A proposal for new marine protected areas along the Turkish Black Sea coast

Abstract

Abstract Marine living resources are diminishing in the Turkish Black Sea whilst marine biological diversity is facing various threats from overfishing as well as illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing, pollution - both vessel and land-based, alien species, marine litter, and climate change. The designation of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) will greatly improve the protection of marine biodiversity and sustainable fisheries in the region. Five ecologically important sites were recommended for designation as MPAs along the Turkish coast, where currently no MPA exists. These were proposed by taking into account those criteria specified by the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), such as uniqueness, life history stages of species, importance for threatened, endangered species or habitats, vulnerability, fragility, sensitivity or slow recovery and biological productivity.

Keywords

• Key words: Black Sea, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), Turkey.

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