Fish farms, including those at Akbük, are the cause of pollution in Aegean locations. A local governor in Güllük, near Bodrum, told that the farms had an obligation to leave their locations and that those that do not will be fined. The farms are viewed as the main source of environmental pollution in the Aegean bays.
According to the information available environmentalists and local politicians struggled for years to get fish farms in the Güllük Gulf on the southern Aegean coast to relocate offshore, citing the coastal pollution they cause. It is informed that the fish farms are moving offshore but at the same time the pollution they created during production is replaced with the pollution caused by the equipment they leave behind.
It is found that after the fish farms removed the owners of the fish farms left behind fish cages, old nets and barrels they used. The beautiful bays located between the ancient city of Iasos and Didim look like garbage dump sites. Milas local head #0;ahin Arslan said he gave instructions to Güllük Municipality and the Local Agriculture Directorate for an immediate clean up of the coves.
