Soylu, Meral Marmara University, Goztepe Campus - Vocational School of Technical Sciences - Fisheries Department, Turkey , Uzmanoglu, Selcuk Marmara University,Goztepe Campus - Vocational School of Technical Sciences - Fisheries Department, Turkey

Profitability and Productivity Analysis of Fishery Enterprises in Lake Durusu (Terkos)

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Present investigation was performed with the aim of determine the distribution of production factors and to determine the efficiency of resource utilization and determine to take measures for raising of productivity by providing optimum resource utilization which were used in the fishery enterprises in Lake Durusu. Materials of the investigation was constituted on data provide from all fishery enterprises (23 piece) in the lake by questionnaire between 2006 and 2007. In the evaluation of the fishery enterprises Cobb-Douglas Production Function were used. According to the results of the multi regression analysis, increasing returns to scale in the fishery enterprises were determined. Marginal productivity of inputs were determined as 2.15 TL for labor, -1.62 TL in food, 1.81 TL in fuel, 1.16 TL in maintenance –repair, 2.73 TL in capital depreciation and 2.88 TL in other expense. Productivity values of enterprises was calculated by using real and estimated production values and average productivity were determined as 102.48. Profitability rate of the enterprises was calculated and average profitability determined as 1.50.

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Lake Durusu , aquatic products , profitability , productivity , cobb , douglas production function.

Ege Journal Of Fisheries an‎d Aquatic Sciences

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