Mustafa ZENGİN, Vesselina MIHNEVA, Ertuğ DÜZGÜNEŞ

Analysing the Need of Communication to Improve Black Sea Fisheries Management Policies in the Riparian Countries

Identification of regional problems and seeking the solutions over a comprehensive stakeholder involvementare very important for the regional management of fisheries. The Black Sea is rather poor by means of suchinvolvment by the riparian countries even there are many problems regarding legal, environmental, scientific andsocio-economic aspects. This article is based on the results of stakeholder discussions about the problems of theBlack Sea fisheries under the ComFish 1 project which can be summarized as; the lack of regional andinternational organizations, common fishery regulations and absence of effective control mechanisms. There is anurgent need for bindery regional management rules and measures, and collaborations for the better managementof fisheries, ecosystem safety and implementation of common standards as well as better infrastructures andcommunication ways. The challenges can be classified under 4 topics, as legal/structural, environmental,scientific, and socio-economy, for each of the Riparian countries and the Black Sea region. In this article, thegeneral structure of the marine capture fisheries, administrative applications and scientific surveys performedregarding the state of fisheries were analysed as a reference in the other regional/local seas of the Europeancontinent. In this context, the situation of the Black Sea has been discussed by contacting with the scientificorganizations in the country.

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