Florin Tomazatos, marine pilot, Sulina, Danube Delta
First of all, because everyone takes fish out of the water and no one puts them back. There is no rigorous, let alone scientific, program for stocking with fry. Second… What can I say? If you ask an industrial fisherman, he often blames the one with the rod. That there is a lot of pressure, that there are many fishermen with the rod. Those with rods say the same thing about fishermen who use nets, that the net does not select, that it kills fish. The truth is somewhere in the middle. But first of all, there are no fish stockings, no stockings have been done. That is the biggest… the biggest problem I say, that is the biggest.
And fishermen are not very ethical. They do not release small catches. If we do not release small fish, what else can grow? This is happening at the rod fishing level and professional level. Since forever.
Poaching? Of course this exists, but where does it not exist? It depends on the poaching method. I heard that it is done with electric current, others do it with prohibited utensils. That is, with a small hole net that can catch even small fish and kills it, suffocates it. It has no chance…even if you don’t need to take it. You put it in the water for nothing, because it is already dead.