TIRANA, June 25/ATA/ Certificates were distributed today at the premises of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for 11 fishery inspectors from 4 ports of the country, who were trained as National Observers on tuna fishing vessels.
Attending the event were Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Milva Ekonomi and Massimo Gacci, Head of the Blue Fishing Project “Support to the Fishery Sector in Albania”.
Ekonomi said that fishing is among the sectors with a large contribution to the country’s economy, marking last year an export of 105 million Euros.
“The “Fishing Blue” project has also served to make an analysis of aquaculture areas and it has been decided that together with the Ministries of Environment and Tourism and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, to create an area for aquaculture, to increase our fish” – said Ekonomi, while noting the important role that fishery inspectors will have, with the development that the sector will receive in the future.
According to her, they will have to protect all fishing opportunities in the territory of our country, according to European Union standards.
In addition to her duty as national observer on tuna vessels, the minister said that the 11 trained fishery inspectors will be part of the monitoring controls that will be carried out in Albania within the convention of fish protection, i.e. accompanying international controllers.
Leader of the Blue Fishing Project “Support for the Fishery Sector in Albania” Massimo Gacci praised the cooperation so far with the Ministry of Agriculture, for the successful progress of the project./a.a/p.s./
