Professor Vanya Stamatova, the director of the Executive Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture Associate, said that three Bulgarian fishing vessels that were apprehended by the Romanian Coast Guard on March 24 were not sailing in Romanian waters.
We do not know if the Bulgarian seaman who were detained in Constanta Romania did anything illegal, according to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Yavor Gechev, who was indicted for bTV. In his words, the Bulgarian seamen were detained in international waters in the Black Sea, not in Romanian territorial waters. Shark fishing is allowed in Bulgaria, according to Minister Gechev. Yavor Gechev said there was no EU ban on shark fishing. Romania has imposed a partial ban on the Romanian fishermen and water areas. Bulgaria will protect its interests and the interests of its citizens, Minister Yavor Gechev said. The seamen will get legal aid in order to regain possession of their fishing vessels that were apprehended in Constanta.