Field Document
August 1988
| FI:DP/TUR/87/033 Field Document August 1988 |
A report prepared for the project
Identification of Aquaculture
Potentialities in Iskenderun Bay
by
N. MacPherson, G. Cittolin
H. Cook and S. Besiktepe
Consultants
This report was prepared during the course of the project identified on the title page. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report are those considered appropriate at the time of its preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.
The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations or the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or sea area, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers.
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1988
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1.1 General
1.2 Project Approach
1.3 Present Economic Activity
1.4 Current Distribution and Markets
3.1 Technical Feasibility
3.2 Model Shrimp Farm
3.3 Other
3.4 Factors Affecting Development
3.5 Strategies for Development
4. SEA BASS AND SEA BREAM FARMING
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Semi-intensive Culture of Sea Bream in Earth Ponds
4.3 Intensive Culture of Sea Bass in Tanks and Raceways
4.4 Strategies for Development
5.1 Markets and Marketing Strategies
5.2 Economics of Production
5.3 Summary
6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
6.1 Conclusions
6.2 Recommendations
ANNEX 1: Environmental Conditions of Iskenderun Bay
ANNEX 2: Model 1 - Shrimp Farm Costing Details
ANNEX 3: Model 2 - Semi-intensive Sea Bream Farm Costing Details
ANNEX 4: Model 3 - Intensive Sea Bass Farm Costing Details
ANNEX 5: List of Organizations and Individuals met during the Mission
Table 1. Comparison between land uses. Agriculture and Aquaculture
2. Model 1: Shrimp (semi-intensive ponds). Financial analysis
3. Model 2: Sea bream (semi-intensive ponds). Financial analysis
4. Model 3: Sea bass (intensive, hatchery and raceways). Financial analysis
6. Percentage share of production cost
7. Main meteorological parameters for Adana
8. Speed and direction of the maximum observed winds
9. Observed range of some sea water parameters
10. Observed ranges for some pollutants found in Iskenderun Bay waters
11. Model 1: Shrimp farm. Annual cash flow
12. Model 1: Shrimp farm. Costs for construction
13. Model 1: Shrimp farm. Costs of production for grow-out ponds
14. Model 1: Shrimp farm. Personnel costs
15. Model 1: Shrimp farm. Consultant costs
16. Model 1: Shrimp farm. Post harvest costs
17. Model 2: Sea bream farm. Capital costs
19. Model 2: Sea bream farm. Operating costs
20. Semi-intensive culture of sea bream: increase of population
21. Semi-intensive culture of sea bream: main production patterns
22. Model 3: Sea bass farm. Capital costs
23. Model 3: Sea bass farm. Operating costs
24. Intensive on-growing of sea bass: increase of population and water needs
25. Sea bass/sea bream hatchery: yearly fry production
26. Sea bass/sea bream hatchery: bio-technical data of production
27. Sea bass/sea bream hatchery: bio-technical data for a single crop
Figure 1. Location of Iskenderun Bay
2. Identified sites for pond culture
5. Earthwork for a 16-ha shrimp unit
6. Bathymetry of Iskenderun Bay
7. Location of major lagoons and deltas
8. Monthly average air and sea water tempeatures in Iskenderun (1967)
9. Percent frequency of wind direction - Iskenderun
10. Percent frequency of wind direction - Dörtyol
11. Vertical distribution of temperature in the middle of the Bay
12. Annual variation of salinity in Iskenderun Bay
13. Summer surface circulation paths
14. Summer surface temperature and salinity distribution
15. Winter surface circulation paths
16. Winter surface temperature and salinity distribution
17. Semi-intensive culture of sea bream: expected growth pattern
18. Intensive on-growing of sea bass: expected growth pattern
19. Semi-intensive culture of sea bream: suggested farm layout