Seafood

Turkish salmon exports from the Black Sea region increased by 149 percent in the January-August period of the year, reaching 81 million 645 thousand 462 dollars and 11 thousand 183 tonnes of Turkish salmon were exported. Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Assocation (DKİB) Supervisory Board Member and Deputy Chairman of the …

Press release… Muğla and İzmir provinces realize 62 percent of the annual 1.4 billion dollars of fishery industry which is among the star sectors of Türkiye’s exports. Sinan Kızıltan Explaining that they contributed 953 million dollars to 1.4 billion dollars of fisheries exports in 2021 as Aegean Region, Chair of …

Press release… Exporting sectors, which supply their inputs with dollars and realize their exports in Euro, have been going through difficult times recently due to the negative course of the Euro/Dollar parity. The euro/dollar parity, which was at the level of 1.18 in July 2021, has been following a course …

Türkiye’s aquaculture exports have increased 75 percent in the past 5 years to $1.4 billion, already exceeding the target of $1 billion previously set for 2023. Last year, the industry’s exports grew by 19 percent to 239,000 tons in volume, while revenues increased by 30 percent to $1.37 billion. Türkiye …

Press release… Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association boosted its exports of 110 million dollars in July 2021 to 132 million dollars with a spike of 20 percent in July 2022 and also boosted its exports to 1 billion 500 million dollars with a spike of 29 percent in …

Mediterranean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association (ASHIB), which increased its exports the most among the 8 associations under the roof of Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKİB), awarded its first 15 members, who provided the strongest support from Konya and Karaman to its performance in this period. Ali Can Yamanyılmaz ASHİB …

The “Small in Scale, Big in Value” project was launched in cooperation with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Metro Turkiye and Muğla Province Trout Breeders’ Association. Within the scope of the project, which aims to protect small and traditional family fishery and to give trout the value …

Professor Dr. Mehmet Gökoğlu, a lecturer of Akdeniz University (AU) Fisheries Faculty, said that they face some questions whether what people prefer to eat ‘Naturally grown fish or farm-raised fish’ or ‘Do farm fish have hormones?’ Dr. Gökoğlu said, “The majority of the feed used in farm fish is obtained …

Forty percent of the world’s population live near coastal areas, more than 3 billion people utilize the oceans for their livelihood, and 80 percent of world trade is achieved using the seas. The oceans, seas and coastal areas contribute to food security and poverty eradication. And yet, the oceans are …

Press release… Workshop participants enriched their knowledge of aquaculture and visited private aquaculture farms and research institutions… 22 June 2022, Antalya, Türkiye – Fisheries and aquaculture have made significant contributions to livelihoods, employment, food security and nutrition for decades. In 2018, 52 percent of fish available for human consumption came from aquaculture. Aquaculture is …