Investigation of violations in fishing season of 2008-2012 in the Black Sea region

The infringements for fisheries catching ban were investigated by using acquired data after controls that were performed by Turkish Coast Guard Command in seafood catching activities between Kocaeli-Kefken and Artvin-Hopa borders from 2008 to 2012. In parallel with gradually increase of world population, both food need and interest to supply of the need by sea because of limited terrestrial production increases in the same parallel. From this aspect, protection and improvement of existing catching areas have great importance for sustainability of fisheries sources in our country. In the present study, it has been aimed to contribute to solution offers and fisheries chapter as a part of European Union accession project via analyses of the infringements for catching ban made by fisheries within the process, based upon the communique (no: 2/1) that regulates commercial fisheries catching from 2008 to 2012. It has been seen that, number and types of the infringements of different catching boats in the different parts of the Black Sea Region are different from each other and cross domain differences have been observed. Within four-year catching season, it has been taken criminal action against total 234 trawler, being 116 of the punishments from the Middle Black Sea and being taken criminal action against 80 seine boat from 175 of it from the Eastern Black Sea have been an indicator to locally variability in catching activities. It would be beneficial continuation of control and inspection activities of Turkish Coast Guard Command and other relevant institutions and organizations as well as training activities to can be reduced the number of the infringements. Keywords: Black Sea Region, Fisheries, Fishery ban, Communique no: 2/1