State support revived trout production in Malatya, Turkey

In Malatya, where the earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş on February 6, 2023 caused great destruction, the production of trout and trout fry, which decreased after the disaster, started to increase with the support of the state. The production, which reached 9 thousand tons of trout and 52 million trout fry in the city, decreased after the earthquakes, which were described as the "disaster of the century". In the city where 22 facilities were damaged due to the earthquake, trout production, which was around 4 thousand tons last year, increased to 6 thousand 280 tons in 9 months of this year with the support of the state to the producers. Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Osman Akar said that the city's plant and animal production potential is at a high level. Akar, who stated that they have suitable areas for aquaculture, that portioned trout is grown in Sürgü and Sultansuyu dam lakes and in the land pools in the streams in Darende and Doğanşehir districts, ...