Salmon

Ministry to back promotion of Turkish tea, salmon

The Trade Ministry has announced that it will provide support to promote Turkish salmon and tea within the scope of the "Turquality Support" project.

According to a statement from the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB), the projects prepared by DKİB for the promotion of Turkish salmon and tea have been endorsed by the ministry.

Türkiye ranks 2nd in salmon production in world

Salmon production in Türkiye exceeded 190,000 tons in 2022, as the country ranked second in the world after Iran, the statistics by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed.

While Iran produced nearly 194,000 tons of salmon, over 1 million tons were produced in 77 countries, the FAO's report stated.

Power Dams Pose Threat to Rare Balkan Salmon

The future of a large freshwater fish known as the Mladica - in English as the Huchen, or Danube Salmon - is threatened by planned hydroelectric power plants on Balkan rivers, a green NGO has warned.

The Austrian-based environmental NGO Riverwatch raised the alarm about the biggest trout species in the world at a press conference in Slovenian capital Ljubljana on Thursday.