Samsun is a city with wet streets, faintly blowing winds, humid air that rots even the iron in the concrete, and water everywhere. It is the city of water with its sea, rivers, lakes and fishermen.
If a single definition is to be given to him, the “heart of the sea” will come to life in him. My grandfather is Mehmet ÖKSÜZ. He is known as “Termeli Ahmet”. I am the grandson of “Termeli Ahmet” whose daughter is Suzan (my mother).
The years of yellow phone booths. I bought a coin and reported two people who took sand illegally from our neighbourhood. The police came and made them pour the sand.
The Black Sea has a great feature with its physical, chemical, hydrobiological, geomorphological, geopolitical, cultural texture and habitat between the…
Along with the potential aquatic life in the Samsun sea, and inland waters, 2343 families, from east to west, provide…
Trawl is defined as a funnel shaped wide mouth fishing net that is dragged by boats at the bottom of…
Mr. Guven Genç’s passion for Sturgeons and the Black Sea Known as the precious of the Black Sea, Sturgeon Fish is of great importance in terms of being a highly demanded fish species in international trade in terms of economy and culture, its income for our country and its being among the important economic activities…
Presentation Sturgeon, which adorned our fishermen’s stalls 40-50 years ago, and which was included in the economy and culture of our country Çarşamba at the beginning of the last century, is in the Northern Hemisphere, where it has existed due to human negativities created by human beings in the last fifty years, and especially…
Dear Frıend Mr. Guven GENÇ “The hidden history of fishermen from Samsun (1935&2014)” Your work, in which you wrote about the unıquely beautiful sea and culture of Samsun, made me very proud and honored. Thank you very much for your hand, heart and pen. With my deepest love and respect. İ would like to you…
Dear Samsunlus, dear readers, Since the day we took office, we are proud and happy to serve our city and its distinguished people, you. All our efforts are to make our Samsun, where the first torch of an unprecedented struggle and war of honor was lit, a center of attraction worthy of this historical mission…
The photographs, as well as the information in the book reveal both impressive documents and Samsun that we have never seen before. The book, which should be in the library of everyone who loves the sea and fish, contributes to the fishing history of our country as much as the history of “fishing” in Samsun.…
I would like to start my speech by thanking Güven Genç for creating a Turkish resource by bringing back to the agenda the very valuable Sturgeons, which were able to roam freely despite the overfishing at the junction points of Sakarya, Kızılırmak and Çoruh Rivers with the Black Sea and other coastel areas until the…
Sturgeons are fish that have been fighting for their lives in the world for over 200 million years.Today, hunting is prohibited because they are in danger of extinction due to human-induced reasons.Sturgeons live only in the seas and fresh waters of the northern hemisphere of the world.They migrate to large rivers to breed.For example, the…
Sturgeon, which has an important place in the fishery history of our country and our region with the production of caviar, which is one of the products with the highest economic value obtained from nature, has 27 species in the world. Unfortunately, many of them are among the most threatened species worldwide today. Many sturgeon…
Author, Güven Genç produced a documentary study involving 5 years of intensive archive and interview effort in his book named as ‘Precious sturgeon fish of Çarşamba’. This valuable study unearths dusty sturgeon fishery pictures of the Black Sea fisherman and caviar production. In an era where many sturgeon fish species went extinct and caviar production…
A SPECIAL PERSON IN OUR FISHING HISTORY Dear Brother Guven GENC, he suddenly came into my life in may last year.I was literally mesmerized while listening that energetic young voice on the phone sounded so sincere and emotional and these were coming one after another from someone who had studied and researched history so…
“Çarşamba’s Precious Sturgeon 1905-2016 ” “Çarşamba’s Precious Sturgeon” was written by Guven Genc in a very good way and stands out as the first and most important work written in its field. As one reads the field work that Guven Genc has done on Carsamba, Yesilirmak and Kizilirmak for five years, one can enter…
