MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BULLETIN VOLUME: 9 ISSUE: 1 JUNE 2020 Editor-in-Chief Adem Yavuz Sönmez Kastamonu University, Turkey Co-Editor Semih Kale Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey Section Editors Soner Bilen Kastamonu University, Turkey Ertuğrul Terzi Kastamonu University, Turkey Ali Eslem Kadak Kastamonu University, Turkey Editorial Board Agus Oman Sudrajat Institut Pertanian Bogor, Indonesia Anca Nicoleta Şuţan University of Piteşti, Romania Arya Vazirzadeh Shiraz University, Iran Barış Bayraklı Sinop University, Turkey Derya Güroy Yalova University, Turkey Fazıl Şen Yüzüncü Yıl University, Turkey Gouranga Biswas Kakdwip Research Centre of Central Institute, India Hasan Hüseyin Atar Ankara University, Turkey İlhan Altınok Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey Mahmut Elp Kastamonu University, Turkey Marina Alexandrovna Sazykina Southern Federal University, Russia Mehmet Gökoğlu Akdeniz University, Turkey Muhammad Naeem Khan University of the Punjab, Pakistan Muhammet Sinan Alpsoy Kastamonu University, Turkey Sajmir Beqiraj University of Tirana, Albania Sefa Acarlı Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey Sitti Zayda B. 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