Commercial and recreational fishing resumed on Monday throughout the country, after the natural aquatic resources had been protected during the breeding season for the past 60 days, with the exception of the protected areas for living aquatic resources specified in the joint order issued by the Ministry and the Ministry of Agriculture.

However, some species remain off-limits, such as tench, which may not be caught between June 8 and July 6.

In the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (RBDD), recreational fishing for pike, zander, catfish, and carp is permitted only with the immediate release of all catches, with the possibility of retaining a single specimen per day, from a single species, and recreational anglers may not transport more than 10 kilograms of fish per angler or 15 kilograms per family, regardless of the number of days they fished.

‘Within the RBDD territory, outside of closed seasons, mackerel fishing is prohibited year-round in front of the Danube’s estuaries into the sea, extending five kilometers offshore and along a two-kilometer-wide corridor—one kilometer on either side of the axis of the Sfântu Gheorghe and Sulina branches; in front of the Chilia branch, the width of the prohibited corridor is one kilometer south of the branch’s axis and northward to the limit of Romanian territorial waters,” specifies the regulatory act approved by the two ministries.

In the Black Sea, the ban on turbot fishing will end on June 16, and retaining pregnant female sharks on board remains prohibited.

The general fishing ban in Romania lasted about 60 days, with the exception of the Chilia branch of the Danube, where commercial and recreational fishing resumed after 45 days.

Source: AGERPRES