Karakulak F. S. (Yürütücü), Uzer U., Gönülal O.
Birleşmiş Milletler Kalkınma Programı – UNDP Destekli Proje, 2020 - 2021
The General Fisheries
Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), at its forty-second session Commission
(FAO headquarters, Italy, November 2018), decided to establish a regional
research programme towards the sustainable exploitation of rapa whelk (Rapana
venosa) in the Black Sea (Recommendation GFCM/42/2018/9 on a regional
research programme for rapa whelk fisheries in the Black Sea (geographical
subarea 29)).
The workshop “Workshop on
the harmonization of data collection at landing sites and in scientific surveys-at-sea”
was organized (Burgas Bulgaria, April 2019) and attended by Black Sea experts.
One of the main outputs of this workshop was a protocol document Beam
trawl surveys for Black Sea Rapa Whelk (In: Workshop on the
harmonization of data collection at landing sites and in scientific
surveys-at-sea”, http://www.fao.org/gfcm/reports/technical
meetings/detail/en/c/1196000/; hereafter the “GUIDELINES”) specifying the
modalities for the preparation and execution of the rapa whelk beam surveys,
including, among other things, specifications of the sampling gear and
detailed descriptions of the sampling protocol. This pre-survey template should be filled
to provide the basic information of the scientific beam trawl survey planned by
Black Sea experts, as well as a pre-survey template a map for proposed sampling
stations and the names of the experts foreseen to participate in the surveys.