Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said that about 628 thousand tonnes of fisheries produced last year in Turkey. He said, "First time in our history, the production made by aquaculture overcame the production quantity made by hunting. Last year, aquaculture production was 314.537 tons while quantity of hunting was 314.094 tons.

Minister Pakdemirli indicated that fisheries production is made in two categories as hunting and aquaculture.

Pakdemirli stated that 628 thousand tons of fisheries products produced in 2018 in Turkey. He said, "For the first time in our history, the production made by aquaculture overcame the production quantity made by hunting. Last year, aquaculture production was 314.537 tons while quantity of hunting was 314.094 tons."

Pakdemirli indicated that 35.3 percent of the total production of marine fish hunting, 9.9 percent of other seafood hunting, 4.8 percent of domestic fisheries hunting and 50 percent of the aquaculture products.

SEA BREAM IN AQUACULTURE, BONITO IN HUNTING

Pakdemirli touched on the products with the highest increase in production and he said, "The maximum increase in aquaculture was 25.5 percent in sea bream and 76.680 tons of sea bream was produced. Sea bass was in the second place with 16.9 percent increase and 116.915 tons production. Trout ranked third with an increase of 4.4 percent and production of 114.497 tons.

Pakdemirli stated that the most proportional increase in hunting is 308.1 percent with acorns, 197.9 percent increase with bluefish and 51.6 percent increase with horse mackerel.

EXPORT REACHED 1 BILLION DOLLARS

Pakdemirli stated that the export of aquaculture was approximately 1 billion dollars last year and this year, the target of production in aquaculture is 350 thousand tons.