On the Reasons of Fish Escapes from Sea-cage Farms in the Aegean Sea

Abstract

A total of 48 randomly selected fish farms from the coasts of Izmir and Muğla, Aegean Sea were visited face-to-face interviewing with fish farmers and a total of 329 coastal fishermen, catches around the sea-cage fish farms between July 2015 and July 2017. We asked them the reasons for fish escapes from sea-cage fish farms. Answers were concerning with the predator attacks, storms, biting of cage-nets by reared fish and seabirds, slits of the nets, drop during transfer, etc.

Keywords

• deniz kültürü
• ağ kafesler
• balık kaçışları
• ege denizi
• predatör