Turkey: Strainer hunting in Dalyan Canal

Fisheries, which are collected with fishing material called "strainer" from the fish catch areas created in the delta section of Dalyan Canal, which carries the waters of Köyceğiz Lake to the sea in Muğla, are transported to the domestic and foreign markets with a feverish work. The river, which meanders from Lake Köyceğiz to the Mediterranean, welcomes thousands of local and foreign tourists every year with its labyrinth-like structure, reeds that host migratory birds, and its natural structure where fresh water mixes with salt water. Every year, caretta caretta sea turtles lay their eggs on the 5-kilometer-long Iztuzu beach, where the stream reaches the sea. One of the tour boats comes and goes in the Dalyan Canal, where the unique view of the rock tombs of the Kingdom of Kaunos, one of the cities of the Lycian Union, dating back 2,500 years, can be watched. Besides tourism, fishing is also an important economic activity. In the Dalyan Canal, which gives peace with the green ...