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is a defining feature of the fishery and aquaculture areas, the local development strategy can contribute to improving access to space and water, increasing competitiveness and exploiting competitive advantages, given that in Romania aquaculture is mainly extensive, which assures high quality, health and environmental standards. Reducing administrative burdens is done through counselling, better contact with beneficiaries,
simplification of the procedure, and more flexible administrative provisions. Stakeholders’ consultation is an important step for providing the effective governance and adequate legislative framework in order to meet the fisheries and aquaculture potential. Which element do you consider the most important for an efficient
dialogue with the sectorial stakeholders? The consultation of stakeholders’ purpose is very important and is carried out in order to present the ideas and to request points of view for the elaboration of the sectoral strategies, when developing the national regulations in order to bring improvements according to the producers’ needs. Moreover, the consultations are an important
instrument that we use in order to know the real problems from the sector and to agree together on the measures to be taken to meet their requirements. Through data collection and control projects, we aim to bring into discussion/ dialogue with the stakeholders those elements that can help us to improve the development potential of fisheries and aquaculture sector.
ANPA, the Romanian National Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture
Boosting the potential of the sector The National Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture is responsible for the administration of the ďŹ sheries and aquaculture sector in Romania. In recent years the agency has overseen signiďŹ cant changes in the sector, including the growth in Black Sea catches of rapana, a marine snail, diversiďŹ cation in the aquaculture industry, the introduction of the reformed Common Fisheries Policy, and with it, developments in data reporting requirements. Nicolae Dimulescu, President of ANPA, has a demanding year ahead of him.
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omania‘s Black Sea fishing capacity at the time of its accession to the European Union on 1 January 2007, comprised 439 vessels of which 22 were 12 m or above, while the rest were less than 12 m. Today that capacity has been reduced to 156 small vessels, the majority of which are in the 6-12 m category, with a total capacity of 6230 kW and 1409 GT. Of the 156 vessels registered, 59 (92) are with engine and 41 (64) are without. The largest number of vessels is in the 6-12 m category (116, 74), 54 of the 116 non-motorized vessels are used for coastal fishing. The 12-18 m length category (19, 12) is the most important segment with respect to catching turbot and rapana.
Attempting to create a safer and more modern fleet Romania‘s strategic objective is to strengthen the Black Sea
fisheries sector by improving and modernizing the fleet and by increasing the share of vessels over 12 m in length to ensure the long-term development of local fisheries communities, and to safeguard a reasonable standard of living for those whose income is dependent on fishing activities. According to Mr Dimulescu, the increase in Romania‘s fishing capacity will be commensurate with the level of resources in the Black Sea. Additional benefits include a dynamic and modern fleet, safer to operate, and where greater value can be added to the catch. However, he concedes that this can only be achieved through constant and well-argued lobbying at EU level, along with other Member States in the same situation, to re-open the question of amending Regulation 1380/2013. Modernising the fishing fleet may also render it easier to implement the discard ban and
Mr Nicolae Dimulescu, President, ANPA
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