Amendment to the Aquaculture Regulation
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This regulation changes how aquaculture operators in Turkey can pause production, lose project approval, or request changes to approved facilities. Operators who want to suspend production must apply to the provincial directorate, and the Ministry can allow a one-year pause plus, on request, one additional year. If production does not restart after the approved pause, the aquaculture certificate can be cancelled. The amendment also tightens project timelines. Operators who do not obtain an aquaculture certificate within 18 months from the start date of the latest water or land lease agreement may have their project cancelled. Projects can also be cancelled if a required water lease is not signed on time. Businesses planning species changes, capacity changes, site changes, area changes, or new units must apply through the provincial directorate for project modification approval.
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Key Changes
- Aquaculture operators may pause production for one year, with a possible one-year extension, but only once during the lease term.
- Failure to restart production after an approved pause can lead to cancellation of the aquaculture certificate.
- Projects may be cancelled if the operator does not obtain the aquaculture certificate within 18 months or fails to sign the required water lease on time.
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Obligations
What this law requires
Aquaculture operators that want to suspend production must apply to the provincial directorate with a petition stating the reason for the production pause.
Aquaculture operators may suspend production only once during the lease period stated in their water lease agreement, unless the suspension falls under the separate leasing regulation exception mentioned in the amendment.
Aquaculture operators that receive permission to suspend production must restart production by the end of the approved suspension period; otherwise their aquaculture certificate may be cancelled upon proposal of the provincial directorate and decision of the Ministry central organization.
Aquaculture operators must obtain their aquaculture certificate within 18 months from the start date of the latest executed water lease agreement or land lease agreement; failure to do so results in project cancellation by the competent approval authority.
Aquaculture operators must execute the required water lease agreement within the period specified under Article 9(2) of the Regulation on Leasing in Aquaculture Production; otherwise the approved project is cancelled by the project approval authority.