Türkiye’de Gökkuşağı Alabalığı Yetiştiriciliğinin Mevcut Durumu

Abstract

In Turkey, the total production of fish and shellfish was 607.515 tons in 2013. The contribution of freshwater catch was established 5.8% by 35.074 tons in the total fishery production and its value was really very small. The dominant species in total production were trout,carp, sea bass, sea bream, turbot, mussel, crayfish and etc. Total production of rainbow trout reached to 122.873 tons/year and its value was 20.23% in total fish production by captured and aquaculture in 2013. Today, rainbow trout aquaculture is still favor investment in fishery industry in Turkey.This review aimed to inform about rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) aquaculture and to raise awareness for its development trends in Turkey.