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Science-based measures to support those affected by climate change
Sustainable ďŹ shing and innovation can ameliorate impacts The National Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture, ANPA, is the body responsible for the management of ďŹ sheries and aquaculture in Romania. It develops a national strategy for the sector and the regulations to implement it. The Agency is also responsible for deďŹ ning and implementing a policy on the conservation of living aquatic resources and for the organisation of the market for wild-caught and farmed products. Mr Marian Lixandru, President of ANPA, discusses here Romania’s plans for the sector regarding climate change, the pandemic, and marine aquaculture.
Very hot and dry weather caused by climate change heats the water and accelerates evaporation from fish ponds creating a threat to the fish— and the farmer.
What changes have been observed in the Romanian fishing fleet over the last years both in the offshore and the coastal segments? What are the objectives of the fisheries strategy in relation to the size of the fleet? Have they been successfully achieved? In recent years, there has been a process of transferring fishing
effort from small (coastal) vessels to vessels over 12 m that use towed gear. One of Romania’s objectives in the last years is to balance the commercial fishing fleet with the level of quotas allocated to contribute to sustainable fishing. Rebalancing the level of fleets operating in the Black Sea (Romania has a small fleet in terms of GT and kW compared to
other riparian states) is one of the objectives for the following years. The impact of the Romanian fishing fleet on the resource is minimal as Romania has less than 10 of the total annual catch of countries fishing in the Black Sea. What impact do you expect the revised control regulation will have on the Romanian fishing
fleet? Do you foresee greater use of closed-circuit TV and electronic monitoring and logging of catches? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this approach? In the Romanian fishing fleet, there are only 4 vessels over 24 m, so the impact of these changes will be insignificant. However, we
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