Salmon export from a landlocked city
The collection process has begun for the fish to be exported to Russia, Europe, Japan, and China, primarily from the Almus district of Tokat.
The dam lake, which irrigates agricultural fields, generates electricity, and contributes to regional tourism in the Almus district of Tokat, stands out with cage fish farming. There are nearly 30 facilities of various sizes around the lake, producing approximately 6 thousand tons of fish annually. The produced fish, especially from Russia, are exported to European countries, Japan, and China. As the weather gets colder, some fishermen send their products to fish farms on the coast, ensuring they are collected with the help of a crane. Fish weighing approximately 350-600 grams are exported when they reach 2-3 kilograms in fish farms in the seas.
"4 thousand tons go abroad"
Fish producer Sadullah Sezer, stating that they produce 50 tons, said, "We send live fish from here to the seas, and distribution is made to both domestic and foreign markets. At the moment, the quantity of fish we send has reached 50 tons. If we estimate for the entire Almus district, it would be around 5 thousand tons. There are 28 facilities here, large and small. With the agreement made among us, every week a company calls the crane company and retrieves the fish. We have salmon and trout. We send them from here to the sea. We send them primarily to countries like Russia, China, Japan. The most important country we export to is Russia. Out of the approximately 5 thousand tons of production in Almus, about 4 thousand tons go abroad, and the remaining find its place in the domestic market," he said.
