Crayfish hunting started in Lake Eğirdir, Turkey

Crayfish hunting started with the lifting of the hunting ban in Eğirdir Lake, one of Turkey's important crayfish (freshwater lobster) production basins. Crayfish hunting started in Eğirdir Lake after the hunting ban was lifted. With the ban on turbot hunting in Eğirdir Lake, which meets 20 percent of Turkey's 490 tons of crayfish production, fishermen went to the lake to hunt crayfish. In order to strengthen crayfish stocks in Isparta Eğirdir Lake and to have more abundant and profitable hunting in the new hunting season, the 8-month crayfish hunting ban in Eğirdir Lake ended on July 1. In the morning, fishermen who are members of Eğirdir Central Fisheries Cooperative bring the crates they brought with them to the cooperative center from the lake they sailed with their boats. Here, crayfish over 10.5 centimeters in length are taken, put back in crates and sent to factories that will export. S.S. stated that there was an abundance of crayfish this year. Ayhan Küçükköse, Chairman of ...