This paper attempts to improve the predictive capabilities of preimpoundment studies, with special emphasis on fish yields. It relies heavily on empirical models based on a relatively limited data base. It is hoped that the results will show that meaningful [...]

Rivers may be conveniently divided into fast-flowing, upland reaches and slow-flowing reaches on the lowlands. Rapids reaches tend to divide into pools and riffles, which alternate along the river channel. The lowland reaches are normally flanked by floodplains, which often [...]

The final report of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA), held in Cairo, Egypt, from 15 to 20 January 1983, is presented. Major topics considered were (1) status and prospects of extension services in African inland fisheries; (2) [...]

The Symposium on Stock Enhancement in the Management of Freshwater Fisheries, held in Budapest, Hungary, 31 May to 2 June 1982, discussed two aspects of management of freshwater fisheries by manipulation of stocks. The first of these was stocking with native [...]

El problema de la ordenación de las pesquerías artesanales en lagunas y esteros se afronta en tres partes: ordenación reguladora, ordenación no reguladora e interacciones entre distintas pesquerías o intereses pesqueros. La regulación de la pesca artesanal en las lagunas y [...]

L'aménagement des pêcheries artisanales dans les lagunes côtières et les estuaires est envisagé sous trois aspects: l'aménagement par voie de réglementation, les autres méthodes d'aménagement et enfin les interactions entre pêcheries et les conflits entre pêcheries et entre groupes d'intérêt. La [...]

Actas del Simposio Sobre Desarrollo y Explotacion de Lagos Artificiales. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, 30 de Noviembre – 1 de Diciembre de 1981.  En el Simposio sobre Desarrollo y Explotación de Lagos Artificiales, celebrado en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, del 30 [...]

Avec l'intérêt grandissant du développement de la pisciculture, particulièrement dans les eaux chaudes, on prend une conscience croissante de l'importance de la maladie comme de l'un des facteurs les plus préjudiciables à la pisciculture. Alors que l'importance de la pratique [...]

Management of artisanal fisheries in coastal lagoons and estuaries is treated in three broad categories -- regulatory management, non-regulatory management, and interactions between fisheries or fishery interests. Regulation of artisanal fisheries in coastal lagoons and estuaries by government authority is hampered [...]

An increasing number of impoundments in Southeast Asian countries is now becoming available for fishery management purposes. This report is an overview of reservoir fisheries experience, based both on temperate and tropical countries. It provides a synthesis of information of [...]