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SWORDFISH CAUGHT IN ISTANBUL STRAIGHT AFTER 50 YEARS!

Fishermen have caught a swordfish in Istanbul’s Bosphorus Strait after approximately half a century since it was last seen in Turkish waters.

“It is good news to learn that an endangered species is seen in Istanbul Strait,” Nuray Erkan, a professor from Istanbul University’s Hydrology Faculty, told the daily Milliyet on Oct. 15.

Dr. Nuray Erkan

“I have been fishing in these waters for 45 years. This is the first time I have seen a swordfish in my fishing net,” said Şaban Şengül, the fisherman who caught the endangered species.

Swordfish were the mainstay of Istanbul’s fishermen in the 1960s. Due to unplanned urbanization and marine pollution, swordfish vanished from the waters of Istanbul Strait in 1970s.

“I can’t say the exact date, but I guess we may say that the end of 1970 was the time swordfish started leaving the strait,” said Tuğrul Zahit Alıçlı, a lecturer at the same faculty with Erkan.

“It is for sure that swordfish was never seen in the strait after the 80s,” he added.

According to Alıçlı, the reason that swordfish came to the Istanbul Strait was the presence of “mackerel.”

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