Hüseyin Sagun was fishing in Samsun in the 1950s. At that time, fishermen were known by their names and were selling the fish they were hunting to the familiar families where they were "fishermen". Hüseyin Sagun was a classic fisherman like other fishermen. Kemal Sagun decided to grow the business that he had learned and took over from his father and moved his company to İstanbul and founded Kemal Balıkçılık Company in Kumkapı. While dealing with fish trade in Kumkapı, he realized the importance of exportation and went to France and started to export fresh fish to this country. Upon request from customers in France, he focused on frogs and found that frogs suitable for export were located in Adana and İpsala Regions. After that, he started to export both live and processed frog to France by focusing on the frog business. He established processing plants in Adana and İpsala. Ahmet Tuncay Sagun is the third generation manager of the company. From his father as a single company took over the business to a different level and turned it into a group of companies; Marines: gives products to domestic market and market chains. Merlion Aquaculture: Import Company Sagun Fish State: Europe's first and only special seafood products TSM Marine Products: Sea bream, sea bass, trout, growing tuna. Kemal Balikcilik: Export Company Biomar Sagun Yem Sanayi A.S. : Soke from Turkey's best-equipped and fish feed factory with the highest technology will start production in 2016. A.Tuncay SAGUN as well as businessman identity; Livestock, Fisheries and Products Exporters Union Chairman, Istanbul Exporters Union Chairman Chairman of the Board, OYİD Vice Chairman of Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Membership and Turkey Exporters Mecca (TIM) Management conducts Board Member. Group today exports 70 percent of its production with the human resources GROUP SAGUN, containing six different companies on site, which is Turkey's eight production facilities in different locations, seafood breeding, production, export operating in and imports of areas, both internal and external market is a Group of Companies, which is the first private fish in Europe and managed by the third generation in its structure, providing ready-to-use products to retail and wholesale markets and sales points with well-known brands. "TSM Seafood Company", which started its activities in 2002, is another Group company focused on tuna production. Our tuna farm is located in Izmir and continues to be one of the most important farms in the Mediterranean. Currently, the construction of a state-of-the-art packaging and freezing plant is currently underway in Urla.
