Turkey: South Koreans love Aegean tuna

İZMİR (AA) - YUSUF ŞAHBAZ - After being caught in the Mediterranean, the tuna grown in cages in the Aegean Sea have started to be loaded onto factory ships coming from Japan. Turkish fishermen, who go to the Mediterranean Sea every year in May, bring the fish they catch in the nets to the farms in the Aegean Sea, within the scope of the quota given to Turkey by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT). Every day, fish fed with sardines, snails and mackerel are loaded onto Japanese factory ships that dock on the Aegean coast in December. The fish, which are slaughtered and processed in the ship, are sent to Japan to be used in the production of sushi and sashimi after being frozen. In the process from catching fish to harvesting, divers are among the biggest contributors. Divers spend hours in the same cage with giant tuna that can weigh up to 350-400 kilograms. Divers, who carry out works such as cage maintenance and control, go up and down to a ...