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The scientific study of artificial reefs is a comparatively new concept in Turkey, starting with the introduction of a reef at Hekim Island (Fig. 1) by the Aegean University Fisheries Faculty in 1991 and followed by the placing of a reef off Foça by Nine September University in 1993. During the 1980s small-scale reefs were deployed by diving clubs and universities, but results remain unpublished. There has also been an attempt by the Izmir Metropolis Municipality to prevent illegal trawling and to generate new fishing opportunities for sport anglers by depositing ten old trolley-bus bodies in Izmir Bay in 1989. Echo sounder studies have shown, however, that the effective height of these last structures has been reduced from 4 m to 1.5 m by sedimentation. A later project carried out by Çesme Municipality in 1995 to improve recreational fishing is too recent to have been fully evaluated. No artificial reef project in Turkey at present is being funded nationally or regionally; existing projects are all based on small-scale reefs.
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LÖk, A., TokaÇ, A. (2000). Turkey: A New Region for Artificial Habitats. In: Jensen, A.C., Collins, K.J., Lockwood, A.P.M. (eds) Artificial Reefs in European Seas. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4215-1_2
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