Skretting Starts Work on 100,000-tonne Feed Plant
TURKEY - Fish feed company Skretting, part of the Nutreco group, last week celebrated the official start of building work for its new fish feed plant near Bodrum in Turkey.

Aquaculture Europe 2007 underway in Istanbul
TURKEY - The International Conference and Exhibition Aquaculture Europe 2007 runs from the 24 to 27 October.

Promotions to increase fish consumption
TURKEY - The Fish Promotion Group has enhanced its promotional campaign after undergoing a restructuring process in which exporter unions, the fishery products federation and fishery unions took part.

Waste water causes massive fish kill in Golden Horn
TURKEY - Once known for its pure water and later claimed to have returned to its golden age thanks to the efforts of the İstanbul Municipality after decades of contamination, the Golden Horn has once again come to the fore with mass fish deaths....

The Battle Over Fish Farms
TURKEY - The verdict by the State Council a fortnight ago overturning the decree banning fish farms in certain areas has led to further disputes between fish farm owners and environmentalists who claim that fish farms are polluting the sea.

Fish farms go nowhere
TURKEY - A law that would have closed more than half of Turkey's controversial fish farms has been overturned by the Council of State in a decision to be made public later this week.

Concerns mount for fish farming as new project voted out
TURKEY - Demonstrators are celebrating after the spectre of a fish farm off the beautiful coast of Altinkum was finally killed off.

Fish farms deadlock - Altinkum Bay, Turkey
TURKEY - In the latest twist to the fish farms off Altinkum Bay, it has been announced that Aydin Provincial Council has passed the plans.

Fish farms face new regulations, but problems remain
TURKEY - The winding road along Turkey’s Aegean coast sometimes gets narrow or bumpy, but the beautiful scenery remains, despite the fact that in certain places a stench coming from fish farms only a few meters away assaults the nose.

Aquaculture Europe 2007 to be hosted by Turkey
TURKEY - Aquaculture Europe 2007 is the first of the ‘new format’ Aquaculture Europe events, that will combine a scientific conference with an exhibition.