Özet:

In the 2030 agenda of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the development of the fisheries sector is included in order to ensure economic, social and environmentally sustainable agricultural development. Fisheries industry which provide continious and high income market advantage and has international competitiveness, is one of the priority sectors for Turkey. In order to maintain the international competitiveness of the Turkish fisheries sector, which has an great advantage with its geographical location and biodiversity advantage, different key factors should also be evaluated. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to analyze the current situation of the structural and institutional key factors of the Turkish fisheries sector and to emphasize the policies that support the international competitiveness of the sector. In this sense, the Diamond Model, which was developed by Michael E. Porter is used for the analysis to evaluate the international competitiveness of the sectors with the national conditions of the countries. According to the results; the competitive position of Turkish fisheries sector, has been identified as 3.23 out of 5. Although this result is acceptable for Turkey, to increase its competitiveness and ensure sustainable competition, some actions have to be taken to eliminate some major shortcomings.

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