Farming
Sea bass and sea bream are grown in our own offshore cages.
Sea bassDicentrarchus labraxSea breamSparus aurata
Founded by Şaban Akgöl in Hatay, 1972. More than fifty years in fish, under the same name.
A family business that began with fresh fish in Hatay now farms its own sea bass and sea bream, runs a processing, packing and cold storage plant in Mersin, and exports to the Middle East and the European Union.
Scale today
- produced and shipped per year
- 4,500 tsample figure
- processing capacity
- 40 t/daysample figure
- countries served
- 18sample figure
- employees
- 220sample figure
Sea bass and sea bream, grown in our own offshore cages.
From Hatay to Mersin.
Şaban Akgöl started in 1972, selling fresh fish in Hatay. It grew into a family business supplying fish from Hatay to markets across Turkey.
Incorporated in 2012, Akgöl Balıkçılık moved from retail into production: sea bass and sea bream farms, then a processing, packing and cold storage plant in Mersin.
Today we handle the fish ourselves from the sea to the box, and deliver it to buyers in the Middle East and Europe under an ISO 22000 food safety system.
The company grew. The name on the door stayed the same.
1972 to today
1972
Şaban Akgöl starts selling fresh fish in Hatay.
The years after
It grows into a family business supplying fish from Hatay to markets across Turkey.
2012
Akgöl Balıkçılık is incorporated and moves from retail into production.
Then
Sea bass and sea bream farms, then a processing, packing and cold storage plant in Mersin.
Today
Every step from the sea to the box is ours, under ISO 22000, for buyers in the Middle East and Europe.
From the sea to the box, every step is ours.
Fish reach the plant on the day of harvest. Our own people run every step in between.
Processing and packing
Grading, gutting, filleting, freezing and packing at our Mersin plant.
- Grading
- Gutting
- Filleting
- Freezing
- Packing
- Cold storage
- processing capacity
- 40 t/daysample figure
- cold storage capacity
- 2,500 tsample figure
Sea bass and sea bream first.
Two species we farm ourselves. The rest of the range: sea and freshwater fish, shrimp, squid and octopus.
21products in four categories
Sea bass
Dicentrarchus labrax
- Whole fish
- 200 g to 1 kg+
- Fillet
- 100 g to 180 g
- Processing forms
- Fresh, frozen, whole, gutted, fillet
Sea bream
Sparus aurata
- Whole fish
- 200 g to 1 kg+
- Fillet
- 100 g to 180 g
- Processing forms
- Fresh, frozen, whole, gutted, fillet
The rest of the range
Sea fish
- Common pandoraPagellus erythrinus
- Red mulletMullus barbatus
- Flathead grey mulletMugil cephalus
- Atlantic mackerelScomber scombrus
- Norwegian salmonSalmo salar
- Turkish salmon (sea trout)Oncorhynchus mykiss
Freshwater fish
- Rainbow troutOncorhynchus mykiss
- Pike perch (zander)Sander lucioperca
- Common carp (scaled and mirror)Cyprinus carpio
- Crucian carpCarassius carassius
- Shabout (Tigris barbel)Arabibarbus grypus
- Big-scale sand smeltAtherina boyeri
- Pangasius filletPangasianodon hypophthalmus
Crustaceans
- ShrimpPenaeus semisulcatus, Penaeus indicus
- Giant red shrimpAristaeomorpha foliacea
Molluscs
- SquidLoligo vulgaris
- OctopusOctopus vulgaris
- CuttlefishSepia officinalis
- Mediterranean musselMytilus galloprovincialis
Cold chain from harvest to delivery.
Fresh product ships on ice between 0 and 2 °C, frozen product at -18 °C or below. Food safety runs under an ISO 22000 management system.
- Fresh
- 0 to 2 °C
- Frozen
- -18 °C or below
From Mersin, across borders.
Fresh and frozen product, cold chain to the Middle East and Europe. Fresh product by reefer truck, frozen product by reefer container. Documents, labels and packing are prepared for the buyer's market.
Markets
- Middle East
- European Union
- countries served
- 18sample figure
- Lead time
- Fresh 24 to 48 hours, frozen 1 to 2 weeks sample figure
- Minimum order
- 1 pallet sample figure
- Shelf life
- Fresh 10 days, frozen 18 months sample figure
- Boxes
- 10 kg net
- Transport
- Reefer truck, reefer container
News
All newsSeafood Expo Global, Barcelona: meet us at our stand
Our sea bass and sea bream team is on the stand all week. Book a meeting time in advance.
New capacity on the fillet line
A second fillet line is now running at the Mersin plant.
Weekly availability list on WhatsApp
Get current sizes and stock every week on WhatsApp.
Talk to our sales team
We work with our buyers face to face. Write, call or come to Mersin, and you will speak to someone who knows the fish.
Reach us directly
- +90 324 229 30 20Mersin processing and packing plant sample figure
- +90 326 285 55 50Head office, Antakya