IMPROVING PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY IN FISH PRODUCTION
Merve Demiralay, Raif Usta, Erşan Ük
Levent Kandiller, Goran Lesaja, Bahar Turan
Burak Mücahitoğlu, Uzay Şentürk, Tuncay Sevinç, Eda Yalçınkaya
THE PROBLEM
THE COMPANY
PINAR BALIK
Fish Farming Facility
Since
Total Area
Location
Country
Production
Capacity
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 High value of FCR,
 Inefficient production,
 Lack of integrated monitoring for processes.
1985
48,500 m²
Ildir/Cesme
Turkiye
FCR
LITERATURE REVIEW
 J.M. Wooldridge, Introductory Econometrics A Modern
Approach, 2nd. ed., 2002, Thomson Learning
 Prof. Dr. Levent Kandiller, Statistical Data Analysis,
Çankaya University Department of Industrial
Engineering, 2007
(Feed Conversion Ratio)
7,900 tons of seabream&seabass
REGRESSION MODEL
 Feed conversion ratio (FCR) is a measure of how well a
batch converts feed intake (feed usage) into live weight.
74 million fry fish
www.camli.com.tr
FISH PRODUCTION PROCESS
2 years
S
Factors Affecting FCR
N
SYMPTOMS OF THE PROBLEM
IT
C
D=d1+d2+d3+d4
Vary of FCR
from Cage to
Cage
Use of
Insufficient
Quality of
Feed
Malnutrition
M
SYMPTOMS
Why FCR ?
FCR Value
High
Mortality and
Cannibalism
Insufficient
Area of Land
Space
70% of total production cost is feed cost.
Insufficient
Area of
Marine
Space
OBJECTIVE
Cages
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 Improving production efficiency in fish production,
 Improving FCR
• Current FCR ≈ 2,4 – 2,7
• Target FCR = 1,99
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