Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Faculty of Fisheries was established in Rize province as an affiliate of Karadeniz Technical University with the Law No. 3837 dated 11.07.1992. Until October 4, 1999, it continued its service in a 170 m2 building in Rize Central Çarşı Mahallesi Hacı Eşref Street. After this date, it served until 2001-2002 academic year in a 5-storey building built on 328 m2 closed area and 1350 m2 open area built by the Kalkavan Family in İyidere-Sarayköy in Rize province for the 1999-2000 academic year. This building was allocated to the Rectorate of Karadeniz Technical University as the Faculty of Fisheries with the decision of Rize Province Standing Commission dated 15.06.2000 and numbered 233. This building is currently used as an Application and Research building. In the 2002-2003 academic year, it moved to the building on 5000 m2 closed area built by the General Directorate of Tekel in Rize center Fener Neighborhood. Our faculty continues its education and training in the National Piyango Education Campus in the center of Rize province under the roof of RECEP TAYYYİP ERDOĞAN, which was established with the Law No. 5467 on the establishment of 15 new universities, which was published in the Official Gazette dated March 17, 2006 and numbered 26111. Since the 2002-2003 academic year, it has been continuing its education and training at postgraduate (master's) level. In addition, our faculty has started education at the doctoral level since the 2013-2014 academic year. In order to further develop Aquaculture education, student exchange is carried out with universities in Europe and in Turkey within the framework of Socrates-Erasmus, Farabi Exchange Program and other bilateral agreements. Within this framework, it is also possible for students to do some of their internships abroad.
Laboratory and Research Facilities
Facilities within the Faculty: Student Laboratories, Aquaculture Catalog, Aquatic Chemistry, Fish Diseases, Fish Diseases, Processing and Feed Technology, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aquarium, Fisheries Biology, Histology and Age Determination, Aquatic Toxicology, Underwater Research in the Main Building, Benthology, Zooplankton, Phytoplankton and Microplastic Research laboratories in the Application and Research unit and 2 separate Aquaculture Application and Research centers located in İyidere and Central Campus are used effectively. In addition, we have a 25 m long research vessel named "Karadeniz Research" belonging to our faculty. Our faculty serves the aquaculture sector in our region with its academic staff consisting of 21 faculty members, 11 research assistants, 6 lecturers and 11 administrative and 5 permanent staff.
