Editor in Chief

• Ahmet Faruk YEŞİLSU, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey
• İlhan AYDIN, General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies, Ankara, Turkey

Advisory Board

• İlhan ALTINOK, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
• Hiroshi KOHNO, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
• Emin ÖZDAMAR, JICA, Ankara, Turkey
• Sedat YERLİ, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Managing Editors

• Ahmet Faruk YEŞİLSU, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey
• Esen ALP ERBAY, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey

Section Editors
(in alphabetical order - surname)

• Bilal AKBULUT, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey
• Aftab ALAM, Edenworks Inc., USA
• Ahmet ALP, Sütçü İmam University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
• İlhan ALTINOK, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
• Jaime R. ALVARADO-BREMER, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA
• Tülin ARSLAN, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey
• İlhan AYDIN, General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies, Ankara, Turkey
• Gülsüm BALÇIK MISIR, Central Fisheries Research Institute,Trabzon, Turkey
• Matheus Dellaméa BALDISSERA, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil
• Levent BAT, Sinop University, Sinop, Turkey
• Murat BİLECENOĞLU, Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Turkey
• Pawel BRZUZAN, Warmia and Mazury University, Poland
• Katia CAPEL, Center of Marine Biology of University of Sao Paulo (CEBIMar/USP), Brazil
• Melih Ertan ÇINAR, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
• Orhan Tufan EROLDOĞAN, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
• Francesco FAZİO, University of Messina, Italy
• Kürşat FIRAT, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
• James N. FURZE, University of the West of England, UK
• Yaşar GENÇ, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey
• Cemil Kaya GÖKÇEK, Mustafa Kemal University , Hatay, Turkey
• Jordi GUILLEN, European Commission DG Joint Research Centre, Italy
• Ali Cemal GÜCÜ, Middle East Technical University, Mersin, Turkey
• Erdinç GÜNEŞ, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ankara, Turkey
• Ivan JARIC, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
• Tae Sung JUNG, Gyeongsang National University, South Korea
• F. Saadet KARAKULAK, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey
• Atilla KARŞI, Mississippi State University, USA
• Jeppe KOLDING, University of Bergen, Norway
• Sevim KÖSE, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
• Dariusz KUCHARCZYK, Warmia and Mazury University, Poland
• Fabio MASSA, Independent Expert Fisheries and Aquaculture, Italy
• Vesselina MIHNEVA, Institute of Fishing Resources, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Gustavo A. Rodriguez Montes de OCA, Autonomus Unıversity of Sinaloa, Mexico
• Bayram ÖZTÜRK, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey
• Tomas POLICAR, University of South Bohemia, Czechia
• Mohammad POURKAZEMI, Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute, Iran
• Bozidar RASKOVİC, University of Belgrade, Serbia
• Violin Stoyanov RAYKOV, Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
• Narrotam P SAHU, Narrotam P Sahu, Central Institute of Fisheries Education | CIFE, Mumbai India
• Amir Reza SHAVIKLO, Animal Science Research Institute, Iran
• Svjetlana Krstulović ŠIFNER, University of Split, Split, Croatia
• Mauro SINOPOLI, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy
• Allan Taina de SOUZA, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
• Elif Neyran SOYLU, Giresun University, Giresun / Turkey
• Oksana STOLIAR, Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ukraine
• Tamás SZABO, Szent István University, Hungary
• Akihiro TAKEMURA, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
• Andrey TATARENKOV, University of California, USA
• Mümtaz TIRAŞIN, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey
• Erdal ÜSTÜNDAĞ, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ankara, Turkey
• Li Lian WONG, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
• Zhengyong YANG, Shanghai Ocean University, China

Technical Editors

• Recep PARLAK, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey
• Asiye Nur SALTAN, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey
• Ayşe CEBECİ, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey
• Muhammed Doğan ÖZDEMİR, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey
• Mehmet ADIGÜZEL, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey
• Sinem GÜLEN, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey
• Furkan BALCI, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey