General View to Turkish Carp (C. carpio) Production

Abstract

Aquaculture is a basic industry that meets a great part of the world’s food necessity. Cultural fish breeding is increasing in Turkey and other
part of the world The production of aquaculture, that is provided by cultivation in the world, has reached to 55 million tons. This proportion
meets nearly 37 % of the world aquaculture production. The aquaculture, that is provided by cultivation in Turkey, has been determined to be 233
thousand tons. The species that are commonly cultivated in Turkey, primarily from sea fish are; Gilthead seabream, European seabass, and from
freshwater fish; Rainbow trout and Common carp. The production amount of Gilthead Seabream from 1986, in which aquaculture cultivation in
Turkey was statistically recorded, to 2013 respectively increased from 86 tons to 35 701 tons; and the production amount of Rainbow Trout, on
the other hand, increased from 990 tons to 122 873 tons. However, the production amount of Common Carp decreased from 2050 tons to 146
tons. For Seabass, on the other hand, the first statistical data belongs to 1987 and it is 25 tons; the production amount of the same species reached
to 67 913 tons in 2013. In the prudential study, as long as the available conditions continue in Turkey in 2030, it is expected that total aquaculture
production of Turkey will be 400 000 tons. Through the end of the 2016s, it is estimated that the production of Common Carp (C. carpio) shall
come to an end, or in other words, the production of Common Carp is in danger of extinction.In this study, the potential of Turkey's carp breeding were evaluated and the causes of the reduction in carp farming were focused.