United States Department of the Interior, Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, Albert M. Day, Director 



Fishery Leaflet 390 



Washington 25, D. C. ^^^ March 1951 



FISHERY RESOURCES OF TURKEY l/ 



Contents 



Covert The Bosphorus, connecting the Black Sea and Sea of 



Marmara. Several species of migratory fish pass through the 



Bosphorus to go and spawn in the Black Sea in the spring and 



then return to the Sea of Marmara, and the Aegean and 

 Mediterranean Seas in the autumn. 



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Introduction 2 



Prinoipal Species of Migratory Fish 4 



Pelamid and Bonito 4 



Mode of Fishing 4 



Processing, Sale, and Consumption 8 



Mackerel 15 



Mode of Fishing 15 



Processing, Sale, and Consumption 15 



Bluefin Tuna 15 



Mode of Fishing 16 



Processing, Sale, and Consumption 16 



Anchovy 16 



Mode of Fishing 16 



Processing and Sale 16 



Pilchard 17 



Swordf ish 17 



Spanish Mackerel 17 



Dolphin 17 



Common Bass and Red Mullet 18 



Principal Species of Freshwater Fish 18 



Carp 18 



Grey Mullet 18 



Sturgeon 19 



Wells 19 



Pike 19 



l/ The information in this leaflet was supplied by Mi68 Bertha 

 Carp, American Consulate General, Istanbul, Turkey (Reports 32 

 and 63, dated April 7 and May 31, 1949, respectively.) Some 

 additional data were supplied by the Branch of Commercial 

 Fisheries, Fish and Wildlife Service. 



