at 10 tons of which 6 tons are obtained during the summer season and 4 

 tons during the winter season. Of the summer production 10 percent is 

 consumed fresh. 



Sturgeon 



Sturgeon fishing is most important at the mouths of the rivers 

 flowing into the Black Sea. At the mouth of the Kisil Irmak (In Bafra) 

 some 18 tons of fish are caught annually. At the mouth of the Yeail Irmak 

 (Carsamba) another 16 tone of sturgeon are caught annually. The Sakarya 

 River yields about 8 tons of sturgeon annually. From this total amount 

 of sturgeon caught, from 4 to 4g tons of black caviar are produced. 



Wells 



The fish known as wells abounds in lakes and streams in the 

 vicinity of Istanbul such as the Terkos and Sapanca Lakes. It is also 

 fished in the Apolyont, Iznik, Akgol Lakes and the Kizil Irmak, Yesil 

 Irmak, Tunca, and Menderes Rivers. It often reaches a weight of 150 

 kilograms. The fish is not suited to salting and in normal circumstances 

 is exported fresh on a fairly large scale, mainly to Bulgaria. It is also 

 consumed locally. 



Pike 



Pike is fished in the same districts as wells. Only a very 

 small percentage of the catch of pike is consumed fresh locally. The 

 bulk of the fish caught and its spawn are salted and normally exported 

 to Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Syria. 



In addition to the few species of freshwater fish mentioned 

 above, there is an almost infinite variety of fish which abound in the 

 lakes, rivers, and streams all over the Turkish territory. However, 

 these fishery resources are practically unused because of the lack of 

 transportation facilities and the fact that the regions in which most of 

 these lakes are located or through which the rivers flow are not densely 

 enough populated. 



Among Turkish lakes the Van Lake and other lakes in the province 

 of Van are particularly worthy of mention. These lakes are very rich in 

 fish but the species which is most abundant is the bleak. Samples of 

 various fish from the Van Lake were brought to Istanbul for the purpose 

 of interesting firms dealing in this commodity, and although military 

 circles found most of these fish were satisfactory with regard to quality, 

 the absolute lack of storage and other facilities and the great distance 

 to large-scale sales outlets condemns fish from this region to be left 

 unused on a commercial basis for the present. 



Fish Landings 



There are no published statistics of the total production of 

 fish by Turkish fisheries. Estimates of this production are based on 



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