Collecting sea snails by diving instead of banned algarina in Turkiye

While sea snails, which are a source of income for fishermen in the summer, provide millions of dollars of foreign currency inflow to the country every year, fishermen collect algarina by diving instead, which is prohibited. While 4 million 742 thousand 541 dollars of foreign currency inflow was provided from sea snails exports from the Black Sea region as of June last year, 5 million 69 thousand 390 dollars of foreign exchange inflow was provided in the same period of this year. Sea snails are generally exported to some European countries, especially the People's Republic of China, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Erkan Acuner, one of the fishermen who stated that they collect sea snails by diving because the algarina (a hunting tool consisting of a frame and a net) that scans the sea floor is prohibited, said: "Algarina is currently being taken out by diving because it is prohibited. There are not many snails at the moment, however, God bless whatever comes out." As we say, sea ...