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Turkish Dolphin Fisheries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Fikret Berkes
Fikret Berkes
Affiliation:
Interdisciplinary Studies, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
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Abstract

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In 1966 the USSR and Bulgarian governments prohibited dolphin fishing in the Black Sea after a population crash. Turkey, however, continues to catch dolphins (mainly for the oil) and is the only nation in the world to have such a fishery. Little is known about the stocks of the three dolphin species involved, and the author urges the importance of accurate catch records.

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Research Article
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Oryx , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , December 1977, pp. 163 - 167
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1977

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