While the world demanded fresh Turkish sea bass and sea bream, Turkish salmon and trout were consumed mostly frozen.
Turkey's aquatic products exports increased by 6 percent in the January-October period of 2023, from 1 billion 321 million dollars to 1 billion 404 million dollars.
While sea bass maintained its top place in seafood exports with an amount of 435 million dollars, Turkey earned 353 million dollars in foreign currency income from sea bream exports. The export of Turkish salmon, which has become a star in recent years, increased by 9 percent from 289 million dollars to 315 million dollars, while trout exports increased by 9 percent from 88 million dollars to 96 million dollars. Tuna exports jumped from 28 million dollars to 40 million dollars, with an increase of 43 percent.
73 percent of sea bass and 78 percent of sea bream were exported fresh, The British loved fresh sea bass the most, Fresh sea bream was mostly exported to Italy. Russians admired Turkish salmon and trout
