RESTRICTED FI: DP NEP/73/025/5 October 1978

NEPAL
LIMNOLOGY AND FISHERIES BIOLOGY OF THE WATERS OF POKHARA VALLEY(NEPAL), IMPLICATIONS FOR FISHERIES AND FISH CULTURE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A report prepared for the
Integrated Fisheries and Fish Culture Development Project

by

W. Ferro
Limnologist/Fishery Biologist

This is one of a series of reports prepared during the course of the UNDP 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.

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SUMMARY

To assist in management of the fisheries and help increase the fish production from the Pokhara Valley in Nepal, data were collected on limnology, fish biology and present fish catches. A field laboratory was established. Counterpart staff and assistants were trained. Recommendations include continuing monitoring of water quality and fish catches, improvement of the fishing gear licence system, limitation of fish stocking and some regulation of fishing gear.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1978

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Terms of Reference
1.2 Background Information

2. WORK ACCOMPLISHED

2.1 Data Collected
2.2 Counterpart Training
2.3 Establishment of Field Laboratory

3. SUMMARY OF RESEARCH RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

3.1 Limnology of the Lakes in Pokhara Valley
3.2 Biology of Fish Species in Pokhara Valley
3.3 Fisheries in the Pokhara Valley
3.4 Lake Rara
3.5 Fishery Potential of Reservoir

4. RECOMMENDATIONS

REFERENCES

Appendix 1 LIST OF PAPERS PREPARED

Table 1 FISH SPECIES CAUGHT IN THE POKHARA VALLEY