Written by Mehmet Uğur Gürkaynak
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye informs that the fisheries production in 2022 increased by 6.2% and reached 859 thousand 808 tons, and announced that the most sea bream and trout were produced in this period, and the most Bonito was caught in the 2022-2023 fishing season.
In 2022, aquaculture exports increased by 5.4% compared to the previous year and reached 252 thousand tons and 1,652 billion dollars.
In the statement made, it was also shared that the production made by hunting was 335 thousand 3 tons and aquaculture production was 514 thousand 805 tons in 2022. Of the total aquaculture production, 39.4 percent was obtained from hunting products and 60.6 percent was obtained from aquaculture products.
While the 2022-2023 fishing season was especially productive in terms of bonito fishing, the most bonito fishing season was experienced in recent years. Anchovy, which could not be caught much from the beginning of the season until November, was caught intensively in November, December and January.
Following the decision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to partially stop anchovy fishing in previous years, an increase in anchovy lengths was observed in the inspections carried out by the General Directorate of Fisheries. During the period, 125 thousand 980 tons of anchovy were hunted. In addition, Bonito was caught as 49 thousand 982 tons, Horse mackerel 14 thousand 930 tons, Bluefish 5 thousand 495 tons and Sprat 1 thousand 162 tons.
Expressing that the aquaculture production continued to grow in 2022 and the production of Sea Bream, Sea Bass and Trout increased significantly in this period, the ministry said, Sea Bream production increased by 15% to 153,469 tons, Sea Bass production increased by 1% to 156 thousand 602 tons, Trout production increased significantly. shared the information that it reached 191,103 tons with an increase of 14%.
Expressing that the salmon production increased by 43% compared to the previous year and reached 45 thousand tons, the ministry stated that the demand for Turkish Salmon in the domestic and foreign markets continues to increase.
It was stated that there was an increase in exports in 2022, reaching 252 thousand tons with an increase of 5.4% compared to the previous year.
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