TUDAV

Bayram ÖZTÜRK, Ayaka ÖZTÜRK,
Deniz TAŞKIN, Anja NÖLTE
Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV)
November 12th, 2013
Black Sea Commission, 16th FOMLR Meeting
Atlantic bonito - Palamut (Sarda sarda)
Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793)
Aims and expected outcomes
• To update and find out the migration routes of bonito in the
Mediterranean and Black Seas.
• To evaluate changes in stocks caused by pollution, climate change
and overfishing.
•To publish a popular scientific book covering the results of the
research and explaining about bonito to raise public awareness of this
species.
• To make recommendations to national and international bodies
(Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, FAO/GFCM etc.) on the
protection and sustainable fishing of this fish.
• This protection-oriented study will also bring other species threatened
by overfishing into consideration for future studies.
Method
In total 4500 bonito,
with 1500 each year,
will be tagged in 3
years, 2012-2015.
Individuals, institutions and fishermen
who find the tags with contact info on
them will send/bring them to TUDAV and
will be rewarded for their contribution.
Current situation
• So far 1625 bonito have been tagged.
• 44 recovery reports (2.7 %) have been received and the
fishermen were rewarded for their contribution.
• Informative posters and brochures in local and regional
languages explaining the project have been distributed to
fishermen unions, cooperatives and associations.
Tagging locations
Recovery locations
The longest travelling bonito
The second longest travelling bonito
The third longest travelling bonito
Reaching the public
Posters and brochures are prepared in Turkish, English,
Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Georgian, Greek
and Arabic languages. We are hoping to receive recovery
reports from these countries in the future.
Photo from the 2nd Press Event; October 24th, 2013
Websites
For further information on the project and
videos please visit :
http://www.palamutlarnerede.org/EN/
or
https://www.facebook.com/Palamutlarnerede
For information on the activities of TUDAV
please visit :
http://www.tudav.org/index.php?lang=en
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