Sailing in Turkey also allows visitors to experience the hospitality of the people in the coastal villages and towns. The tempered winds blowing from west and northwest make the long summers ideal for yachting, and seem to encourage an appreciation of nature. From some of the turquoise coast's unspoilt and sheltered bays you can see mountain peaks rising to almost 3000 meters above sea level.

FISH AND SEA PRODUCT SPECIES LIST OF THE AEGEAN SEA

FISH SPECIES
Akya - Lear Fish (Lichia amia), Bakalyoro, Berlam, Tavuk - Hake (Merluccius merluccius), Barbunya - Stripped Mullet (Muhllus barbatus), Çaça, Papalina - Sprat (Sprattus sprattus, Clupea sprattus), Çipura, Alyanak - Sea Bream (Sparus Auratus), Dil - Common Sole (Solea Solea), Dülger, Güneş - John Dory (Zeus Faber), Fangri, Mercan - Common Sea Bream (Sparus Pagrus, Pagrus Pagrus), Fener Balığı - Angler Fish (Lophius Piscatorius), Gelincik - Shore Rockling (Gaidropsarus Meditteraneus), Gobene, Yombik - Frigate Mackerel (Auxis Thazard), Aterine - Mediterranean Sandsmelt (Atherina Mochon), Çamuka, Tokmakbaş - Sandsmelt (Atherina Hepsetus), Gümüş - Silverside (Atherina Boyeri), Hamsi - Anchovy (Engraulis Encrasicolus), Hani - Painted Comber (Serranus Scriba), İskarmoz - Barracuda (Sphyraena Sphyraena), İskorpit, Lipsoz - Red Scorpion Fish (Scorpaena Scrofa), İsparoz, İspari - Annular Bream (Diplodus annularis), Sarıkanat İstavrit - Horse Mackerel (Trachurus trachurus), Karagöz İstavrit - Scad (Trachurus mediterraneus), İşkine - Brown Meagri (Corvina umbra, Sciaena umbra), İzmarit - Piceral (Macna smaris, Smaris alceda), Karagöz - Two Banded Bream (Diplodus vulgaris), Kömürcü Kaya, Kara Kaya Black Goby (Gobius niger), Has Kefal - Striped Mullet (Mugil cephalus), İnce Dudaklı Kefal - Thinlipped Mullet (Mugil ramada, Mugil capito), Sarıyanak Kefal, Altınbaş Kefal - Golden Mullet (Mugil auratus), Topanbaş, Dudaklı Kefal - Thicklipped Mullet, Prey Mullet (Mugil labeo), Sivriburun Kefal, Benekli Kefal - Leoping, Grey Mullet, Sharpnose Mullet (Mugil saliens), Topbaş Kefal, Kalın Dudaklı Kefal - Thicklipped Mullet (Mugil chelo), Kılıç - Sword Fish (Xiphias gladius), Kırlangıç - Tub Gurned (Trigla lucerna, Trigla hirunda), Kolyoz - Chub Mackerel (Scomber japonicus), Kupes  - Bogue (Boops boops), Lahoz, Lagos - Waker (Epinephelus aeneus), Levrek - Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), Lüfer - Blue Fish (Pomatomus saltator, Temnodon saltator), Melanurya - Saddled Seabream (Oblada melanura), Kırma Mercan - Pandora (Pagellus erythrinus), Çizgili Mercan, Mırmır - Striped Bream (Pagellus mormyrus, Lithognathus mormyrus), Karadeniz Alman Mersin Balığı - Sturean (Acipenser sturio), Çoka, Çaka - Steriet (Acipenser ruthenus), Mezgit - Whitting (Merlangius merlangus), Mavi Mezgit - Blue Whitting (Micromesistius poutassau), Müren - Muren (Conger conger), Minekop - Corb (Umbrina cirrosa), Paşa Barbunyası - Goldon Babded, Goat-fish (Upeneus moluccensis), Orfoz - Gouper, Perch, Dusky (Epinephelus guaza), Ton, Mavi Orkinos - Blue-fin Tuna, Thunny (Thunnus thynnus), Yazılı Orkinos, Akdeniz Orkinosu - Little Thunny-bonito (Euthnus alletteratus), Öksüz - Piper (Trigla Lyra), Palamut - Atlantic Bonito, Pelamid (Sarda sarda), Akdeniz Sardalyası - Pilchard (Sadina pilchardus), Yuvarlak Sardalya - Gilt Sardine (Sardinella aurita), Sargoz - White Bream (Diplodus sargus), Sarıağız - Meagre (Argyrosomus regius), Sarıgöz - Black Bream (Spondyliosoma cantharus, Cantharus lineatus), Sarpa - Sauppe (Boops salpa, Salpa salpa), Sinagrit - Dentex (Dentex dentex), Tekir - Red Mullet (Mullus surmuletus), Tirsi - Twaite Shad (Alosa fallax nilotica, Alosa finta), Trança - Pagry, Goldeney (Pagru ehrenbergi, Dentex gibbosus), Uskumru - Mackerel, Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus), Yılan Balığı - Eel (Anguilla anguilla), Zargana - Gav Fish (Belone belone), Zurna - Sauric (Scombresox saurus)

SEA PRODUCT SPECIES
Ahtapot - Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris), Uzun Kollu Ahtapot - White-Spotted Octopus (Octopus maropus), Kokulu Ahtapot - Musky Octopus (Eledone moschata), Beyaz Kum Midyesi - Stripped Venus (Venüs gallina), Böcek - Spiny Lobster (Palinurus vulgaris), Çalpara - Swimming Crab (Portunus puber), Deniz Kereviti - Norway Lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus), İstakoz - Common Lobster (Homarus gammarus), İstiridye - Oyster (Ostrea edulis), Kalamar - Long-finned Squid (Loligo vulgaris), Kuruma Karidesi - Prawn (Penaeus japonicus), Kanal Karidesi, Jumbo Karides - Green Tiger Prawn (Penaeus semisulcatus), Kıllı At Midyesi - Bearded Horse-mussel (Modiolus barbatus), Kum Midyesi - Golden Carpet-shell (Tapes decussatus), Akivades - Cross-cut (Tapes aureus), Ekmekçi Pavurya - Edible Crab (Canser pagurus), Zagana Pavurya - Crab (Eriphia verrucosa), Çingene Pavuryası - Common Shore Crab (Corcinus mediterraneus), Siğilli Midye - Worty Venus (Venüs verrucosa), Kum Midyesi - Cockle (Cardium edule), Subye  - Sepia, Cuttle Fish (Sepia officinalis), Tarak - Great Scallop (Pecten jacobaeus)