A Turkish bream and bass producer has started production at its Dominican Republic aquafarm with the first fish produced due to enter the North and South America markets in 2018.
The Dominican Republic fits in well with Kılıç Deniz’s strategy to export Turkish fish all over the world and reproduce local species in each country.
“We and some other Turkish companies already export Mediterranean fish to US market,” said İhsan Bozan, deputy president of board, Kılıç Deniz Products.
“In order to sell more to American market, we chose Dominican Republic that provides transportation advantages and is suitable for growing Mediterranean fish. We would like to carry our knowledge and experience in aquaculture there and reproduce local species as well.”
He added that Kılıç Deniz has recently established its first trout facilities in Albania and fish-feed raw material production in Mauritania. It is also researching entering into the African market in countries such as Somali.
“We produce 60 thousand tonnes of fish every year. We share our aquaculture experience with the world.”
“We export Turkish fish all around the world, notably to Europe and Russia. Currently we grow a total amount of 60 thousand tonnes of bream, bass, drum and trout and export 70% of our production,” said Mr Bozan.
Kılıç Deniz currently exports fish to 37 countries.
