Seafood

Container problem caused a decrease in Turkiye’s fish meal and oil exports… Exports of fish meal and oil from Turkiye in 2021 decreased by 65 percent in quantity and 58 percent in value, compared to the previous year, due to the shortage of containers faced by exporters as a global …

More than 1 million seabirds die each year due to plastic waste. Every year, 381 million tons of plastic waste is generated in the world! While the use of plastic is increasing rapidly with the pandemic, the life of all living things is negatively affected. According to the report published …

Press release… 68 percent of seafood exports come from the Aegean… Bedri Girit, Chairperson of Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association, said that they are proud of being the Association that exports the most in 2021, with an amount of 1 billion 320 million dollars. Girit said, “We take …

Press release… The export of Rainbow Trout, which has become one of the important export products of the Black Sea region, which is a subspecies of the trout, is known as Black Sea Salmon in the domestic market and has become a brand as Turkish Salmon in foreign markets, continues …

Turkiye’s salmon exports increased by 132 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year, reaching 130 million dollars After reaching a weight of half a kilogram in established farms in inland waters, rainbow trout, which is grown in farms in the Black Sea and marketed as “Turkish salmon”, raises its …

Ufuk Atakan Demir, Member of the Board of the Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association, stated that Turkish salmon is grown especially in the Black Sea and said that the production of this fish, whose serious trial production started about 5 years ago, is increasing every year and that …

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) achieved an export of 16 billion 325 million dollars in 2021. EIB managed to increase its exports of 13 billion 4 million dollars in 2020 by 26 percent. The export of the Aegean Region increased by 29 pct from 21 billion 800 million dollars …

Press release… Regional workshop provided participants with basic knowledge on fish health management, common diseases of cultured fish, and methodologies to diagnose these diseases and examine fish with symptoms. Photo: ©FAO 5 January 2022, Ankara – A regional workshop on fish health management and fish diseases took place on 20-22 December 2021 in …

Reminding that the hunting of bluefish, the youngest of the bluefish family, is prohibited, Dr. Altuğ Atalay said, “Do not buy the bluefish from the counter. The catch length of the bluefish is 18 cm. Do not buy small fish.” Dr. Altuğ Atalay Dr. Atalay explained, “In our country, which …

The Ministry of Agriculture rolled up its sleeves to clean the seas more. The capacity of mussel farms will increase. The purpose of mussel farms is to both clean the seas and provide healthy mussel consumption. Mustafa Altuğ Atalay Mussels that will filter the Marmara water. In other words, it …