ESTONIA
Sandemer OÜ is looking to build a processing facility
Ambitious plans to process freshwater fish The Estonian freshwater fishery in Lake Võrtsjärv has seen a 66% increase in the number of permits issued, from 30 to 50, between 2000 and 2012. Catch data from 2002 show that catches peaked in 2008 at 508 tonnes and have since fallen to 209 tonnes in 2012. Bream, pike, and pike-perch are the most important commercial species in terms of catch volumes. An assessment of the state of the stocks forecasts a slight improvement from 2012 to 2013 which will be maintained up to 2015.
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lari Koni is the owner of a fi shing company that began its activities in 2006. At the time many of the older fi shers had been concerned about the future of the fi shery, but Mr Koni’s entry into the fi shery
coincided with the start of a new programming period (2007-2013) and a renewed interest in the freshwater fi shery from both fi shers and the administration. Mr Koni and his wife represent a new generation of fishers who are investing in the
business and trying to increase profitability by adding greater value to their production. Currently Mr Koni is fishing with two kinds of fixed gear, fyke nets and gill nets. He owns licenses for 10 gill nets and 8 fyke nets and rents a further 10 fyke net licenses. Both
types of nets have a 65 mm mesh which allows the smaller fish to escape. The gill nets are used in the autumn and winter months until the ice melts in spring while the fyke nets are used in summer. The most valuable species is eel, which is targeted by the fyke nets,
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