Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Tarih Dergisi
Yazarlar: ["Arzu BAYKARA TAŞKAYA"]
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Anahtar Kelimeler:Aquaculture,Otooman empire,Fishponds
Özet: Abstract One of the most important provinces of the Ottoman Empire, the Eyalet of the Archipelago had sanjaks consisting of the islands of Lemnos, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios. The island of Samos, which had a special administration in the geography within the borders of the province, was also included in our subject. The majority of the population in the province was non-Muslim. Although the boundaries changed over time, the aquaculture products we have described have been handled in the area covering this geography. Sponge fishing was the most problematic issue, with fishing and coral hunting taking a back seat. Due to sponge diving activities, machine breaking activities similar to the Cartism movement in England took place on the island of Symi and Kalymnos, and this situation was brought to court. Illegal fishing and fishing with damaging materials such as dynamite and flares are other documents reflected in the archive. The fish revenues of the islands of Chios and Lemnos were managed by way of a tax on fish, and the fish taxes were called "sayd- mahi". On the grounds that the state was incurring losses from this business, it resorted to taxing the fish revenues. Fish farms, on the other hand, were mostly concentrated in the sanjak of Lesbos and the state received income from these areas as well. Concessions were usually granted to foreigners for the operation of coral fishing and diving. Although the borders have changed today, the answers to the question of what types of fishery products are fished in the Sea of Islands and which methods are used have also been tried to be given. More than a hundred documents, some ledgers and telegraph records in the Ottoman archive of the Prime Ministry, which constitute the main source of our article, have been examined the fishing - coral fishing, sponge fishing and diving within the borders of the province have been described in detail. Keywords: Eyalet of the Archipelago, Fisheries, Fishponds, Concessions, Prohibitions and Taxation