General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean, GFCM, has launched a project called BlackSea4Fish in the Black Sea to achieve the goal of ensuring the protection and sustainable use of oceans, seas and marine resources as part of the 2030 Sustainable Development targets of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Conducted by Prof. Dr. Ali Cemal Gücü from METU Institute of Marine Sciences, the project is dedicated to building collaboration in the Black Sea region, which will enable the production of scientific recommendations for the common use of resources among the riparian countries in the fisheries industry. In this context, upon the invitation of the Georgian government, a survey was carried out in Georgia’s territorial waters by the research vessel “Sürat” by the Trabzon Fisheries Research Institute with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Middle East Technical University provided scientific and personnel support to this project. In this marine project, all the territorial waters of Georgia from Batumi to Anaklia was surveyed using a hydro-acoustic method and important data about the state of the fish stocks and anchovy stock commonly used by Turkey and Georgia was obtained. Data from the project conducted from 17 to 28 December 2018 were analyzed by experts from the METU Institute of Marine Sciences and presented to the Georgian government and GFCM.
