Author/Authors :
Dereli, Hakkı İzmir Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi - Su Ürünleri Fakültesi - Avlama Teknolojisi Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , Belli, Mahmut Muğla İl Gıda Tarım ve Hayvancılık Müdürlüğü, Turkey
Abstract :
Realizing the developments in fishing fleet in time is of great importance for the determination of the future strategies in fisheries management. In this study, changes occuring in the last 29 years (1985-2013) in the fishing fleet of Muğla Province having the longest coastline in Turkey and composing 10 % of Turkey’s fishing fleet, reasons of increase and decrease in fleet, vessel features and fishing types in the current situation were determined by analysing the records of Muğla Food, Agriculture and Livestock Province Directory. The reduction ratio of fleet recorded by identifying the features, numbers and types of the fishing vessels which were removed from the fleet within the scope of “The Notification to Support the Removal of Fishing Vessels from the Fleet (2012/51)” has been determined.The number of fishing vessel in Muğla increased between 1985 and 2005, but has shown decrease between the years 2005 and 2013. In this 29-year period, the total number of the fishing vessels transferred from the fishing fleet is 359. Their reasons of these transfers have been determined as not renovating the licence for 233 fishing vessels, fishing in a forbidden area for 1 boat, licence integration for 1 boat, transformation to a cruise ship for 1 boat, selling 108 boats to other cities and utilisation of donation support for 15 boats. Instead, the number of boats that were transferred from other cities was 234. According to 2013 data, the fishing fleet of Muğla has 1.428 fishing vessels 97,1% of which are longline fishing, 1,7 % are seine fishing, 0,9 % are trawl and 0,3 % are auxillary service boats. The percentages of the fishing vessels transferred from the fishing fleet within the notification numbered 2012/15 are as follows; 40 % of them are longline fishing, 40 % are seine fishing, 20 % are trawl fishing vessels. Although the fishing vessels transferred from the fleet thanks to the grant support have provided decrease by 1% in number and 2% in length, they have enabled a decrease in engine power by 7% and in gross ton by 23%. Despite the fact that the grant support program wasn’t able to be implemented in Muğla in terms of number and length, it was considered as effective in engine power and gross ton. The changes in the fishing fleet after 2005 have shown that there is a fishing pressure on fish stocks and fishing is not economic any more.
