Pisciculture in the Republic of Moldova is being destroyed following the adoption of laws No. 64/2020, 318/2022 and 356/2022 the last few years, said representatives of the National Association of Fish Farmers of the Republic of Moldova and of the Association of Fish Producers, the Society of Hunters and Fishermen of Moldova and “Piscicola-Ivancea” SRL. To be heard, these addressed a letter to Prime Minister Dorin Recean.

In a news conference hosted by IPN, Gheorghe Gheorghiu, head of the National Association of Fish Farmers, said that a general assembly of fish farmers was held on Wednesday and involved representatives of the responsible ministries, Moldovan researchers, members of the Romfish National Association of Fish Producers of Romania. “In that assembly, we signed an open letter addressed to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova Dorin Recean and sent copies of this to the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture,” noted Gheorghe Gheorghiu.

According to him, the first law that destroys pisciculture is Law No. 64/2020 by which the complete discharge of water from all the ponds of Moldova was banned. This is not right as there are ponds that fill again with water through winter. “If the water is not discharged, the pond becomes muddy and infections appear and the fish is not fit for consumption,” said Gheorghe Gheorghiu.

Law No. 318/2022 was then adopted. This provides that the land on which the pond is situated will be leased out to fish breeders. “We now need to populate the ponds with fish. A lot of people phone me and ask me what they should do. I tell them to populate as I don’t think that this law will be further implemented. It should be abrogated,” stated the Association’s head.

Referring to the third law, Gheorghe Gheorghiu said that by this law the caps on land taxes and all the other local taxes were removed. This way, starting with January 1, 2023, the local councils can impose enormous taxes on everyone.

The representatives of the associations call on decision makers of the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture to turn their attention to the enumerated problems and come up with solutions to them.

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