Aquaculture production in the black sea Turkey

Abstract

In this study, production data of aquaculture production in the Black Sea Region was examined and the production volumes of the provinces were evaluated. Freshwater and marine aquaculture in Turkey production, which was 3075 tons in 1986, reached 253395 tons in 2016. There are a total of 377 aquaculture farms in the Black Sea, of which 354 are in the freshwaters. The production of aquatic products, which was 8984 tons in 2002 and 20441 tons in 2011, became 22424 tons in 2016. A total of 17425 tons of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), 2806 tons of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), 2188 tons of other trout species (Salmo sp.) and 5 tons of sturgeon (Acipenser sp.) were obtained from the production in this region. In addition, 143,049,666 rainbow trout fries were produced in 102 aquaculture farms. Examining the production volumes, Samsun (5585 tons), Trabzon (5497 tons) and Tokat (4528 tons) are in the first place.