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Bulgaria: The EC supports our request to transfer an unused quota for turbot next year

Frozen Turbot
Bulgaria
Published May 13, 2022

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The European Commission supports Bulgaria's urgent request to transfer the untapped quota for turbot in 2021 to fishing opportunities for this species in 2023, as well as maintaining the levels of total allowable turbot catch next year, said the General Director of the General Directorate "Maritime Affairs and Fisheries" of the EC Charlina Vicheva, who is visiting Sofia at the invitation of the Ministry of Agriculture, said the Directorate "Public Relations and Protocol" in the Ministry of Agriculture. Vicheva stressed that the country will be assisted in this matter at the upcoming meetings of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. She noted that as a result of sustainable multi-year management of fishery resources and the management system in which Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey participate, the trend of decreasing turbot biomass has been overcome and there is already an increase. "We work together and I am extremely pleased with the ...
Source: Sinor
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