Fishing season closes on April 15: Minister Yumaklı announced by saying ‘New rules will be applied’

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı stated in a written statement that the 2023-2024 fishing season was fruitful in terms of catching many species, especially anchovy, and made an evaluation about the season that started on September 1, 2023.

Minister Yumaklı stated that the 2023-2024 fishing season will end on April 15, and that the hunting ban in the seas will cover fishing vessels (purse seines and trawlers) engaged in industrial hunting, and small-scale fishermen engaged in coastal fishing can continue fishing.

Yumaklı has been established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in order to ensure sustainable fishing and to protect the rights of fishermen who fish in accordance with the law. 7. /24 pointed out that inspections were carried out. Underlining that a total of 171 thousand 219 inspections were carried out last year in this context, Yumaklı said that 593 tons of fishery products obtained through illegal hunting were confiscated, an administrative fine of 74 million 12 thousand 121 liras was imposed on 6 thousand 527 people and workplaces, and 78 ships that did not fish in accordance with the rules were seized. He stated that its ownership was transferred to the public.