BIOBLACK Project KickOff Meeting
The Kick-Off Meeting of the project BIOBLACK (BSB00794) – “Raising Awareness for the Black Sea People People to Recognize and Protect Black Sea Biodiversity” was held online (via Zoom) on October 13, 2025.
BIOBLACK (BSB00794) is an 18-month project funded by the EU under the Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme. The project, running from July 2025 to January 2027, involves partners from Türkiye (lead partner), Bulgaria, and Romania. The main objective of the project is to raise public awareness and protect the biodiversity of the Black Sea.
The meeting was attended by all project partners: the Faculty of Marine Sciences, Karadeniz Technical University (KTU MSF – Türkiye), the Institute of Fish Resources (IFR – Bulgaria), and Mare Nostrum (Romania).
From KTU MSF, the participants included Project Coordinator Prof. Dr. Hacer SAĞLAM, Prof. Dr. Fatma TELLİ KARAKOÇ, Prof. Dr. Coşkun ERÜZ, Prof. Dr. Ali Muzaffer FEYZİOĞLU, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rafet Çağrı ÖZTÜRK, Assist. Prof. Dr. İlknur YILDIZ, Assist. Prof. Dr. Ahmet ŞAHİN, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hasan ÖLMEZ, Assist. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Zeki ŞENER, and Dr. Neira Purwanty ISMAIL.
20 October 2025
The IASON+ Project's 5-day Ecosystem Services Summer School was held in Samsun on 22-28 September 2025
29 September 2025
The BlackNETs project took part in the World Environment Day activities, "World Transforming with Colors" organized by the Ortahisar Municipality on June 19, 2025
23 June 2025
The IASON+ Project was featured on the Marine Culture program of TRT Trabzon radio on June 3rd, 2025
10 June 2025
On May 29-31, 2025, IASON+ project 2025 Spring Fieldwork was carried out in Kızılırmak Delta
02 June 2025
BlacNETs project workshop training observed from Interreg TESIM NEXT and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate of EU Affairs
26 May 2025
The ?Northern Kids Love Fish? project exhibition at Prof. İhsan Koz Primary School showcased the collaboration between BlackNETs and LitOUTer, featuring marine litter awareness material
19 May 2025
In May 2025, the IASON+ project team attended a Biodiversa+ workshop at the Central Fisheries Research Institute to strengthen skills in monitoring non-indigenous fish
19 May 2025
On 14 May 2025, Prof. Dr. Coşkun Erüz presented the impacts of marine litter, ghost nets, and ALDFG on the Black Sea ecosystem at the Blue Economy and Future workshop.
19 May 2025
Trabzon Ortahisar Municipality and BlackNETs Join Forces to Engage Yomra Fishermen in Environmental Awareness Meeting.
19 May 2025
As part of the BAP-13 2EKO project, the spring 2025 research expedition was successfully conducted on May 7?8 aboard the KTÜ Denar-1 research vessel.
12 May 2025
On 29-30 April 2025, educational workshops were held as part of the BlackNETs project "Exorcising the Black Sea's Silent Killers", in collaboration with the One Project per School
05 May 2025
Our department chair Prof. Dr. Fatma TELLİ KARAKOÇ was awarded a grant under the Horizon Partnership Programme for SBEP (Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership).
05 May 2025
Head of our department Prof. Dr. Fatma TELLİ KARAKOÇ's project titled Variation and Modelling of Underwater Ambient Noise Level in Different Environments in Eastern Black Sea Coasts
28 April 2025
Prof. Dr. Hacer Sağlam was awarded support under the Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme for cross-border cooperation in the Black Sea region.
21 April 2025
