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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. 61
One <strong>of</strong> the most remarkable water products is crayfish. 311 tons <strong>of</strong> crayfish was harvested in 1986, whereas the fungus disease in 1986 resulted in a decrease to 8 tons in 1987. This amount increased in time and went up to 40 tons in 1999. Local fishers also confirm the effects <strong>of</strong> the disease have started to fade and the amount <strong>of</strong> crayfish harvest has increased recently. Recreation Lake Uluabat contains two natural and cultural heritage elements significant for recreation within. Forming an interaction, these two draw many foreign and domestic tourists to the region. It is possible to watch numerous bird species breeding, wintering, staging in large numbers. Many tourists visit the site to birdwatch. Municipality and Bosch Industry and Trade Co. is located close to the site. There is a watch tower in the yard <strong>of</strong> the centre in th surrounding villages. None <strong>of</strong> these historical assets are under restoration or organized annually since 2005 aiming at protecting storks and other migratory birds visiting the village and sharing the works carried out so far with the public. WETLAND MANAGEMENT PLAN Management plan works has started in coordination <strong>of</strong> Ministry <strong>of</strong> Environment and Forestry and with contributions by Wildlife Protection Society (DHKD) in 1998. In meetings with attendance <strong>of</strong> central and local administrations, universities, NGOs, unions, fishers, industrialists, farmers, hunters and representatives <strong>of</strong> other groups <strong>of</strong> interest the Lake Uluabat Wetland Management Plan was concluded in 2002 and enforced with approval <strong>of</strong> National Commission on Wetlands. In terms <strong>of</strong> participation the Lake Uluabat Management Plan could manage the highest attendance as a protected zone in <strong>Turkey</strong>. Moreover, for Lake Uluabat for the first time in <strong>Turkey</strong> a management plan decree was prepared and implemented. The management plan was implemented in coordination <strong>of</strong> Uluabat Execution Committee with contribution <strong>of</strong> the Wildlife Conservation Fund between 2002 and 2007. The plan was revised in 2007 and a 2007-2011 Plan was put into force. References 62
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RAMSAR CRITERIA Criterion 1: A wetl
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Page 29 and 30: is cultivated in remarkable portion
Page 31 and 32: Conservation Statuses A 23.585-hect
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Page 39 and 40: Criteria 3 Criteria 4 Great white p
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Page 45 and 46: Burdur Lake was decreed as a Waterb
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Page 53 and 54: Kizilirmak Delta is one of<
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Page 77 and 78: Land Use Urban settlements surround
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