Seafood

Samsun and Sinop Provinces Fishery Producers’ Association Chairperson Osman Parlak said that despite the pandemic, Turkish salmon broke an export record. Turkish Salmon Osman Parlak said, “We exported 9 million dollars in the first 6 months of 2020, but in the first 6 months of 2021, we increased this figure …

Rising in the steep mountains of Eastern Anatolia and reaching the Black Sea by collecting water from many streams as it passes several provinces, Kızılırmak, Turkey’s longest river, has been on the agenda with mass fish deaths seen in recent weeks. Locals noted that mass fish deaths might be linked to drought, which destroys habitat and …

Press release… 604 million dollars of exports from the fisheries and animal products sector in the first half of the year… Bedri Girit, Chairperson of the Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’s Association, said that as the Turkish fisheries and animal products industry, they have been one of the star …

While efforts are ongoing in line with a massive cleanup campaign launched by Turkish authorities to pull the Marmara Sea out of the mucilage calamity, residents are hesitant and concerned about consuming seafood coming from the sea. As Turkish experts warn against eating mussels and bottom fish due to the pollution that causes marine mucilage, citizens are voicing …

Press release… Fisheries and animal products sector escalated its 2023 target by 1 billion dollars… While the majority of export sectors updated their 2023 export targets downwards, the Turkish aquaculture and animal products sector increased 1 billion dollars by revising it upwards. Expressing that they achieved the 2.5 billion dollars …

Press release… Pınar Balık branded sea bream and sea bass products of Çamlı Yem Besicilik (Çamlı Feed and Fattening), the Yaşar Group’s company operating in agriculture, animal husbandry and fisheries sectors, has been awarded the “Superior Taste Award” by the International Taste & Quality Institute (ITQI), headquartered in Belgium. Organized …

Fishery production in Turkey posted a 6.1% decline last year on an annual basis, the country’s statistical authority said on June 4.  The fishery production totaled 785,811 tons in 2020, according to TÜİK figures. The total fishery production comprised 37.1% caught sea fish, 5% other sea products, 4.2% inland water products, and 53.6% aquaculture …

Turkish seafood, frozen and canned food producer Dardanel has completed nearly all necessary regulatory and financial processes to acquire Greek seafood giant G. Kallimanis SA, the former informed Turkey’s Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) Monday. The company, based in northwestern Çanakkale province, has reached the final stage in the takeover process, …

In the first 4 months of the year, Turkey’s fishery exports reached 409 million 171 thousand dollars with an increase of 32 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. According to data compiled from the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB), exports of fisheries and animal products amounted to …

Press release… Conducted in English, Russian and Turkish, the webinar gave participants from across the sector an opportunity to learn about Uzbekistan’s fishery and aquaculture potential and to exchange regional perspectives on the FISHCap project. 27 May 2021, Tashkent  – The FISHCap country webinar series continued this week with an …