A survey study on habits of fish consumption in Afyonkarahisar province

In this study, the consumption habits of fishery products in Afyonkarahisar province were conducted by applying a simple random sampling method with equal probability, and a total of 1000 participants including 590 male and 410 female randomly selected participants were surveyed in face to face and question. It was found that 42 % of the participants were in the age group of 13-18, 70 % of the students. It was determined that 67 % of the participants were secondary and high school graduates, 24 % were university graduates, 8 % were other education, and 1 % were primary school graduates. 38% of participants 1501- 3000 TL , 32 % TL 951-1500, 17 % more than 3000 TL and 2 % of the individuals they surveyed have less than 950 revenue by 35 % while consuming all types of meat loving, red meat-loving drinkers in the rate of 27 %, chicken drinkers loving the rate of 19 %, those who prefer the flesh of the fish the rate of 18 % and 1% never consumed meat, fish flesh of those who prefer to participants 48 % 1 month 29 % 2-4 times a seafood they consume per month, 15 % 5-8 times in a month they consume, it has been determined that consumption of 9 and above is very low daily and monthly.53 % of the participants were found to consume fresh water products, 22 % were salted, 17 % were salted and 8 % were canned. According to the survey, the most preferred fish of the individuals were anchovies 38 % and carp 50 % of fresh water fish. It was found that 53 % of the participants consumed fish 1-3 kg per month and 26 % 4-6 kg per month.