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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Mar. Sci.
Sec. Marine Affairs and Policy
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1491983

Bridging the gaps for a thriving Black Sea Blue Economy: insights from a multi-sectoral forum of Turkish stakeholders

Provisionally accepted
Kadir Seyhan Kadir Seyhan 1*Ömerhan Dürrani Ömerhan Dürrani 1Lydia Papadaki Lydia Papadaki 2Ebun Akinsete Ebun Akinsete 2Şebnem Atasaral Şebnem Atasaral 1Koray Özşeker Koray Özşeker 1Hatice Akpınar Hatice Akpınar 1Ercan Kurtuluş Ercan Kurtuluş 1Rahşan Evren Mazlum Rahşan Evren Mazlum 3Phoebe Koundouri Phoebe Koundouri 2Adrian Stanica Adrian Stanica 4*
  • 1 Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Türkiye
  • 2 Athena Research Center, Marousi, Greece
  • 3 Faculty of Fisheries, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Rize, Türkiye
  • 4 National Research and Development Institute for Marine Geology and Geoecology, Bucharest, Romania

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    The Black Sea ecosystem faces significant challenges due to climate change and human activities. Despite this, the opportunities and potential of its Blue Economy and the role of Turkish stakeholders in the key sectors have not been well documented. To define the needs of the Black Sea’s Blue Economy and outline existing problems, a workshop entitled “Engaging Stakeholders: Trabzon Multi-Actor Forum” was held in Trabzon (Türkiye) in November 2022. Stakeholders from the research sector, academia, civil society, industry, business, competent authorities, and government shared their thoughts on various sectors of the Blue Economy, covering 17 areas. They discussed political, environmental, social, technical, legal, and economic aspects, revealing opportunities, challenges, and areas where more research is needed. This meeting provided valuable insights, indicating that efficient collaboration with stakeholders could lead to effective solutions and strategies, helping to improve the Blue Economy in the Black Sea region.

    Keywords: Multi-sectoral stakeholder forum Coastal Management, Blue Economy Development, Ocean policy, Stakeholder dialogsdialogues, türkiye, Multi-sectoral stakeholder forum

    Received: 05 Sep 2024; Accepted: 13 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Seyhan, Dürrani, Papadaki, Akinsete, Atasaral, Özşeker, Akpınar, Kurtuluş, Mazlum, Koundouri and Stanica. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Kadir Seyhan, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Türkiye
    Adrian Stanica, National Research and Development Institute for Marine Geology and Geoecology, Bucharest, Romania

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