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TURKIYE AGRICULTURE
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Turkish Fishery
Turkey has been known as a country of fishery products since ancient times.
Surrounded by seas on three sides, the species of fish and fishery products in
the seas are different from each other because of the differences (temperature,
salt content etc.) between each of the seas. The inland resources are also very
rich in Turkey. This fishery potential will increase with the completion of the
Atatürk Dam in the South eastern Anatolian Region of Turkey and will create more
areas to be used for fishery purposes. The species obtained from the inland
fisheries are mainly common carp, grey mullet, mullet, pike perch, trout, eel
etc. On a geographical basis, the greatest fish activity has traditionally been
located along the East Black Sea Coast of Turkey.
In response to recognition of strong household demand, the growing requirements
of the tourism sector and strong demand for certain species on export markets,
production from the Aegean Sea has increased considerably. Since the natural
structure is very suitable for aquaculture, it seems that Turkey will achieve
great developments in this area. The farms are particularly located in the
Central Anatolian, Aegean and Western Black Sea Regions and their numbers have
increased in the past years, leading to production surplus that cause rise in
the exports of Turkish fishery products.
The species of the products produced in these regions are trout, sea bream and
sea bass. Fresh water fishing in Turkey evidently offers even greater potential
for both fish and shellfish. This substantial export oriented business has
developed and Turkey became a supplier to European countries, USA, Commonwealth
of Independent States (CIS) and Middle East countries in fishery products.
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