“…Studies that analyze the contribution of sector on national economy and foreign trade are of vital importance (Akyol and Ceyhan, 2010;Candemir and Dağtekin, 2020;Demir, 2011;Emiroğlu, 2018;Hoşsucu et al, 2001;Koşar, 2009;Sarıözkan, 2016;Tekelioğlu et al, 2007;Yıldırım and Okumuş, 2004). In addition, many studies have been carried out on production (Alçiçek, 2009;Başçınar, 2007;Çeliker, 2006;Demir, 2011;Doğan, 1997;Emiroğlu, 2018;Köse et al, 2010;Yüngül et al, 2012), trade (Başçınar, 2007;Dağtekin and Orhan, 2007;Kuşat and Kuşat, 2019), consumption (Akbay et al, 2013;Aydın and Karadurmuş, 2013;Bayraktar et al, 2019;Çolakoğlu et al, 2006;Dağtekin and Orhan, 2007;Dereli et al, 2016;Özuğur et al, 2019;Sağlam and Samsun, 2018;Sayğı et al, 2015;Şenol and Saygı, 2001), competition (Kuşat and Kuşat, 2019), and organization (Ünal and Yercan, 2006;Yılmaz et al, 2009), and it is important to determine the foreign trade potential and the factors affecting this potential in order to increase competitiveness in today's conditions where the market structure is changing very rapidly. Thus, it was aimed to increase the competitiveness of Turkey in this field by determining measures, strategies and policies to improve foreign trade in fisheries products.…”