Romania to DRAIN the sea of fish, DRY UP the Black Sea in 2025
Romania to set up its first Black Sea fish farms in 2025 | Romania Insider
Environment minister Mircea Fechet has announced the construction and operation of Romania's first fish farms in the black sea this year. Romania is catching up to Bulgaria in this measure, where a boundless insatiable appetite for fish has infected the population. Romania plans to stand up to their brazen colonization of the black sea with an equally drastic measure, to cover the entire sea in circles.
Species to farm include mussels and oysters, which Romania currently imports from Greece and Bulgaria. An adaptation of rainbow trout and sea bass is being developed to farm as well.
20 year leases have been given to farm investors, which Fechet suspects is enough time to recoup their losses. The government promises to ease regulations to make the process easier.
Eurofish, a fishery and agriculture advocacy organization, says that fish consumption in Romania is well below the EU average. Romanians consume 8.12 kilograms of fish per person.