It was decided to support fishing vessel owners, production facilities and damaged aquaculture enterprises engaged in fishing in sea and inland waters in provinces declared disaster areas due to earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş.
Presidential decisions on the subject were published in the Official Gazette dated 03 May 2023.
According to the decision, fishing vessel owners engaged in fishing in sea and inland waters in provinces declared disaster areas due to the earthquakes that occurred on 6 February will be supported in order to meet the income losses caused by the fishing activities they could not perform and to ensure the sustainability of their fishing activities.
A one-time support payment will be made per vessel between February 6, 6 and December 2023, 31, for all fishing vessels operating at sea, registered in Adana and Hatay and holding a valid fisheries license as of February 2023 and before.
According to the length group, 0 thousand liras in Adana for 4,99-5 meters fishing vessels, 10 thousand liras in Hatay, 5 thousand 9,99 liras in Adana for 7-500 meters fishing vessels, 15 thousand liras in Hatay 10 thousand liras in Adana, 11,99 thousand liras in Hatay for fishing vessels of 10-20 meters, 12 thousand liras in Adana and 14,99 thousand liras in Hatay for 15-30 meters of fishing vessels.
The amount of support per ship is 15 thousand liras in Adana, 19,99 thousand liras in Hatay for fishing vessels with a length of 20-40 meters, 20 thousand liras in Adana for 29,99-25 meters of fishing vessels, and 50 thousand in Hatay. For fishing vessels of 30 meters and above, it will be 30 thousand liras in Adana and 60 thousand liras in Hatay.
Support payment will also be made for fishing vessels operating in inland waters, registered in Adana, Adıyaman, Elazığ, Kahramanmaraş, Malatya, Osmaniye and Şanlıurfa, which are declared disaster areas, and have valid licenses as of February 6 and before.
Accordingly, the support amount per ship is 0 thousand 4,99 liras for 3-500 meters fishing vessels, 5 thousand 7,99 liras for 4-250 meters fishing vessels, 8 thousand 9,99 liras for 5-250 meters fishing vessels, It was determined as 10 thousand liras for 11,99-6 meters fishing vessels.
Support to Aquaculture Farms
With the other decision published in the Official Gazette, the procedures and principles regarding the support of aquaculture enterprises in the provinces declared as disaster areas due to the earthquakes on 6 February were regulated in order to ensure the continuity of their activities.
In this context, to the fisheries breeders who were registered in the Fisheries Information System and had aquaculture certificate on or before February 6, 6, and whose production facilities were damaged after the damage was determined by the provincial-district agriculture directorates in the mentioned provinces, 2023 February 31 - 2023 December XNUMX Support payments will be made only once.
Enterprises will be provided with 0,2 lira fish roe aid per piece, 1 lira juvenile fish aid per piece, 30 lira portion fish aid per kilogram, and 250 lira rootstock fish aid per piece.
In the calculation of the amount that the enterprise can benefit from the support, the recorded amounts will be taken into account by determining the damage.
The decisions will be implemented with effect from 6 February.