There are officially 10 mussel farms in our country, some of which are under construction. Although the project tonnage of the farms with a breeding certificate appears to be approximately 15 thousand tons/year, the real production is approximately 4-5 thousand tons.
Black mussel (Mytilius Galloprovincialis) is a widely consumed species in our country. According to the market research, at least 50,000 tons of mussels are consumed annually in our country. Approximately 90% of this consumption is stuffed mussels and the rest is mussel meat.
In the report prepared in 2014, in 2012 production data, 15.2 million tons of bivalves were produced worldwide, especially mussel species. Europe's total bivalve production is 601.736 tons/year, and Spain is the leader with 231.754 tons/year.
Almost a large part of the mussels sold in the market in our country is obtained through poaching and the processing stage is carried out under unsanitary conditions without undergoing any health-hygiene control. These uncontrolled and uncontrolled products are harmful to health and are not recommended for consumption.
While consuming mussels, we should be very careful whether the mussels we buy are of origin. It is very important for our health to consume mussels from places that have an approval certificate approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and can present their origin.