İzmir Marina

Çevre Bilinci

Swimming Bay Project

The team identifies the problems that may cause sea pollution within the borders of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality with both notification and routine inspections, and carries out meticulous studies to eliminate the problems that may cause pollution in cooperation with the relevant institutions/organizations.  In addition, they carry out projects with universities, various government institutions and non-governmental organizations.

In order to prevent the Gulf pollution, routine surveys and services are continuing to prevent pollution.

Our staff, consisting of the Mavi Körfez-2 sea skimmer ship, Mavi Körfez-3 sea skimmer vessel, Çevre 1 boat, and our land crew, which works for our municipality, collects the garbage accumulated in the gulf from both land and sea every day.

Thanks to the Mavi Körfez 1 survey boat, the areas where the wastes are concentrated in the İç Körfez are determined and the pollution is intervened quickly.

The Mavi Körfez-2 sea skimmer, purchased in 2013, can also collect floating garbage on shallow coasts due to the very low water level and The Mavi Körfez-3 sea skimmer ship, which was purchased in March 2017, is equipped to collect floating wastes and to intervene in oil pollution that may occur in possible marine accidents.

There is also a hydraulic compression garbage truck with an onboard crane for the disposal of the garbage collected by the teams.

640 tons of floating garbage was collected from İzmir İç Körfez in 2018, 450 tons in 2019 and 280 tons until September 2020.

Fish of Izmir

Countless fish species live in the waters of İzmir, which has a coastline of 629 kilometers. In İzmir, the pearl of the Aegean, which is richer in terms of fish species diversity compared to the Mediterranean, Marmara and Black Sea, there are more than 200 fish species in the gulf and its surrounding waters.

Fishing in the gulf, which is the breeding, feeding and development area of many fish species with an area of 200 square kilometers and a water capacity of 11.5 billion cubic meters, has become a very important sector for the region thanks to suitable fishing areas and ports where many boats shelter.

The main fishing centers in İzmir are from north to south Dikili, Çandarlı, Aliağa, Foça, Homa Dalyanı and its vicinity, Güzelbahçe, Urla, Özbek, Mordoğan, Karaburun, New Port, Dalyanköy, Çeşme, Sığacık and Gümüldür.

Sardines are the most caught fish species in İzmir with a production amount of approximately 467 tons. It is followed by anchovy with a production amount of approximately 390 tons.

Apart from these two species, grey mullet, boce and shad, respectively, are among the leading species of Izmir fishery in terms of production quantities.

With a total production amount of 191 tons, striped red mullet is the first species that comes to mind in terms of "the most delicious fish in Izmir" and is the symbol fish of Izmir.

In the north of the Gulf, there are mullet species such as flathead mullet, thicklip grey mullet, castros, yellow ear and thinlip mullet.

Sea bream and sea bass species are also caught in a significant amount.

Sole fish and eel are also among the fish cultivated in İzmir, although their production capacity is more limited.

Depending on the season, common sea bream, annular bream, atlantic bonito, big tonito, sparse, two banded sea bream and mackerel also find their place in the menus of fish restaurants in Izmir.

Apart from sea fish, a significant amount of sea products such as octopus, squid, cuttlefish and shrimp are also fished in İzmir.