Crayfish hunting started in Lake Eğirdir, Turkey

Published 2024년 7월 2일

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Crayfish hunting has started at Eğirdir Lake in Turkey, following the end of an 8-month hunting ban. The lake, which contributes 20% to Turkey's crayfish production, has seen reduced water levels and grazing issues due to climate change and overgrazing. Despite these challenges, the crayfish population is reported to be plentiful this year. Fishermen, who operate 450 boats on the lake, are optimistic as the hunting season has commenced. The crayfish are bought from the cooperative and exported to Northern European countries, among other places.

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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 ...

Source: Sondakika