Research project data
Research subject/title:
A study on the prevention of incidental mortalities of dolphins and damages of catch and fishing gear in gillnet fisheries
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Project description:
Dolphin attacks to gillnets cause both incidental mortalities of dolphins and damage in fishing gears and reduction in catch. It is cause secondarily enmity to dolphins by fishers. We will research causes of dolphin attacs to gillnet about weather conditions and catch composition of entire nets. Also will be research relation between fish quantity in fishing area and attacks numbers.
Species:
- Tursiops truncatus
- Phocoena phocoena
- Delphinus delphis
Study area:
Mid Southern Black Sea
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Year beginning: 2005Year end: 2009
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Principal investigator:
Yakup ERDEM
Investigator email:
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Project team:
Prof. Dr. Levent BAT
MSc Süleyman OZDEMIR
Ercan ERDEM
Hakan AKSU
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