Analysis of Fish Health Status in Terms of Sustainability of Aquaculture in Turkey-A SWOT Analysis

Abstract

The sustainability of activities for the production of food or other industrial productsin natural areas all over the world is perhaps one of the most important problems. Inorder to ensure sustainability in the aquaculture sector, all components of the sectorshould be synchronized. In this review, fish health status, which is an importantcomponent of the aquaculture sector in Turkey has been analysed in terms ofsustainability. The article primarily discusses a brief history of Turkey's aquacultureindustry and also the diseases reported from fish in the country were mentioned. Inaddition, other components of aquaculture sector were announced except for fishhealth. In this first section, information about fish health related public and privatestakeholders is given. In the second part of the article, a large SWOT analysis of fishhealth was performed. Finally, recommendations and measures for fish healthmanagements were presented for the sustainability of aquaculture in Turkey.