G.Costiera, 170 tons of fish seized from 1 December, almost 7 thousand checks throughout Italy

One hundred and seventy tons of fish product seized in 20 days, from 1 December to today. Over 600 thousand euros of fines in 6,862 checks carried out throughout Italy. These are the numbers of the operational device deployed for the Atlantis operation and coordinated by the National Fishing Control Center of the General Command of the Coast Guard of Rome illustrated this morning in the Cavour Room of the Mipaaf in the presence of Senator Francesco Battistoni, Undersecretary of State with delegation to sea fishing and aquaculture. “These are the results of a daily action to block any type of incorrect use of the fish that does not comply with the rules. The Italians – Admiral Nunzio Martello, head of the General Command’s personal department reassured Adnkronos – can rest assured, in this period even more “. Among the operations completed in these days, the one in Barletta that allowed the seizure of a defrosted product deposit that has expired for months, 40 tons of fish ready to be sold in the local market. And then 16 thousand sea urchins seized in Civitavecchia, oysters with posthumous labels in Monopoli and 20 tons of tuna in poor condition blocked in time in Palermo before they could end up on the tables of consumers.