Comparing the nutritional content of Norwegian salmon and Turkish salmon, Sinop University Faculty Member Professor Dr. Demet Kocatepe and his team determined that the protein and total unsaturated fatty acid content of Turkish salmon is close to Norwegian salmon, the EPA + DHA content of Turkish salmon is higher and …
Read More »Turkish fishery exports up 65 percent to 1.7 billion dollars in 5 years!
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 …
Read More »Oğulcan Kemal Sagun: We should describe Turkish salmon correctly
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 …
Read More »Mustafa Altuğ Atalay: We are developing Turkish salmon production thanks to the right policies we are implementing
Mustafa Altuğ Atalay, General Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said that Turkish salmon production has increased in the Black Sea and as of 2023, around 66 thousand tonnes of Turkish salmon were raised. Mustafa Altuğ Atalay Mustafa Altuğ Atalay, General Director of Fisheries …
Read More »Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan: The number of cages at sea increases, but lake salmon threatens exports!
Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, Vice President of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB), said that the number of cages in the seas has soared in the last 5-6 years. Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan Pointing out that especially in the last 5-6 years, the number of cages in the sea has started …
Read More »Gürdoğan: We should be able to process and export salmon as semi-finished products
Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, Vice President of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), said that a new sector could be started in salmon. Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan Gürdoğan said, “We send salmon as semi-finished products, that is, in other forms such as fillets. Türkiye should create its own brand and send …
Read More »Türkiye is losing its competitiveness in salmon exports!
The negative effect of foreign currency in exports started to be reflected in the aquaculture sector. It is stated that due to the high production costs in Türkiye, especially Turkish salmon exports slowed down, could not compete in the market and started to move away from the market. Türkiye is …
Read More »Tuncay Sagun: Turkish salmon is stuck in ‘exchange rate’ in exports
Turkish salmon (trout), the production of which has been increasing in Türkiye in recent years, has started to get stuck in the exchange rate in exports. Due to the negative impact of the exchange rate on competitiveness, it also slows down the exports of the aquaculture sector. Tuncay Sagun Türkiye …
Read More »Saffet Kalyoncu: We prepare promotional activities for Turkish tea and Turkish salmon in foreign markets
Press release… Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB) has prepared Promotion Projects in order to further boost the exports of Turkish Tea, which is the green gold of the Eastern Black Sea Region and to promote it in potential markets abroad and to diversify the number of countries for Turkish …
Read More »Sinan Kızıltan: We introduce Turkish salmon to world markets
Press release… Sinan Kızıltan, Chairman of the Turkish Fisheries and Animal Products Sector Board, said that Singapore market, one of the most important reexport centres of the world, reaching a population of approximately 500 million, among the founding countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), one of the …
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