Aquafishing in Keban Dam Lake

The world food production is being tried to be increased in various ways depending on the increasing world population. In this context, there is an increase in the production of aquaculture In every country of the world aquatic products are widely consumed because of high nutrient value protein source. Today aquaculture production is made in inland water ways hunting and culture methods with widely produced as well as seas and oceans. Since 1990s, in Turkey culturefishing has showed a rapid development. Keban dam is an important hydroelectric dam and after 2000, it has become an important internal waters fishproduction of our country. Its production capacity has reached 40.000 tons/year in 2014. Fishes which are produced area so exported. Fishing activities carrying out in Keban dam have constituted a new imployment field in the provinces of Erzincan, Elazığ, Tunceli