Turkiye: Tuna export increased in the first half of the year

As a result of the increase in Turkey's catch quota, the export revenue of tuna, one of the leading export items in aquaculture products, increased by 43 percent to $40 million in the first half of the year compared to the same period of the previous year. Turkish fishermen who sail to the Mediterranean at the end of May every year catch tuna as much as the country quota determined by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT). The fish are brought to farms in the Aegean Sea to be raised. Bringing tuna to farms as well as hunting becomes possible with a grueling journey. Tuna, also known as tuna, is fed organic feeds such as sardines, snails and mackerel. Fish weighing 250-600 kilograms are processed on "factory ships" that come to the Aegean Sea from Japan in December and are taken on an export journey. Japan is the biggest tuna market in Turkey. The tuna, which is in high demand from Japan, is used in making sushi and sashimi, the traditional ...