30 million dollars contribution to the economy with fish export from Kayseri, Turkey

Turkiye

Published Jul 3, 2022

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Fish production in Kayseri, located in the Central Anatolian Region, is carried out in the Yamula dams built near the Bahçelik River, which originates from the Şerefiye District in Uzunyayla at an altitude of 1500 meters in the Pınarbaşı district, and the Yemliha District in the Kocasinan district. In 6 hatcheries and breeding facilities in Pınarbaşı and Bünyan districts, where 40 percent of the trout fry needed by Turkey are met, the eggs from the broodstock are kept in incubation for about 2 months after they are fertilized. The fish that hatch from the egg begin to receive additional nutrients when they weigh 1 gram.

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The pups, which stay in the ponds for 4 months and reach a weight of 30 grams, are then taken to the cages built on the surface of the Yamula and Bahçelik dams. In 18 facilities of 9 companies engaged in cage fishing on a total surface area of 607 decares of dam lakes, fish are fed until their weight reaches 250 grams and 1 kilogram. The fish, which are grown and harvested, are sent to the operating facilities in the Black Sea Region by trucks. The processed fish are then exported, making an annual contribution of 30 million dollars to the country's economy. Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, Mustafa Şahin, stated that by calculating nitrogen, phosphorus and some criteria of Yamula and Bahçelik dams, fishing is done in 3 percent of the surface area. Stating that the companies produced a total of 4,250 tons of salmon in the dams last year, Şahin said, "We export 98 percent of the salmon produced in Kayseri to Russia. A total of 19 thousand tons of salmon were exported ...

Source: Tgrthaber