TROUT AND SALMON GROWN IN KEBAN LAKE DAM EXPORTED TO FAR EAST...
Trout and salmon grown in the clean, cool and oxygen-rich waters in the facilities on Keban and Karakaya dam lakes in Turkey's eastern province of Elazığ are popular both at home and abroad due to their flavour. They are seeing high demand particularly from European and Far Eastern countries, according to local officials. Some 18,000 tons of trout and around 1,000 tons of salmon were produced in the facilities in the district of Keban between January and November this year. Out of this, about 10,000 tons of trout grown there are exported mainly to Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Russia, while salmon is sent to Far East countries, especially to Japan. Production in new fisheries in the province continues to grow annually, according to Turan Karahan, the provincial director of agriculture and forestry. Trout production this year increased by some 1% compared to the 17,000 tons last year, Karahan said. Karahan said they have maintained their leadership in Turkey in trout prod...