Report of the Twelfth Session of EIFAC, Budapest, Hungary, 1982
(a) Prevention and control of bird predation in aquaculture and fisheries operations
69. This point raised by the delegation of the Netherlands appeared to be of considerable interest to many delegations. It was decided to take the following action:
- a questionnaire on the direct and indirect economical impact of bird predation both in different types of aquacultural enterprises, as well as in open-water fisheries, will be prepared by Dr C.M. Bungenberg de Jong (the Netherlands) and the Chairman of Sub-Commission II. This questionnaire will be circulated by the EIFAC Secretariat;
- a working party was established to prepare a document based on literature and experimental data concerning bird damage in:
taking into account related aspects of fish diseases. Dr Bungenberg de Jong agreed to convene this Working Group. Dr Molnar (Hungary) as well as two other Working Group members, to be appointed respectively by the delegations of Denmark and France, will assist in the preparation of such a manuscript, and
- the above-mentioned documents (the replies to the questionnaire and the Working Group document, respectively) will be combined by the Secretariat to be handed over to the Director-General of FAO for further appropriate action.
Report of the Thirteenth Session of EIFAC, Aarhus, Denmark, 1984
G. Prevention and Control of Bird Predation
84. A Working Party has been established under the leadership of Dr C.M. Bungenberg de Jong (the Netherlands), following the proposal made at the Twelfth Session for the study of the prevention and control of bird predation in aquaculture and fisheries operations.
85. A questionnaire on the economical impact of bird predation has been distributed to Member States, but only eight countries have provided answers to date. A repliminary analysis of these has been presented to the Sub-Commission but further data is still needed to complete such analysis.
86. It was recommended that the National Correspondents be informed that the deadline for sending the questionnaire back has been extended until 30 November 1984. A strong plea was made for a stronger cooperation to enable the Working Party to successively terminate this part of its mandate. It was also agreed that a final draft be prepared as soon as possible and circulated to Member States for approval, prior to final publication.
87. A review of the literature on this subject will then be prepared by the Working Party with the assistance of Dr M. Beveridge, University of Stirling (UK), to be also finalized as soon as possible.
Report of the Fourteenth Session of EIFAC, Bordeaux, France, 1986
G. Prevention and Control of Bird Predation
78. The Convenor of the Working Party, Dr C.M. Bungenberg de Jong (the Netherlands) reported on the present status of the work. The final draft will be ready shortly and circulated to the EIFAC National Correspondents for approval, prior to publication as an EIFAC Technical Paper. This document will include a literature review.
