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PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT

DECISIONS, DIRECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TWENTY-SECOND SESSION OF EIFAC

OFFICERS OF EIFAC AND CONVENERS OF AD HOC WORKING PARTIES

I. OPENING OF THE SESSION AND ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

II. SYMPOSIUM ON INLAND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT

III. BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (Sub-Commission I)

Eels
Fish monitoring in fresh waters
Introductions and stocking
Mapping of fish distribution and aquatic habitat quality
Management of sturgeon
Other matters
Election of Officers

IV. AQUACULTURE (Sub-Commission II)

Fish diseases and their control
Aquatic resources management in aquaculture
Fish and crustacean nutrition
Organic fish farming
Market perspectives of european freshwater aquaculture
Election of Officers

V. PROTECTION OF THE AQUATIC RESOURCE (Sub-Commission III)

Effects of physical modifications of the aquatic habitat on fish populations
Methodologies for rehabilitation of lakes and reservoirs
Prevention and control of bird predation
Influence of management practices on the environment
Evaluation of ecological and human health effects from endocrine distrupting substances
New activities
EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)
Aquatic environmental hazard assessment criteria and methods
Handling of fishes in fisheries and aquaculture
Election of Officers

VI. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES (Sub-Commission IV)

Communication and education
Recreational fisheries
Socio-economic aspects of inland fisheries
Election of Officers

VII. ADOPTION OF THE REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SUB-COMMISSIONS

VIII. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT OF THE SYMPOSIUM

IX. SYMPOSIUM IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TWENTY-THIRD SESSION OF EIFAC

X. STRENGTHENING OF EIFAC

XI. ANY OTHER MATTERS

XII. ELECTION OF EIFAC OFFICERS

XIII. DATE AND PLACE OF THE TWENTY-THIRD SESSION OF EIFAC

XIV. ADOPTION OF THE REPORT AND CLOSING OF THE SESSION

APPENDIX A - Agenda and Timetable
APPENDIX B - List of Participants
APPENDIX C - List of Documents
APPENDIX D - Opening Addresses by

The Honourable Elliott Morley
Sir John Harman
Mr Heiner Naeve
Mr Rudolf Müller
APPENDIX E - Summary Report of the EIFAC Symposium on Inland Fisheries Management and the Aquatic Environment
APPENDIX F - Prospectus of the EIFAC Symposium on Aquaculture Development – Partnership between Science and Producer Associations

List of EIFAC Correspondents

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Report of the twenty-second session of the
EUROPEAN INLAND FISHERIES ADVISORY COMMISSION
Windermere, United Kingdom, 12-19 June 2002

Table of Contents

Report of the twenty-second session of the EUROPEAN INLAND FISHERIES ADVISORY COMMISSION Windermere, United Kingdom, 12-19 June 2002

Table of Contents

Report of the twenty-second session of the
EUROPEAN INLAND FISHERIES ADVISORY COMMISSION
Windermere, United Kingdom, 12-19 June 2002