Türkiye’s fishery production increases by 6.2% in 2022
Fishery production increased by 6.2% in 2022 with respect to the previous year and occurred as 849 thousand 808 tons, the Turkish Statistical Institute said in a statement on Friday.
The total fishery production was composed of catched sea fish by 30%, catched other sea products by 5.6%, catched inland water products by 3.9% and aquaculture products by 60.6%.
In 2022, capture of fishery products increased by 2.1%
While the production made by capture was 335 thousand 3 tons, aquaculture production occurred as 514 thousand 805 tons. The capture of marine products increased by 2.3%, capture of inland water products increased by 0.4% with respect to the previous year.
The quantity of the capture of sea fish occurred 254 thousand 535 tons. When examined the distribution of the capture of sea fish, it was seen that the highest amount of fish is anchovy with 125 thousand 980 tons. Atlantic bonito with 49 thousand 892 tons and pilchard with 16 thousand 729 tons followed the anchovy.
In 2022, aquaculture production increased by 9.1%
Aquaculture production occurred as 368 thousand 742 tons at the seas,146 thousand 63 tons at the inland waters in 2022. While the most important type produced at the inland waters is trout as 145 thousand 649 tons; the most important types produced at the sea were sea bass as 156 thousand 602 tons and sea bream as 152 thousand 469 tons. (ILKHA)