Coronavirus banged small fishing
The effects of the crisis of the coronavirus (Covid-19) on economic activities in the Mediterranean show itself in more small-scale fishing industry in Turkey. The small-scale fishermen who often operate on the coastal regions have to stop their activities with the rest of the street; the increase of costs and disruption of the supply-demand balance, causing them to fall disadvantaged in the first sale. In this unusual period, conditions are reshape for small-scale fishing as well as in all fishing sector. WWF-Mediterranean Initiative (MMI) attracted attention to the fact that the crisis in the fishing sector affected by the developments in the pandemi process can be assessed as a new start to speed up the process of reinvention of fishing activities in the Mediterranean.
[[T][] ]]Fishing stock]]
]WWF (World Nature Protection Foundation) was included in the trial text titled Covid-19 Crisis and Fishing in the sea:]
1. The financial losses they live due to the fact that small-scale fishermen cannot continue their activities; they should be compensated with state support to contribute to the economic sustainability of fishing and the relive of fish stocks in the sea.
2.]]] It is evaluated to stop all fishing activities to ensure that excessively hunting fish can relive their stocks. The financial losses of the fishermen are supported by funds to be provided by the state].
[3. marketing options for small-scale fishermen can increase the value of the product in the first sales.
]4. Fishing activities must be re-planned to prioritize the policies that secure the health and human wellbeing of marine ecosystems in the long run.
Works for the revitalization of stock should be accelerated.
]5. ] Necessary measures should be taken to prevent any possible increase in any illegal, non-registration and non-governmental activities.
]
]You can access this ]linkten]]]].
Source: News