Turkey: They produce thousands of tons of fish in ponds they build on idle farmland.

Published 2020년 12월 8일

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The article highlights the impact of the pandemic on sea bream and sea bass production in Milas, Turkey, where 60 producers have been rearing fish in soil ponds on idle agricultural lands for the past 15 years. Before the pandemic, the annual production was 9 thousand tons, but it has dropped to 3 thousand tons due to increased input costs and the pandemic's effects. The Milas Aquaculture Producers Association is planning to establish a cold air chain and a packaging area to provide consumers with healthy fish. The unique soil pool farming method, not common globally, is a significant contribution to the local economy and provides employment.

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Sea bream and sea bass are produced by a total of 60 producers in soil ponds opened in idle agricultural lands in Muğla's Milas district. While 9 thousand tons of annual production was made in these pools before the pandemic, the production decreased to 3 thousand tons after the pandemic. Villagers who make use of their idle fields in the rural Ekinambarı, Avşar, Yaşyer, Savran and İçme districts of Milas produce sea bream and sea bass in the soil pools they set up. Producers who have been breeding fish in earthen ponds for 15 years meet the needs. While 9 thousand tons of sea bream and sea bass are grown annually by 60 producers in the region, the production has decreased by 2 in 3 due to the pandemic. "PANDEMIC PRODUCTION FALLED UP TO 3 THOUSAND TONS" Milas Aquaculture Producers Association President Muhammet Toğuç stated that he has also been doing fish farming in earthen ponds for 15 years, and said, "We open ponds in places where salt water comes out and grow fish in the ...

Source: Haber7