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Dams, fish and fisheries:
Opportunities, challenges and conflict resolution
EIFAC zorganizował też sympozjum:
SYMPOSIUM ON HYDROPOWER, FLOOD CONTROL AND
WATER ABSTRACTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR FISH AND
FISHERIES
W maju tego roku jest planowane sympozjum EIFAC:
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND
ECOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES OF INLAND COMMERCIAL AND
RECREATIONAL FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE
którego zawartością i efektem ma być przede wszystkim to, co opisano poniżej:
Interactions between social, economic and ecological objectives of inland fisheries and
aquaculture are numerous, and include amongst others:
• Improvement in ecological status of rivers, lakes and other water bodies
• (Re-)stocking for commercial and recreational fisheries
• Recovery and conservation of depleted/threatened stocks
• Collection of fish from the wild for aquaculture
• Harvesting by commercial and recreational fisheries for human consumption
• Catch-and-release recreational fishing
• Employment and income generation by capture fisheries and aquaculture
• Pollution of inland water bodies by aquaculture
• Escapes of fish from farms and introduction of alien species
• Increase of eutrophication through water discharge from farms or other sources
• Harvesting of protected species
• Conflicts between resource users, non-users and interest groups, and competitiveness of
the sector compared to other sectors
• The role of fisheries within society and in cultural and religious traditions, and
• Enactment of new and enforcement of current policies, and decisions on water use.
(...)
Objectives of the Symposium
The principal aim of the symposium is to provide a forum for those working on specific
socio-economic and ecological aspects of inland fisheries and aquaculture in Europe
(including researchers, natural and social scientists, environmental scientists, fisherfolk,
aquaculturists, economists, planners, government officials, NGO representatives, and
other stakeholders), to review the interactions between socio-economic and ecological
objectives in fisheries and aquaculture, exchange experiences and discuss solutions to
imbalances in sustainable development and management of the sector.
The specific objectives of the symposium will be:
1) To review the wide range of socio-economic and ecological interactions between
fisheries and aquaculture and the roles of various stakeholders with respect to
these interactions.
2) To identify where future research should focus and propose measures to decrease
interactions that compromise sustainable development and management, and
promote interactions that contribute to sustainability.
3) To provide information to policy and decision makers to contribute to the general
awareness of trends in socio-economic and ecological interactions within and
between the sector and other rural sectors.
4) To facilitate dialogue between scientists, researchers, fisherfolk, aquaculturists
and policy and decision makers on the motives, interactions and interests of
stakeholders.
5) To advise EIFAC on appropriate management and development measures and
tools for inland fisheries and aquaculture in Europe.
Pozdrawiam serdecznie
Jerzy Kowalski
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