Abstract

Fishery is a very important sector in Turkey due to economic, geographic, traditional, and cultural conditions. The sector has being one of the four sub-sectors of the agriculture till recent year when the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock separate Fishery as an independent sector. The coastal areas, the amounts of lakes and rivers have been very important for fishery supplies in Turkey. Although Turkey has big potential fishery sector, the production commonly survive as traditional practices. Information sources of fishery sector, water resources, and ecological issues come from master-apprentice connections. The objective of this study is to share information sources of knowledge, science, and technology where stakeholders can reach or create Knowledge Based Economic Development (KBED) in the sector. As a result of the study, the stakeholders of fishery in Turkey as well as in the other countries obtain information sources of fishery from the study where knowledge is shared.

Key words: Fishery, knowledge sources, development, Turkey.