President
Atilla ÖZDEMİR
Directorate of Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey

Advisory Board
Yasuhiko TAKI, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan
Ertuğ DÜZGÜNEŞ, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
Hiroshi KOHNO, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan
Emin ÖZDAMAR, JICA, Ankara, Turkey
İbrahim OKUMUS, Rize University, Rize, Turkey

Managing Editors
Erdal ÜSTÜNDAĞ, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey

Editorial Board
Levent BAT, Sinop University, Sinop, Turkey
Baha BÜYÜKIŞIK, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
Mikhail S. CHEBANOV, Krasnodar Research Institute of Fisheries, Krasnodar, Russia
Bülent CİHANGİR, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey
M. Salih ÇELİKKALE, İstanbul Atilim University, İstanbul, Turkey
Georgi M. DASKALOV, CEFAS, Lowestoft, UK
F. Güler EKMEKÇİ, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Kürşat FIRAT, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
Yaşar GENÇ, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey
Ali Cemal GÜCÜ, Middle East Technical University, Mersin, Turkey
Gideon HULATA, Institute of Animal Science, Dagan, Israel
İsmihan KARAYÜCEL, Sinop University, Sinop, Turkey
Tufan KORAY, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
Ercan KÖSE, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
Sevim KÖSE, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
Metin KUMLU, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
Toshiro MASUMOTO, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
Atsushi OHNO, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan
Hamdi ÖĞÜT, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey
Ahmet ÖZER, Sinop University, Sinop, Turkey
Bayram ÖZTÜRK, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey
Radu SUCIU, Danube Delta National Institute, Tulcea, Romania
Mümtaz TIRAŞIN, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey
İnci TOGAN, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Sezginer TUNCER, Onsekiz Mart University , Çanakkale, Turkey
Tetsuya UMINO, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Ruşen USTAOĞLU, Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
Sedat YERLİ, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Victor E. ZAIKA, Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Sevastopol, Ukraine
German V. ZUYEV, Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Sevastopol, Ukraine

Production Editors
Muharrem AKSUNGUR, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey
Gülsüm BALÇIK, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey
Cennet ÜSTÜNDAĞ, Central Fisheries Research Institute, Trabzon, Turkey