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A protocol signed between Turkey and China on the trade of aquaculture products has opened the doors for the export of Turkish fish to the Chinese market, worth 250 million dollars, Ankara's Envoy to Beijing Abdülkadir Emin Önen told Anadolu Agency (AA) yesterday. The protocol targeting the exports of fish, such as rainbow trout, river trout, tuna and bluefin tuna, from Turkey to China was signed between the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkey in Ankara on Sept. 9. China's Embassy in Ankara issued a statement on the protocol on its Twitter account, saying: "The protocol is valid for five years from the date of the last signing by both parties." Recalling that Turkey's exports of these products amounted to 80 million dollars and China's imports stood at 250 million dollars last year, Önen said the protocol has opened the doors of a potential market worth 250 million do...

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said that aquaculture production has surpassed  the amount of fisheries for the first time. Last year, while the production of fishery products reached 314 thousand 94 tons, aquaculture production was realized as 314 thousand 537 tons" he said. Pakdemirli stated that in 2018 approximately 628 thousand tons of seafood products obtained, in this context, 35.3 percent of the total production of fisheries, 9.9 percent of other seafood hunting, 4.8 percent of domestic fisheries and 50 percent of the aquaculture products. Bream in aquaculture, bonito in fisheries... Pakdemirli pointed out the products with the highest increase in production, "The maximum increase in aquaculture was 25.5 percent in sea bream with 76 thousand 680 tons production. 16.9 percent increase and 116 thousand 915 tons production of sea bass takes the second place, Trout ranked third with an increase of 4.4 per cent and production of 114 thousand 49...