Food security relating to fish products under threat
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Eurofish International Organisation and the FAO Regional Office in Central Asia organised a series of three webinars on the fisheries and aquaculture sector in five countries,…
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Eurofish Webinar; Market diversification: Breaking into foreign seafood markets during the pandemic
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Seafood consumption on the increase This article was featured in EUROFISH Magazine 1 / 2021. Ukraine celebrates its 30th anniversary of independence this year. As a young and developing country it is still implementing the reforms designed to build a modern and efficient state.
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The loss of Crimea had a substantial impact on the fisheries sector in the Ukraine. According to the State Agency for Fisheries catches plummeted by 60% from 225 thousand tonnes in 2013 (including Crimea) to 91 thousand tonnes in 2014 (without Crimea). But Ukraine has significant natural resources even without Crimea.
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Ukraine has 1.5m ha of water surface that can be used for fish farming. This includes freshwater reservoirs, lakes, and ponds as well as estuaries called limans in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The aquaculture sector in the country farms fish in different ways, in ponds, cages, and in recirculation systems.