Assessment of physical carrying capacity of a mariculture zone designated in the Aegean Sea

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dc.authoridBuyukates, Yesim/0000-0002-4402-4587
dc.authoridOzdilek, Hasan Goksel/0000-0001-9740-9758
dc.authoridErgun, Sebahattin/0000-0002-9077-9438
dc.authoridYigit, Murat/0000-0001-8086-9125
dc.authoridAcar, Secil/0000-0002-6426-8095
dc.contributor.authorYigit, Murat
dc.contributor.authorErgun, Sebahattin
dc.contributor.authorBuyukates, Yesim
dc.contributor.authorAtes, A. Suat
dc.contributor.authorOzdilek, H. Goksel
dc.contributor.authorAcar, Secil
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:14:24Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:14:24Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe present study was conducted to evaluate the physical carrying capacity in a mariculture zone designated for cage aquaculture in the Aegean Sea (Mersin Bay, Izmir, Turkiye). Rapid assessment of carrying capacity for the approval of new investments or capacity increase requests environment-regulated timely management procedures for the sustainable development of the drastically growing cage aquaculture industry in the Mediterranean. Hence, the mathematical estimations earlier developed for the Mediterranean area have been applied for the carrying capacity assessment using the data gathered from eight fish farms operating in the area. The data collected from the farms comprised the information such as current granted production level, surface area, location depth, current speed, shore distance, and coordinates of the farm sites. The results obtained showed an estimated carrying capacity for the investigated mariculture zone as 252,852 tons which is about 18 times the current production level of 13,500 tons that was granted in total for the sum of eight cage farms in the region with a total of 50.89-ha surface area. It can be concluded that, with the condition of periodic environmental monitoring to keep the marine ecosystem below eutrophication risk, the production capacity of farms in the designated mariculture zone, comprising a surface area of 50.89 ha, could be increased by 18-fold over the present production level, which is far below the risk threshold. The findings of this study provide important support for decision-makers in the management of intensive cage aquaculture operations in the Mediterranean region.
dc.description.sponsorshipCanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (Canakkale, Turkiye); Izmir Aquaculture and Fish Producers Association (Bornova-Izmir, Turkiye) [31288]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded from a Project Protocol (June 2022) between Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University (Canakkale, Turkiye) and Izmir Aquaculture and Fish Producers Association (Bornova-Izmir, Turkiye) for the Assessment of Carrying Capacity and Environmental Monitoring of Cage Aquaculture in the Aegean Sea (Mersin Bay, Izmir), according to the Regulation on Environmental Management of Fish Farms Operating in the Seas published in the Official Gazette No: 31288 on October 2020.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10499-023-01268-4
dc.identifier.endpage2261
dc.identifier.issn0967-6120
dc.identifier.issn1573-143X
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85169139049
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage2249
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-023-01268-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/21076
dc.identifier.volume32
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001063751100002
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofAquaculture International
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectCarrying capacity
dc.subjectCage aquaculture
dc.subjectSustainable fish farming
dc.subjectCapacity increase
dc.subjectBest aquaculture practice
dc.titleAssessment of physical carrying capacity of a mariculture zone designated in the Aegean Sea
dc.typeArticle

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