{
  "destination": "turkey",
  "name": "Turkey",
  "question": "Do I need a fishing licence on a yacht charter in Turkey?",
  "answer": "Tourists may fish from the shore in Turkey without a document, but to fish from a charter yacht guests need an amateur fishing slip (avlanma fişi) from the provincial agriculture directorate, unless the boat holds a fishing-tourism permit; we could not confirm what the slip costs. Each person may keep 5 kg (or one fish over 5 kg), and several popular charter bays in the Gökova and Hisarönü gulfs and around Kaş are closed to fishing.",
  "canonical_url": "https://catamaranindex.com/fishing/turkey/",
  "markdown_url": "https://catamaranindex.com/fishing/turkey.md",
  "destination_url": "https://catamaranindex.com/turkey/",
  "best_time_url": "https://catamaranindex.com/best-time/turkey/",
  "api_url": "https://catamaranindex.com/api/fishing/turkey.json",
  "book_url": "https://catamaranindex.com/go/samboat?dest=turkey&pos=api",
  "checked": "2026-10-28",
  "licence": {
    "needed": "boat-only",
    "summary": "From a boat only (avlanma fişi)",
    "cost_summary": "Not verified",
    "issuer": "Provincial/district Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry (Tarım ve Orman Müdürlüğü)",
    "price": {
      "text": "not verified",
      "status": "not_verified"
    },
    "validity": {
      "text": "Avlanma fişi: validity not verified. Tebliğ 2024/21 is valid 1 Sep 2024–31 Aug 2028.",
      "status": "not_verified"
    },
    "notes": [
      {
        "text": "Tebliğ 6/2 (No 2024/21), Art. 5: tourists may fish from the shore without a document.",
        "status": "official"
      },
      {
        "text": "To fish at sea from a boat they need either a vessel holding a 'Ticari Amaçlı Amatör Balıkçılık Turizm İzni' (commercial amateur-fishing tourism permit) or an avlanma fişi (Annex 3) from the directorate.",
        "status": "official"
      },
      {
        "text": "Foreign residents can get a 2-year Misafir Amatör Balıkçı Belgesi (search summary).",
        "status": "unconfirmed"
      },
      {
        "text": "Amendment 2026/26: from 1 Sep 2027 amateur fishing vessels need a Vessel Permit Certificate (secondary: denizde.com.tr).",
        "status": "secondary"
      }
    ],
    "source": {
      "id": "fish_turkey_1",
      "name": "Resmî Gazete (Official Gazette of Türkiye)",
      "title": "Resmî Gazete – Tebliğ 6/2 (2024/21)",
      "url": "https://resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2024/08/20240811-4.htm",
      "checked": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "Official source.",
      "tier": "official"
    }
  },
  "catch_limits_summary": "5 kg per person, or one fish over 5 kg",
  "limits": [
    {
      "text": "Sea catch: 5 kg total per person, or one fish over 5 kg; if the largest fish is excluded, the rest must be ≤4 kg. Species counted by number: max 3 in total",
      "status": "official"
    },
    {
      "text": "Minimum sizes in Çizelge 7 (image tables, not extracted); 5% tolerance. Secondary (fishradar.ai): bluefish 18 cm, dentex 35 cm; greater amberjack 30 cm, 1/day, closed 15 Apr–15 May (not verified against the official text)",
      "status": "secondary"
    },
    {
      "text": "Max 4 lines with ≤6 hooks each, plus 1 çapari (≤15 hooks). Traps, longlines (parakete) and drop lines banned",
      "status": "official"
    },
    {
      "text": "No fishing in buoyed swim areas or within 200 m of shore, 1 Apr–15 Nov; no fishing within 100 m of fish farms; lights for fishing banned; sale banned",
      "status": "official"
    }
  ],
  "spearfishing": [
    {
      "text": "Spearfishing: sunrise to sunset only, no lights, no scuba or hookah, buoy required; guns and air pressure banned",
      "status": "official"
    }
  ],
  "protected_areas": [
    {
      "text": "Kaş: Bohça İskelesi, Ufakdere, Beşadalar, İnceburun, Çondur Burnu, Bucak Denizi",
      "status": "official"
    },
    {
      "text": "Kumluca Üç Adalar (line fishing allowed)",
      "status": "official"
    },
    {
      "text": "Fethiye harbour (except shore lines)",
      "status": "official"
    },
    {
      "text": "İztuzu/Dalyan (1 Nov–30 Apr)",
      "status": "official"
    },
    {
      "text": "Hisarönü Gulf: Kurucabük and Çiftlik bays, Kargı Koyu, Selimiye Koyu, Bozburun–Söğüt line",
      "status": "official"
    },
    {
      "text": "Gökova Gulf: Bördübet Limanı, Boncuk Koyu/Karaca Limanı, Çamlı Limanı, Akyaka, Akbük Limanı",
      "status": "official"
    },
    {
      "text": "Gökçeada underwater park, Yıldız–Çiftlik Koyu (1 mile)",
      "status": "official"
    },
    {
      "text": "Güllük Dalyanı (500 m)",
      "status": "official"
    },
    {
      "text": "Mediterranean monk seal caves: no entry, anchoring or fishing",
      "status": "official"
    }
  ],
  "species": [
    {
      "common_name": "Bluefish (lüfer)",
      "scientific_name": "Pomatomus saltatrix",
      "method": "trolling, spinning",
      "best_months": "Sep–Mar",
      "best_months_status": "secondary",
      "best_months_source": {
        "id": "fish_turkey_6",
        "name": "Fishing World Guide",
        "title": "Fishing World Guide Turkey",
        "url": "https://www.fishingworldguide.com/en/blog/fishing-in-turkey",
        "checked": "2026-10-28",
        "note": "Secondary source (not official).",
        "tier": "secondary"
      },
      "iucn_status": {
        "code": "VU",
        "category": "Vulnerable",
        "assessed": "07 July 2014",
        "scope": "global, IUCN Red List 2025-2, as shown on FishBase"
      },
      "endemic": false,
      "local_rule": null,
      "source": {
        "id": "fishbase_pomatomus_saltatrix",
        "name": "FishBase",
        "title": "Pomatomus saltatrix species summary",
        "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Pomatomus-saltatrix.html",
        "checked": "2026-10-28",
        "note": "Reference database (FishBase species summary; IUCN status as FishBase shows it, Red List 2025-2 global).",
        "tier": "reference"
      }
    },
    {
      "common_name": "Greater amberjack (akya/sarıkuyruk)",
      "scientific_name": "Seriola dumerili",
      "method": "jigging",
      "best_months": "Sep–Oct",
      "best_months_status": "secondary",
      "best_months_source": {
        "id": "fish_turkey_6",
        "name": "Fishing World Guide",
        "title": "Fishing World Guide Turkey",
        "url": "https://www.fishingworldguide.com/en/blog/fishing-in-turkey",
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        "note": "Secondary source (not official).",
        "tier": "secondary"
      },
      "iucn_status": {
        "code": "LC",
        "category": "Least Concern",
        "assessed": "07 November 2013",
        "scope": "global, IUCN Red List 2025-2, as shown on FishBase"
      },
      "endemic": false,
      "local_rule": null,
      "source": {
        "id": "fishbase_seriola_dumerili",
        "name": "FishBase",
        "title": "Seriola dumerili species summary",
        "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Seriola-dumerili.html",
        "checked": "2026-10-28",
        "note": "Reference database (FishBase species summary; IUCN status as FishBase shows it, Red List 2025-2 global).",
        "tier": "reference"
      }
    },
    {
      "common_name": "Common dentex (sinarit)",
      "scientific_name": "Dentex dentex",
      "method": "jigging",
      "best_months": null,
      "best_months_status": "not_verified",
      "best_months_source": null,
      "iucn_status": {
        "code": "VU",
        "category": "Vulnerable",
        "assessed": "17 August 2009",
        "scope": "global, IUCN Red List 2025-2, as shown on FishBase"
      },
      "endemic": false,
      "local_rule": null,
      "source": {
        "id": "fishbase_dentex_dentex",
        "name": "FishBase",
        "title": "Dentex dentex species summary",
        "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Dentex-dentex.html",
        "checked": "2026-10-28",
        "note": "Reference database (FishBase species summary; IUCN status as FishBase shows it, Red List 2025-2 global).",
        "tier": "reference"
      }
    },
    {
      "common_name": "Atlantic bonito (palamut)",
      "scientific_name": "Sarda sarda",
      "method": "trolling",
      "best_months": null,
      "best_months_status": "not_verified",
      "best_months_source": null,
      "iucn_status": {
        "code": "LC",
        "category": "Least Concern",
        "assessed": "15 November 2021",
        "scope": "global, IUCN Red List 2025-2, as shown on FishBase"
      },
      "endemic": false,
      "local_rule": null,
      "source": {
        "id": "fishbase_sarda_sarda",
        "name": "FishBase",
        "title": "Sarda sarda species summary",
        "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Sarda-sarda.html",
        "checked": "2026-10-28",
        "note": "Reference database (FishBase species summary; IUCN status as FishBase shows it, Red List 2025-2 global).",
        "tier": "reference"
      }
    },
    {
      "common_name": "Leerfish (akya)",
      "scientific_name": "Lichia amia",
      "method": "spinning, live bait",
      "best_months": null,
      "best_months_status": "not_verified",
      "best_months_source": null,
      "iucn_status": {
        "code": "LC",
        "category": "Least Concern",
        "assessed": "19 May 2014",
        "scope": "global, IUCN Red List 2025-2, as shown on FishBase"
      },
      "endemic": false,
      "local_rule": null,
      "source": {
        "id": "fishbase_lichia_amia",
        "name": "FishBase",
        "title": "Lichia amia species summary",
        "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Lichia-amia.html",
        "checked": "2026-10-28",
        "note": "Reference database (FishBase species summary; IUCN status as FishBase shows it, Red List 2025-2 global).",
        "tier": "reference"
      }
    },
    {
      "common_name": "Lionfish (invasive)",
      "scientific_name": "Pterois miles",
      "method": "spearfishing removal",
      "best_months": null,
      "best_months_status": "not_verified",
      "best_months_source": null,
      "iucn_status": {
        "code": "LC",
        "category": "Least Concern",
        "assessed": "20 June 2017",
        "scope": "global, IUCN Red List 2025-2, as shown on FishBase"
      },
      "endemic": false,
      "local_rule": "Invasive in the E. Mediterranean (FishBase)",
      "source": {
        "id": "fishbase_pterois_miles",
        "name": "FishBase",
        "title": "Pterois miles species summary",
        "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Pterois-miles.html",
        "checked": "2026-10-28",
        "note": "Reference database (FishBase species summary; IUCN status as FishBase shows it, Red List 2025-2 global).",
        "tier": "reference"
      }
    },
    {
      "common_name": "Silver-cheeked toadfish (invasive, toxic)",
      "scientific_name": "Lagocephalus sceleratus",
      "method": "bycatch — do not eat",
      "best_months": null,
      "best_months_status": "not_verified",
      "best_months_source": null,
      "iucn_status": {
        "code": "LC",
        "category": "Least Concern",
        "assessed": "08 June 2011",
        "scope": "global, IUCN Red List 2025-2, as shown on FishBase"
      },
      "endemic": false,
      "local_rule": null,
      "source": {
        "id": "fishbase_lagocephalus_sceleratus",
        "name": "FishBase",
        "title": "Lagocephalus sceleratus species summary",
        "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Lagocephalus-sceleratus.html",
        "checked": "2026-10-28",
        "note": "Reference database (FishBase species summary; IUCN status as FishBase shows it, Red List 2025-2 global).",
        "tier": "reference"
      }
    }
  ],
  "spots": [
    {
      "name": "Gökova Gulf (outside no-take bays)",
      "why": "popular charter cruising ground; several bays are no-fishing under Art. 17",
      "source": "Tebliğ 2024/21",
      "status": "as named"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hisarönü Gulf / Bozburun",
      "why": "charter area with listed no-fishing bays",
      "source": "Tebliğ 2024/21",
      "status": "as named"
    },
    {
      "name": "Bodrum, Marmaris, Fethiye offshore",
      "why": "bluefish, amberjack",
      "source": "secondary: fishingworldguide.com",
      "status": "secondary"
    }
  ],
  "charter_guest_rules": "From a charter yacht, guests need an avlanma fişi from the directorate unless the boat holds a fishing-tourism permit. Keep clear of the Art. 17 bays in Gökova, Hisarönü and Kaş.",
  "not_verified": [
    "not verified",
    "Avlanma fişi: validity not verified. Tebliğ 2024/21 is valid 1 Sep 2024–31 Aug 2028.",
    "Best months for Common dentex (sinarit), Atlantic bonito (palamut), Leerfish (akya), Lionfish (invasive), Silver-cheeked toadfish (invasive, toxic)"
  ],
  "status_legend": {
    "official": "Read in an official source (government, statutory body or the legal text).",
    "secondary": "From a non-government source (guide, club, operator or news); not official.",
    "unconfirmed": "An official rule we could only read in a search summary, because we could not open the official text.",
    "not_verified": "We could not confirm it.",
    "note": "status is our reading of the dataset's own wording: \"secondary\" = non-government source; \"unconfirmed\" = official rule read only in a search summary; \"not_verified\" = a gap."
  },
  "caveat": "Rules change. Check with the authority or the charter company before fishing. Our summaries (answer, summary, cost_summary, catch_limits_summary) are written from the labelled facts.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "fish_turkey_1",
      "name": "Resmî Gazete (Official Gazette of Türkiye)",
      "title": "Resmî Gazete – Tebliğ 6/2 (2024/21)",
      "url": "https://resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2024/08/20240811-4.htm",
      "checked": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "Official source.",
      "tier": "official"
    },
    {
      "id": "fish_turkey_2",
      "name": "Trabzon Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry",
      "title": "Trabzon İl Tarım – announcement",
      "url": "https://trabzon.tarimorman.gov.tr/Duyuru/241/11-Agustos-2024-Tarihli-Ve-32629-Sayili-Resmi-Gazetede-Yayimlanan-6_2-Numarali-Amator-Amacli-Su-Urunleri-Avciliginin-Duzenlenmesi-Hakkinda-Teblig",
      "checked": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "Official source.",
      "tier": "official"
    },
    {
      "id": "fish_turkey_3",
      "name": "Deniz Ticaret Odası (Chamber of Shipping)",
      "title": "Deniz Ticaret Odası – amendment 2026/26",
      "url": "https://www.denizticaretodasi.org.tr/tr/sirkuler/6-2-numarali-amator-amacli-su-urunleri-avciliginin-duzenlenmesi-hakkinda-teblig-teblig-no--2024-21-de-degisiklik-yapilmasina-dair-teblig-no--2026-26-hk-24270",
      "checked": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "Secondary source (not official).",
      "tier": "secondary"
    },
    {
      "id": "fish_turkey_4",
      "name": "denizde.com.tr (news)",
      "title": "denizde.com.tr – vessel permit",
      "url": "https://denizde.com.tr/en/haberler/amator-balikcilikta-teknelere-ruhsat-zorunlulugu-getirildi",
      "checked": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "Secondary source (not official).",
      "tier": "secondary"
    },
    {
      "id": "fish_turkey_5",
      "name": "Fishradar (fishing guide)",
      "title": "Fishradar Türkiye regs",
      "url": "https://fishradar.ai/fishing/regulations/turkiye-denizler-marine-waters/",
      "checked": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "Secondary source (not official).",
      "tier": "secondary"
    },
    {
      "id": "fish_turkey_6",
      "name": "Fishing World Guide",
      "title": "Fishing World Guide Turkey",
      "url": "https://www.fishingworldguide.com/en/blog/fishing-in-turkey",
      "checked": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "Secondary source (not official).",
      "tier": "secondary"
    },
    {
      "id": "fishbase_pomatomus_saltatrix",
      "name": "FishBase",
      "title": "Pomatomus saltatrix species summary",
      "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Pomatomus-saltatrix.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "Reference database (FishBase species summary; IUCN status as FishBase shows it, Red List 2025-2 global).",
      "tier": "reference"
    },
    {
      "id": "fishbase_seriola_dumerili",
      "name": "FishBase",
      "title": "Seriola dumerili species summary",
      "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Seriola-dumerili.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "Reference database (FishBase species summary; IUCN status as FishBase shows it, Red List 2025-2 global).",
      "tier": "reference"
    },
    {
      "id": "fishbase_dentex_dentex",
      "name": "FishBase",
      "title": "Dentex dentex species summary",
      "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Dentex-dentex.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "Reference database (FishBase species summary; IUCN status as FishBase shows it, Red List 2025-2 global).",
      "tier": "reference"
    },
    {
      "id": "fishbase_sarda_sarda",
      "name": "FishBase",
      "title": "Sarda sarda species summary",
      "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Sarda-sarda.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "Reference database (FishBase species summary; IUCN status as FishBase shows it, Red List 2025-2 global).",
      "tier": "reference"
    },
    {
      "id": "fishbase_lichia_amia",
      "name": "FishBase",
      "title": "Lichia amia species summary",
      "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Lichia-amia.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "Reference database (FishBase species summary; IUCN status as FishBase shows it, Red List 2025-2 global).",
      "tier": "reference"
    },
    {
      "id": "fishbase_pterois_miles",
      "name": "FishBase",
      "title": "Pterois miles species summary",
      "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Pterois-miles.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "Reference database (FishBase species summary; IUCN status as FishBase shows it, Red List 2025-2 global).",
      "tier": "reference"
    },
    {
      "id": "fishbase_lagocephalus_sceleratus",
      "name": "FishBase",
      "title": "Lagocephalus sceleratus species summary",
      "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Lagocephalus-sceleratus.html",
      "checked": "2026-10-28",
      "note": "Reference database (FishBase species summary; IUCN status as FishBase shows it, Red List 2025-2 global).",
      "tier": "reference"
    }
  ],
  "attribution": "Cite \"Catamaran Index\" with a link to the canonical_url of the page the figure comes from, and name the original source listed with it.",
  "affiliate_note": "book_url links go through /go/samboat, an affiliate link: Catamaran Index may earn a commission on bookings, at no extra cost to the traveller. It never changes the data."
}