Turkey: New decision for blowfish

With the decision of the President, the Communiqué on the Support of Balloon Fishing, prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, was published in the Official Gazette. Accordingly, the scope of support includes the fishing of lagocephalus sceleratus, lagocephalus spadiceus, lagocephalus suezensis, lagocephalus guentheri, tylerius spinosissimus, lagocephalus lagocephalus, sphoeroides pachygaster, torquigener flavimaculosus pufferfish. In the determined period, the support payment of the lagocephalus sceleratus species of pufferfish, which was 5 TL per each unit, up to 500 thousand, was increased to 12.5 TL. The support payment of 50 kuruş for each of the other species, up to 1 million, was increased to 2.50 lira. THINGS TO BE DISPOSAL AT A PARTICULAR DISTANCE FROM THE COAST The fishing of puffer fish, which is allowed to be caught within the scope of support, will be carried out on fishing vessels under conditions that do not pose a risk to human health. It will be ...