6. Costs

The overall expense of relocation of the fish farms in Gulluk Bay has been calculated by average production.

Taking a farm of 1,000 tonnes and calculated (Table 8) across 81 fish farms in Euros we reach an average relocation cost of €82,619,514. No support was given during the relocation process. For this reason many fish farmers, especially small farmers, were obliged to sell their licence to big farm owners.
Monitoring cost is €1,071 per farm. This is done twice a year and paid by the farmer. (Source: Mugla Fish Farmers Association.)

Table 8. The fixed investment for a 1,000 tonnes sea bass and sea bream facility (EIA, 2008).