Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate socio-economic structure and problems of small-scale fisheries in Samandağ, Arsuz, İskenderun, Payas, and Dörtyol districts of Hatay Province, in the northeastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Technical and physical features of fishing equipments, socio-economic characteristics of fishermen, economic analysis of fishery activity and the problems faced by fishermen were examined. A total of 317 boats were found to be registered in the small-scale fishing activity in these regions. The data were obtained face to face from 209 fishermen who are mainly engaged in the fishing activities in the Samandağ, Arsuz, İskenderun, Payas and Dörtyol coastal areas. A total of 40 questions were asked to the fishermen. Small-scale fishery is a source of income for many people, particularly in small towns and fishing areas with low-capital investments. Small-scale fisheries also contribute to the healthy nutrition of the people of the region. Fisheries plays an important role in human protein requirements. There is an increasing need to supporting bodies or programs to get a sustainable small-scale fishery in these coastal regions. There is also a serious risk for small-scale fishermen and their families whose lives are related to fishery resources, which are getting decreased in these coastal areas.
Highlights
Fisheries is an important area of activity in terms of both feeding the population and being one of the main livelihoods in the coastal regions
Doğan (2010) stated that the lengths of small fishing boats, a partner of the Istanbul Fisheries Cooperative, varied between 6-12 meters and that the boats with a length of 6.07.9 meters made up the majority with 68.9%
We determined that various fishing equipment such as gill and trammel net, fishing line, surrounding net and longline are used in Hatay.Yağoğlu (2013) stated in the study he conducted in Akçakoca district that the fishermen were fishing with 82.2% net and 42.2% fishing with fishing line
Summary
Fisheries is an important area of activity in terms of both feeding the population and being one of the main livelihoods in the coastal regions. Large portions of fish and fishery products in Turkey. More than 300.000 families in Turkey provide their livelihood from fisheries and subindustries. The province of Hatay has a surface area of 5524 km and a population of 1575226. It has a total length of 186 km of coastline and has actively used Çevlik, Konacık-Işıklı, İskenderun and Dörtyol fishing ports. Hatay has 2% of Turkey in terms of both its coastline and the number of small scale boats. In Hatay, 2072 people earn a living from the fisheries sector, and most of them are people who continue small-scale fishing activities
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