the EU according to the requirements set in its product description, the Ministry of Agriculture said. From the 1920s onwards, the fish farms on Lake Balaton took great care to reproduce the two most economically important fish in Lake Balaton, the perch and the carp, through conscious fish farming. The flesh of the "Balaton fish" pike, which is protected by the EU, is snow-white, lean, fibrous and tasty, low in fat and high in protein. The special quality of perch meat is due to the fact that a large proportion of native white-fleshed food fish (bream, bream and garda) can be found in the Balaton catchment area. In ...