03 Haziran 2024 Pazartesi
Within the scope of the project titled "Rize History and Culture Talks" organized in cooperation with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Black Sea Strategic Application and Research Center (KAMER) and Rize Municipality City Council, Faculty member and Vice Dean Prof. Dr. İlker Zeki KURTOĞLU and Mr. Salim BİBER, one of the aquaculture producers of our region, participated as invited speakers. Assist. Hatice Tuğba AKDOĞAN AKBULUT moderated the conversation on "Perspectives on Aquaculture in Rize". Prof. Dr. İlker Zeki KURTOĞLU emphasized the importance of aquaculture in clean water resources. He said that the aquaculture sector started in the first half of the 1980s in the region and has become a sector that contributes significantly to rural employment. Mentioning the importance of sustainable environment, the effects of the destruction of the areas where aquatic creatures live and breed on the aquatic ecosystem were emphasized. In the speech, Kurtoğlu said that the construction of sea filling, the use of fertilizers and pesticides used in agricultural activities, domestic waste drainage, reclamation works carried out on the banks of streams for stream improvement, and practices that will change the flow regime of streams pose a threat to ecosystem sustainability, and emphasized the importance of sustainable environmental sensitivity for sustainable aquaculture. In general, the importance of the cooperation between the Public, Private Sector and University was emphasized in the interview, and Mr. Salim BİBER, the representative of the aquaculture sector in Rize province, shared his experiences on the current situation of the sector, its problems and the development process since the 1980s.
