Fisherman

After fishing activities have been banned within the scope measures against the coronavirus outbreak, the number and diversity of fish in Turkish seas will increase, according to an expert.

Ertuğ Düzgüneş from Karadeniz Technical University said the fish population will reproduce during the spawning period of May and June without any fishing activity.

Greek fishermen have reportedly been harassed by a Turkish Coast Guard vessel inside Greece's territorial waters.
Video footage shared by Antenna TV Wednesday shows Turkish Coast Guard members on an inflatable vessel trying to intimidate the Greek fishing boat off the southeastern Aegean island of Kalymnos.

Body of another fisher was found on Jan. 14 days after three crew members of a Turkish fishing boat went missing in a collision in Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait.

"Body of I.D., one of the missing fishers, has been recovered [from the sea]," the Office of Istanbul Governor said in a statement.

His body was recovered from some 77-meter (252 feet) depth.

The Hellenic Initiative, a group founded by entrepreneurs of the Greek diaspora, has donated $20,000 to Enaleia, a school teaching the merits of sustainable fishing to Greek fishermen.

A 64-year-old fisherman who had gone missing in the coastal area of the regional unit of Larisa on Tuesday night was found dead on Thursday, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.
The man was reportedly found wrapped in fishing nets near a hanging bridge at the beach resort of Agiokampos.
Coast guard officers and an ambulance arrived at the scene to collect the body. 

As they had done on many previous occasions, the men of Aghios Kyrikos left the warmth of the cafe and headed to the waterfront of the eastern Aegean island of Icaria's port capital to watch a fishing boat disappearing into the distance. It was a wintry day and the small wooden boat was sailing into choppy seas with winds of up to 7 Beaufort.

Three migrant fishermen received Greek citizenship on Jan. 2 for helping rescue dozens of people who were forced into the sea by flames from a summer wildfire that caused 100 deaths.

An extrajudicial legal document signed by 36 fishermen was sent to the Shipping ministry, the coast guard and the Piraeus prosecutor's office on Wednesday, in which they called on authorities to take action against their Turkish colleagues who they claim fish inside Greek territorial waters.

Fishermen in Turkey’s Black Sea region are turning to scientists to understand what is causing the sharp decline in fish catches this season.

Fishermen will protest today against the prepared 60-day ban on catching white clam, reported BGNES.

Discontent is dictated by the fact that the restrictions have not been agreed with the fishing associations and the fishermen themselves, NovaTV said.