Marmara Sea Action Plan

We prepared a macro sized management plan base on available knowledge for Marmara Sea. We hope the plan put into practice as soon as possible.

MARMARA SEA MANAGEMENT PLAN (MACRO SIZED)

1. First Step: Regularly ecological research and monitoring program

A. Comment of knowledge
B. Data bank
C. Centralized research, civil management and financial source constitution
D. Study group (Public-Private-Volunteer Corporation)

2. Second Step: New Protection Programs

A. Urgent preventions
B. Short-term and long-term preventions and planning

3. Third Step: Natural Resource Planning

A. Fishery, poaching, revision on fish size and species restrictions, prevention for extremely fishery.
B. Implementation of shore law.
C. New applications for oil pollution.
D. New applications for sewerage and waste problem
E. Rehabilitation of waste of governmental managements (Gemlik Bay can be pilot area)
F. Revision for rehabilitation studies of Halic and other streams

4. Fourth Step: Education and Public Sensitivity Studies

A. Public education and sensitivity programs about pollution, protection, restoration of Marmara Sea
B. Public sensitivity programs
C. Education campaigns for children which live in Marmara seaside

5. Fifth Step: Regulations

A. Legal regulations for centralized studies of corporations on this action plan
B. Regulations for coordination
C. Determination and alteration or elimination of legal defectiveness
D. Procuring implement, material and financial source for controller corporations

6. Sixth Step: Regulations of demographic momentum (Population)

A. Preventions to augmentation of population
B. Preventions to migration to Marmara Region
C. Preventions to limitation of industrial investment on Marmara Sea and its environment
D. Preventions for protection of farming areas, forestry and water beds

1. The pollution of Marmara Sea is based on sewages, industries and vessels. Sewage pollution is most important of them. The Marmara Sea turned into an open sewage, because there is not a purification system for sewages. Industrial pollution is mostly based on government-run factories. These factories must be closed but they're still in operation.

The water that came from the Mediterranean Sea is vitalizing to Marmara Sea, because it has more oxygen and more salt. Howbeit, the living is limited in the Marmara Sea. Also The Black Sea is polluting to the Marmara Sea.

2. There is dying species in the Marmara Sea over 50, such as monk seals, sturganes, shrimps and crabs.

3. Transparency is one of the pollution parameters.

4. The Marmara Sea Action Plan must be implemented. We hope that the government will protect the plan which suggest by TUDAV.

5. The pollution basis of Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea like Marmara Sea.

This plan prepared by TUDAV Marmara Group.