Ramsar Sites of Turkey - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

milk at household level. In the
livestock production is a prevailing occupation. Almost 300 water buffalos and hundreds
from Manisa for grazing.
The
level and the existing meadows are rented by the municipality. There are seven poultries
<strong>of</strong> 10.000 chicken capacity and three active milk-houses.
Reed Harvesting
Reed harvesting was prevailing among
past, whereas there are people coming to the region for reed harvesting in recent years.
The reeds are reaped and sold in Karacabey or to the traders coming to the village.
Those that cannot be sold are used to manufacture saddle, rope, matting and as isolation
material in walls and ro<strong>of</strong>s. The reeds are also exported.
Hunting
A hunting rifle can be seen in almost every village in the surrounds <strong>of</strong> Lake Uluabat. The
lake is one <strong>of</strong> the important hunting areas for those particularly coming from Istanbul
and Bursa. Hunters sail on the lake either with the camouflaged small boats or fisher
boats they hire from the villagers or with their own boats.
Inside the lake is where the most intensive hunting is practiced. The outlet <strong>of</strong> the lake
no adequate control in Lake Uluabat due to some deficiencies.
Fishery
boundaries still benefit from the water products (fish and crayfish) in the lake.
As distinct from the others, almost 80 percent
with fishery as the main source <strong>of</strong> income because <strong>of</strong> agricultural land deficiency. The
rest practice agricultural production.
Today carp and northern pike are the two most important fish species besides crayfish.
Though rare, valuable species are catfish, eel and grey mullet. Another important product
is caviar.
has 680 members by the end <strong>of</strong> 2007. There are almost 500 boats i
to 1999 records the amount <strong>of</strong> carp is 28 tons, northern pike is 79 tons and other fish are
259 tons. The annual sum <strong>of</strong> other fish species apart from carp and northern pike is
reported to change between 15 and 20 tons in recent years. November and December
are the intensive fishery period, though the practice continues whole year.
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