Turkey's Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (ÇOMÜ) has released lobster fry into the Dardanelles Strait, in a first for the country. The fry were raised for nine weeks at the Marine Life Research/Application Center of the Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology at ÇOMÜ Dardanos Campus. The project was initiated to increase the lobster population, which has been diminished by overfishing. The university is hopeful that this aquaculture approach will help sustain the lobster population and improve sea life in the Sea of Marmara and the Dardanelles.