Hunting in Turkey

Hunting grounds in Turkey, which will be opened to hunting tourism with considering the hunting animals potential of Turkey, are determined and announced by Ministry of Forests of Turkey(National Parks, Hunting and Wild Life General Directorate). Foreign tourist hunters, can hunt with Hunting Tousim Permission Certificate, issued to A Class Tourism Agencies by Ministry of Forest of Turkey. Also, foreign tourist hunters can only hunt species, breed and set free here within private hunting grounds approved by Ministry of Forest, National Parks and Hunt – wild Life General Directorate.

Foreign tourist hunters, who can hunt by means of Tourism Agencies, according to the related decision of MAK (Central Hunt Commission of Turkey) and regulation related with the application of 6136 Numbered Law, can bring their hunting guns and accessories together with them.

In Hunting Permission Certificates; name, surname, nationality of the hunter who will participate hunting party, dates and customs offices, when and where he will enter and exit our country, hunting grounds, dates of hunt and hunting animal species and numbers that he can hunt, are mentioned.

Turkey; today is one of the richest countries of the world in the means of fauna. A large portion of Turkish fauna occupied by wild boars. Unlike the other species wild the other species wild boars breed twice a year which multiplies the number year after year.According to the Islamic order; Consuming the meat of wild Boar is strictly prohibited and that helps the species to be well protected and causes rapid increase of the population.

Each year many farmers suffer a lot from wild boars causing damages on the crops of the fields. Turkey has agreed to protect both wildlife and farmers rights and therefore in the certain regions of the country wild boar hunting season is kept open frequently almost all year around as well as fox hunting in the same areas.

Hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing animals for food, recreation, trade or for their products. In modern use, the term refers to regulated and legal hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of animals contrary to law. Hunted animals are referred to as game animals, and are usually large mammals or migratory birds.

By definition, hunting strictly speaking, excludes the killing – though similar techniques may be used – of individual protected animals, such as bears which have become dangerous to humans, as well as the killing of non-game animals, domestic animals, or vermin as a means of pest control. Hunting can be a component of modern wildlife management, for example to help maintain a population of healthy animals within an environment’s ecological carrying capacity. In the United States, wildlife managers are frequently part of hunting regulatory and licensing bodies, where they help to set rules on the number, manner and conditions in which game may be selected for culling.

The pursuit, capture and release, or capture to eat of fish is called fishing, which is not commonly categorized as a kind of hunting, although many hunters may also fish. Trapping is also usually considered a separate activity. Neither is it considered hunting to pursue animals without intent to take them, as in wildlife photography or birdwatching. The practice of hunting for plants or mushrooms is a colloquial term for gathering.

Fishing in Turkey

Besides, the inland resources are very rich in Turkey. This fishery potential will increase with the completion of the Atatürk Dam in the Southeastern Anatolian Region of Turkey and will create more areas to be used for fishery purposes. The species obtained from the inland fisheries are mainly Common carp, Grey mullet, Mullet, Pike perch, Trout, Eel etc. On a geographical basis, the greatest fish activity has traditionally been located along the East Black Sea Coast of Turkey, including fisheries for a variety of shellfish.

In response to recognition of strong household demand, the growing requirements of the tourist industry and strong demand for certain species on export markets, production from the Aegean Sea has increased considerably.

Since the natural structure is very suitable for aquaculture, it seems that Turkey will achieve great developments in this area. The farms are particularly located in the Central Anatolian, Aegean and Western Blacksea Regions and their numbers have increased in the past years, leading to production surplus that cause rise in the exports of Turkish fishery products. The species of the products produced in these regions are trout, sea bream, sea bass and salmon.

Fresh water fishing in Turkey evidently offers even greater potential for both fish and shellfish. Substantial export oriented business has developed and Turkey became a supplier to European countries, USA and Middle East countries.

The export of fishery products valued at 99 million US$ in 1999 and the major export markets of these products are the European Union, USA, Commonwealth Independent States (CIS) and Middle East Countries.

Fishing in Adrasan

 It is possible to find each kind of fish in Adrasan waters. Some of the delicious fishes found in Adrasan are: Leer fish, amberjack, greater amberjack, sea bream, sword fish, red gumard, chub mackerel, grouper, red porgy, little tunny, atlantic bonito, skipjack tuna, baraccuda, brushteeth lizardfish, garfish and sea breams. Besides, grida fish, special to Mediterrian is also very delicious. At the points where rivers meet the sea, seabass and chub can be found especially in winters.

Which kinds of fishes can be found in Adrasan? The fishes you will like caching according to seasons are: leer fish, amberjack, dogtooth grouper, sea breams, albacore, atlantic bonito, skipjack tuna, baraccuda (brushteeth lizardfish), seabass and garfish. Leer fish, amberjack and dogteeth grouper will carry you away.

What is the method of fishing? We set off for fishing early in the morning. First we catch atlantic bonito, horse mackerel or garfish with the rapalas you have or we give you. And in the meantime we have our breakfast accompanied by the unique landscape of Adrasan and drink our coffees or tees. We cath fishes with backpulling method until we find the suitable crib fishes. We go on like this until 9 o’clock. When we find the suitable crib fishes, without paying attention to what time it is we start to catch leerfish and amberjack with our big fishing lines using these crib fishes as alive baits.

On the basis of our past experiences, we wait for the excellent moment when the fishes meet with our fishing lines in the right hunting areas. If you are lucky and there is plenty of leerfish on that day, it is impossible to desribe the joy and excitement you will have. Your struggle at the moment will remain as one of the unforgettable memories you have. Of course this is not the only method for fishing, we have other methods depending on the season, day, kinds of fish and region especially to cath barracuda and sea bream. The main goal of our fishing tours is to catch big fishes as leerfishes and amberjacks.

We go fishing tours with our small fibre boat and the boat of Deepfishing as a team. If the number is higher than normal, we rent a bigger boat in addition to ours. The owner of the hotel Mustafa Abi, who is a master of and addicted to fishing and Menderes from

 Deepfishing will make your moments unforgettable thanks to their experiences. Maybe you will cath the biggest fish in your life in these waters.

Let’s go fishing, let’s live the unforgettable moments..