مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري

Abstract :

Güllük lagoon is one of the six important lagoons (Güllük, Karina, Akköy, Köyceğiz, Enez and Homa) in where the active fisheries have been realizing. To the fishing activities carry out in the 250 hectares of Güllük Lagoon in Eastern Güllük Bay. Lagoon is leading jointly owned by the two Fishery Cooperatives. One of them is Güllük Fisheries Cooperative, founded in 1971 with 78 registered members and the other one is Kıyıkışlacık Fishery Cooperative, established in 1996 with 89 registered members. In this study, the current status of the two cooperatives managing the Güllük Lagoon, fishing gears and fishing methods in the lagoon were stated. Fishing gear types were studied by in situ observations. Socio-demographic characteristics of fishermen in Lagoon and problems concerning with managing of lagoon were obtained through surveys. Fishing cooperatives are following a pattern of sharing the fishing days of a week for fishing in the lagoon. Fishing has been performed with single type of gill net, fyke-net for eel with four fishing boats. According to manager of cooperatives the most important problems are discharging of waste water to the lagoon and increasingly shoaling area of lagoon, depending on the reduction of freshwater.