24 years of frustration in the Black Sea: No results in turbot fish project between Japan and Turkey

With the cooperation between the Government of Japan and the Republic of Turkey, a study was initiated for the development of fish farming in the Black Sea between 1997-2007. In this context, egg and fry production techniques of Turbot Fish were developed. Afterwards, this was developed by Turkish Engineers between 2008-2018 and the fish produced at the Fisheries Central Research Institute in Trabzon were released into the sea from different provinces of the Black Sea at various times. While more than 100 thousand turbot fish were brought to the Black Sea in a period of 24 years, this project also attracted the attention of countries such as Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Romania, which have coasts on the Black Sea, and various trainings were given to these countries on the production and release of this fish. . However, despite all efforts, the Kalkan population could not reach the desired level. The Black Sea Kalkan, which lives in the depths of the Black Sea and ...