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In Romania, two inspectors from the National Agency for Fishing and Aquaculture face corruption charges for accepting bribes in the form of fish to falsify catch records. This illegal practice allowed hundreds of tons of protected turbot to disappear from official documents. The inspectors allegedly recorded significantly lower quantities of fish than what was actually caught, benefiting from bribes in return. The case highlights ongoing issues of corruption within the agency responsible for enforcing fishing regulations, as well as the broader implications for Romania's fishing industry, which has seen a decline in domestic production and an increase in imported fish.