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Hunting Season Started in Turkey!

Hunting Season Started in Turkey!

With the end of the hunting ban in the seas across Turkey, fishermen went to sea saying “Vira Bismillah”. Fishermen caught the first fish of the new season with the end of the ban.

Starting on April 15, the ban on fishing in the seas ended on September 1. Fishermen waiting for the ban to end prepared their boats and nets for the new season before September 1. With the end of the ban, fishermen went out to sea and caught the first fish of the season.

Hunting Season Started in Turkey!

THE FIRST ANCHOVY OF THE SEASON COSTS 2 THOUSAND 250 LIRAS PER CASE

After the first hunt, the fishermen who went to the Gürpınar Fisheries Hall put the first crop on sale by auction method. The first anchovy of the season was bought at a price of 2 thousand 250 liras a case. Fishermen said that they foresee four types of fish to be caught in September: anchovy, bonito, horse mackerel, horse mackerel and sardine.

PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN ADDRESSED FISHERMEN BY RADIO

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the fishermen on the radio from the fishing boat he boarded in Poyrazköy and wished them a prosperous season.
After his speech at the opening of the 2023-2024 fishing season in Poyrazköy, President Erdoğan boarded a fishing boat.
After chatting with the fishermen for a while, President Erdoğan then took the helm and addressed other fishermen on the radio.

Erdoğan said to the fishermen: “Dear brothers and sisters, we said ‘vira bismillah’. May this fishing season be abundant for you and our nation. Ya Allah bismillah.”

The fishermen who responded to President Erdoğan on the radio thanked him for his wishes.
With the end of the hunting ban at midnight, fishermen who set sail with boats from Kocaeli threw their nets into the sea at Gebze Topçular location.

Approximately 180 cases of horse mackerel caught in the first net

The fishing will continue until the first light of the day and the fish will be taken to the port to be loaded onto trucks after being crated.

FISHERMEN IN TRABZON SET SAIL SAYING “VİRA BİSMİLLAH”

With the end of the hunting ban in the seas as of September 1, fishermen went to sea saying “Vira Bismillah”.

Trabzon Governor Aziz Yıldırım, Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Murat Zorluoğlu, Trabzon Deputies Vehbi Koç, Sibel Suiçmez, Trabzon MPs Vehbi Koç, Sibel Suiçmez, district mayors and fishermen attended the opening ceremony of the fishing season held in the port of Çarşıbaşı district of Trabzon.

Hunting Season Started in Turkey!

PRE-FISHING HORON IN SAMSUN

In Samsun, fishermen went to sea saying “vira bismillah” for the new fishing season that started tonight. Samsun Governor Orhan Tavlı, Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mustafa Demir and some protocol members stomped horon at the ceremony organized at Canik Fishermen’s Shelter.
Governor Tavlı wished all fishermen an auspicious and prosperous season.

Samsun Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Sağlam stated that 350-400 thousand tons of annual fishing is done in Turkey and said, “Samsun ranks first in fish catching with 64 thousand tons in 2022. In the researches conducted so far, we estimate that we will have a season with anchovies, whiting and sprat, where bonito is not too much.”

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FISHERMEN IN ZONGULDAK SET SAIL SAYING “VİRA BİSMİLLAH”

Fishermen made their last preparations and controls in Karadeniz Ereğli Bozhane Port minutes before the end of the hunting ban in the seas.
The fishermen, who expect to catch anchovies, chinook, horse mackerel and whiting in the sea in September, aim to have a productive season in the new season and ensure that citizens eat fish at a cheap price.
Murat Toprak, President of Ereğli Fisheries Cooperative, stated that they want to spend a season with abundant, accident-free and abundant fish.
Fishermen went to sea for the first catch of the new season after the ban ended.

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Hunting Season Started in Turkey!

FISHERMEN WENT HUNTING IN BARTIN

With the end of the fishing ban in the seas as of September 1, fishermen were sent off with a ceremony held in Amasra district of Bartın. With the boat tour organized in the program, the fishermen, who offered the protocol and guests the opportunity to see the super moon, which entered the full moon form for the second time in a month, said “Vira Bismillah” with prayers.

FISHERMEN’S NETS WERE FILLED WITH MACKEREL ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEASON IN KOCAELI

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With the end of the hunting ban at midnight, fishermen who set sail with boats from Kocaeli threw their nets into the sea at Gebze Topçular location.
About 180 cases of horse mackerel were caught in the first net.
The fish, which will continue until the first light of the day, will be taken to the port to be loaded onto trucks after being crated.

FISHERMEN IN DÜZCE SAID “VİRA BİSMİLLAH” UNDER THE FULL MOON

As of September 1, the fishing season started and fishermen in Akçakoca said “vira bismillah”. Dozens of boats and purse seines sailed to the Black Sea from Melenağzı and Akçakoca harbor.

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The teams of the Coast Guard Command also accompanied the boats that set sail. On the other hand, boats sailing with the full moon attracted attention.

FISHERMEN IN TEKİRDAĞ TURNED NIGHT INTO DAY AND WENT OUT TO SEA

With the end of the hunting ban in Tekirdağ tonight, fishermen who went to sea turned the night into day with fireworks.

Waiting for September 1 with great excitement, fishermen will catch the first fish of the season by saying “Vira Bismillah” in the seas starting tonight.

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IZMIR FISHERMEN SAID “VIRA BISMILLAH”

The fishing season in Izmir opened with a ceremony held at Güzelbahçe Fishermen’s Shelter.
After the ceremony, approximately 30 thousand baby fish were released into the gulf to increase the fish population and wreaths were left in the sea.

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Gül Demirci

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