2017 Whitley Gold Award winner: 'Fish loved me but people didn't'

Name: 2017 Whitley Gold Award winner: 'Fish loved me but people didn't'
Uploaded: 2017-05-18T13:08:15.000Z
Duration: 1 min 5 s
Description: Zafer Kizilkaya's work saved a Turkish community. His fish conservation model's now widely adopted.

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Zafer Kizilkaya's conservation work saved a whole Turkish community and despite resistance his fish model is being widely adopted. He has just been awarded the 2017 Whitley Gold Award.

Video produced by Daniel South.

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Science & Environment

19 May 2017