Project Name:

SUMMER Sustainable Management of Mesopelagic Resources

Funding Scheme:

EC H2020 RIA

Type:

International

Coordinator Organisation:

AZTI

Contact Point:

Prof. Dr. Barış Salihoğlu

Duration:

60 Months

Start-End Date:

2019-2024

Aim:

SUMMER will establish a protocol to accurately estimate mesopelagic fish biomass, quantify the ecosystem services provided by the mesopelagic community (food for aquaculture, for humans, for other wild fish, climate regulation and potential for bioactive compounds) and will develop a decision support tool to quantitatively balance the trade-offs between the different services for any given exploitation scenario.

Website:

 summerh2020.eu

Project Name:

MED40 KuzeMED40 Investigation of the changes in the Northeastern Mediterranean fish populations in the last 40 years, the role of eutrophication, fisheries pressure, climate and Lessepsian migration in these changes and the possibilities of directing the changes.

Funding Scheme:

TÜBİTAK 1001

Type:

National

Coordinator Organisation:

METU-IMS

Contact Point:

Prof. Dr. Ali Cemal Gücü

Duration:

36 Months

Start-End Date:

2021-2024

Aim:

METU-DBE has been conducting marine surveys in the Northeast Mediterranean since 1980 and has been collecting both fisheries and oceanographic data. With the current data to be collected within the scope of this project, it is aimed to make the available demersal, pelagic fish and hydrography datasets cover a period of 40 years.
The aim of this study is to transform the observations into answers by combining the old survey data collected in certain periods in the region and the current survey data to be collected within the scope of the project.

Website:

 www.facebook.com/40YEARS.AT.EASTMED