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Progress in the area of seed and propagating materials remained very limited. The variety
registration and seed certification software system has still not become fully operational. No
developments can be reported on the implementation of international phytosanitary
agreements.
Conclusion
Progress has been achieved on all key elements for the accession negotiations in this chapter.
The adoption of the Framework Law on veterinary services, plant health, food and feed has
contributed significantly to Turkey’s alignment process in the area of food safety, veterinary
and phytosanitary policy. However, the restructuring of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Affairs has not taken place yet. The adoption of a complete alignment strategy should
facilitate transposition and implementation of the relevant acquis in this area. However,
further efforts are still necessary for the alignment process.
4.13. Chapter 13: Fisheries
There has been no substantial progress in alignment with the fisheries acquis. The revised
Law on Fisheries and the Law on restructuring of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Affairs (MARA) has not yet been adopted.
Some progress has been made in the area of resource and fleet management. The fisheries
information system (FIS) has been improved to include recording of fishing vessels and
commercial fishermen, special fishing permits, monitoring of blue-fin tuna (BFT), baby clam
quotas and anchovy fishing. Further improvement is needed on collection of catch and
landing data.
Turkey completed building and equipping two new fisheries port offices, thereby increasing
the total number to 36. Some progress can be reported as regards the administrative capacity
of MARA. However, technical capacity needs to be built for stock assessment and data
collection.
There has been some progress in the field of inspection and control. MARA circulated
implementing instructions to meet the requirements of the Council Regulation on illegal,
unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Catch certificates and re-export certificates are
issued for products to be exported to the EU. These products are also monitored and the data
on their catch and sale are cross-checked in the FIS. All vessels over 15 m in length have
started using automatic identification system (AIS) devices. All BFT vessels have been
monitored by the satellite based vessel monitoring system.
Further improvement is necessary with regard to fisheries control and measures to ensure
sustainability of the fish stocks.
No progress has been made on structural action, market policy and state aid.
Turkey has not concluded any new international agreements but there has been some
progress as regards the implementation of International Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) decisions. The number of authorised BFT vessels has been reduced
from 57 to 18 and an individual quota system has been applied to distribute the total quota
allocated to Turkey by the ICCAT. The ICCAT regional observer scheme has been introduced
and ICCAT observers have been deployed to all BFT farms and authorised vessels. Fishing
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