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turkish fishery products 2023 production

Fishery production increased by 18.6% in 2023

Foodversy IntelligencePublished 4 Jun 2024Updated 4 Jun 2024
turkish fishery products 2023 production

Fishery production increased by 18.6% in 2023 with respect to the previous year and occurred as 1 million 7 thousand 921 tonnes. The total fishery production was composed of catched sea fish by 38.4%, catched other sea products by 3.3%, catched inland water products by 3.3% and aquaculture products by 55.0%.

While the production made by capture was 454 thousand 59 tonnes, aquaculture production occurred as 553 thousand 862 tonnes. The capture of marine products increased by 39.4%, capture of inland water products increased by 0.8% with respect to the previous year.

In 2023, aquaculture production increased by 7.6%

Aquaculture production occurred as 399 thousand 529 tonnes (72.1%) at the seas,154 thousand 333 tonnes (27.9%) at the inland waters in 2023. While the most important type produced at the inland waters is trout as 154 thousand 6 tonnes; the most important types produced at the sea were sea bass as 160 thousand 802 tonnes and sea bream as 154 thousand 11 tonnes.

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turkish fishery products 2023 production