Italy: Fishing ban enforced in the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea

Published 2023년 9월 4일

Tridge summary

The Italian fishing fleet will experience a fishing shutdown from 4 September to 4 October, in addition to an existing shutdown in the Adriatic. Fishing vessels will also have to take additional rest days based on their fishing area and the type of resource they catch. While fishing activities will be interrupted, Italian consumers can still find local seafood from small-scale fishing, dredging, and aquaculture. However, there are concerns about the new guidelines proposed by the Commissioner for Fisheries and the Environment, which include bans on trawling and restrictions on fishing areas, as well as issues with the sustainability of fish resources and the economic and social impacts on fishing companies and coastal communities.

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Stop to fresh fish at the table for the start of the fishing shutdown which leads to the blocking of the activities of the Italian fleet from the Ionian to the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the stretch of coast that goes from Brindisi, in Puglia, to Reggio Calabria. The news was given by Coldiretti Impresapesca in underlining the blockade will last from 4 September to 4 October and adds to the one already active throughout the Adriatic where activities will only resume in some stretches of the coast on 9 September. Like last year, in addition to the fixed periods of rest, fishing vessels will have to carry out additional days of rest depending on the fishing area and the type of resource fished. Despite the interruption of the activity on the tables of the regions concerned it will still be possible to find Italian products, from blue fish such as anchovies and sardines, to swordfish, and also to sea bass, sea bream, sole, mantis shrimp, clams and mussels coming from the boats of small-scale ...

Source: Campagnamica