Seafood

Türkiye’s momentum in aquaculture production has continued as the nation registered a fresh record last year, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday, citing the data published earlier by the country’s statistical authority. İbrahim Yumaklı “The total production of aquatic products in 2023 reached 1.7 million …

Anchovy has taken the top spot in fishing in the Turkish seas with 1,632,361 tons caught in the last 10 years, followed by sprat, sardine, bonito, horse mackerel and bluefish, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has announced. Anchovy In addition to the catch of anchovies, the past decade showed 372,723 tons of sprat, …

Press release… Turgay Türkyılmaz, General Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry; “We will be able to meet the protein need through aquaculture” Turgay Türkyılmaz Turgay Türkyılmaz, General Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, reported that the need for …

Press release… With the participation of 45 representatives from 17 different countries, FEAP (Federation of European Aquaculture Producers) General Assembly was held on 23-24 May at Wyndham Grand Istanbul Levent Hotel in Istanbul with the organisation of Aegean, Istanbul and Mediterranean Aquaculture and Animal Products Exporters’ Associations. TURQUALITY and Development …

Press release… The Turkish fishery sector, which has become one of the locomotive sectors of exports in Türkiye since the beginning of the 2000s, has ramped up its exports by 65 percent in the last 5 years, from 1 billion to 1.7 billion dollars. Sinan Kızıltan Sinan Kızıltan, Chairman of …

Press release… The Turkish fishery sector, which has become one of the locomotive sectors of exports in Türkiye since the beginning of the 2000s, has ramped up its exports by 65 percent in the last 5 years, from 1 billion to 1.7 billion dollars. Sinan Kızıltan, Chairman of the Sector …

Oğulcan Sagun, Vice Chair of the Istanbul Fisheries and Animal Products exporters’ Association, announced that exports in the aquaculture sector soared by 2.6 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year and reached 1 billion 736 million dollars. ‘”We are the leader in Europe in the export of sea bass …

Describing Turkish salmon correctly… Norway is the world’s largest producer of farmed Atlantic salmon. Norway also carries out significant catches of small pelagic species such as cod and deep-water fish species. Salmon is the product group that Türkiye and Norway are most at odds with each other. Oğulcan Kemal Sagun …

Eastern Black Sea’s 4-month exports of Turkish salmon surged by 56 percent… Turkish salmon exports from the Eastern Black Sea surged by 56 percent in the January-April period and reached 44 million 292 thousand 248 dollars. Saffet Kalyoncu Saffet Kalyoncu, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Black …

The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry aims to increase the catches of Turkish vessels and obtain new fishing grounds, especially in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, by completing fisheries agreements with 12 African countries and continuing negotiations with 15 more countries. The ministry is actively negotiating fisheries partnerships with Gabon, Djibouti, …