| EIFAC OCCASIONAL PAPER NO. 26 | EIFAC/OP26 |
 | EUROPEAN INLAND FISHERIES ADVISORY COMMISSION REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON MASS REMOVAL OF (UNWANTED) FISH IN LARGE INLAND WATER BODIES LAHTI, FINLAND, 10-12 JUNE 1991 |
| CONTENTS |
PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT
This report summarizes papers presented at the International Seminar on Mass Removal of (Unwanted) Fish in Large Inland Waters, held in Lahti, Finland, 10–12 June 1991. This Seminar was organized in response to the interest shown at the Symposium on Biomanipulation - tool for water management, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 8–11 August, 1989. It was jointly sponsored by the University of Helsinki, Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, National Board of Waters and the Environment, and Lahti Research and Training Centre.
| European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission. Report of the International Seminar on Mass Removal of (Unwanted) Fish in Large Inland Water Bodies, Lahti, Finland, 10–12 June 1991 EIFAC Occasional Paper. No.26. Rome, FAO, 1991. 24 p. |
| ABSTRACT |
| The International Seminar on Mass Removal of (Unwanted) Fish in Large Inland Waters took place from 10 to 12 June 1991, Lahti, Finland. The Seminar was attended by 102 participants from 12 EIFAC member countries, Canada, China and USA. The papers were grouped under the following topic sessions: Mass removal of fish in inland waters; the effects of intensive fishing on fish populations; biological control: the use of predatory fish; the role of fish behaviour, habitat alteration and interspecific competition. Twelve posters were exhibited. The Seminar recommended that attention be paid to the development of fishing methods for mass removal of fish from large inland waters and to the assessment of the subsequent impact on stocks, and that such work should result in a manual. Methods for processing of mass-removed fish also need to be investigated. |
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EUROPEAN INLAND FISHERIES ADIVISORY COMMISSION
ROME, 1991
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Session I Mass removal of fish in inland waters
Session II The effect of intensive fishing on fish populations
Session III Biological control - the use of predatory fish
Session IV The role of fish behaviour, habitat alteration and interspecific competition
REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON MASS REMOVAL OF
(UNWANTED) FISH IN LARGE INLAND WATERS
Lahti, Finland, 10–12 June 1991
During the Symposium on Biomanipulation (Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1989) several case studies of lake restoration programmes were presented in which mass removal of unwanted fish proved to be one of the key factors for success, but information on these methods was limited. In view of the interest shown, a Seminar on Mass Removal of (Unwanted) Fish in Large Inland Waters, was organized by the University of Helsinki, with the support of the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute and the National Board of Waters and the Environment, under the umbrella of EIFAC. The Seminar was attended by representatives of 16 countries, of which 12 are members of EIFAC. The Agenda is given in Annex A, the List of Participants in Annex B, the List of Papers in Annex C and the List of Posters in Annex D.
The Seminar was opened by Mr. Ilppo Kangas, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Mr. K. Salojärvi, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, then took the Chair.