Commercial Fisheries in the Black Sea.
Three decades of decline.


Scientific names English
Squalus acanthias Spiny dogfish
Raja clavata Thornback ray
Acipenser gueldenstaedti colchicus Russian Sturgeon
Alosa pontica pontica Danube shad
Sprattus sprattus sprattus Sprat
Engraulis encrasicolus Anchovy
Belone belone euxini Garfish
Merlangius merlangus euxinus Whiting
Mugil cephalus Stripped mullet
Liza aurata Grey mullet
Atheria boyeri Silverside
Pomatomus saltator Bluefish
Trachurus mediterraneus ponticus Black Sea scad
Trachurus trachurus Horse mackerel
Mullus berbatus ponticus Red mullet
Scomber scombrus Mackerel
Sarda sarda Bonito
Mesogobius batrachochephalus Toad goby
Neogobius melanostomus Round goby
Neogobius ratan Ratan goby
Psetta maxima maeotica Turbot
Platichthus flesus luscus Flounder
Solea nasuta snouted sole


Zaitsev Yu. and Karpushkin A.
Commercial Fisheries in the Black Sea. Three decades of decline.


(Poster, edited by the BSEP, Istanbul, UNDP, UNEP, and The World Bank)

Back to Main Page



Hosted by uCoz