FI: TCP/EGY/4506
Field Document 2
October 1985

T E C H N I C A L C O O P E R A T I O N P R O G R A M M E

WEED CONTROL AND UTILIZATION OF AQUATIC PLANTS OF LAKE EDKU AND BARSIK FISH FARM

EGYPT

A report prepared for the Project
TCP/EGY/4506
Aquatic Weed Control in Barsik Fish Farm

based on the work of

G. Sainty
Aquatic Weed Specialist

This report was prepared during the course of the project identified on the title page. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report are those considered appropriate at the time of its preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.

The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations or the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or sea area, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1985

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Terms of Reference

1.2 Objectives of the Project

2. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AREAS

2.1 Lake Edku

2.1.1 Water movement

2.1.2 Water quality and chemistry

2.1.3 Fishermen's health

2.1.4 Macrophyte dynamics in Lake Edku

2.2 Barsik Fish Farm

3. WEED CONTROL

3.1 Lake Edku