Turkiye: Seafood Products Report

Over the last couple decades, with smaller catch volumes resulting from decades of overfishing, the Turkish seafood sector pivoted and ramped up investments in aquaculture production. These investments have paid dividends with Turkiye now the world’s largest producer and exporter of seabass and seabream. Additionally, in the last few years, Turkiye has started producing and marketing Turkish salmon, which has become popular around the world. Surprisingly, even with this increase in aquaculture production, seafood consumption in Turkiye is still only one-third the world average. As eating habits change and as economic conditions improve, consumption is expected to grow, which could open new opportunities for high-value U.S. fish and seafood products.