The General Profile of Aquarium Sector in Istanbul (Turkey)


Celik İ., YILMAZ S., ÇELİK P., SAYĞI H., ÖNAL U., Bashan T.

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL AND VETERINARY ADVANCES, vol.9, no.23, pp.2973-2978, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

Abstract

A survey study was conducted in order to put forth the general status of aquarium sector in Istanbul (Turkey). Within the scope of this study, it is found out that 550-600 aquarium makers, 200 of which are registered to a non-governmental organization operate in Istanbul. A great amount as 50.8% of aquarium businesses in Istanbul is sole proprietorships. They work with a strategy of providing the living things (fish, plant, etc.) and materials (heater, filter, pump etc.) which they trade from domestic and foreign sources and transporting them to the customer. The members of Cyprinidae which is among the fish groups that aquarium makers in Istanbul sell at most, rank the first and Cichliade and living thing breeding groups follow them. It is observed that domestic retail sales are mostly done in winter season (90.9%). Additionally, data on issues such as educational status and work experiences of the employees in the sector, working capacities of the businesses, kinds of plant and animal types produced or imported.