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| | Globally, freshwater fisheries are the most heavily exploited aquatic resources, producing about a quarter of the world’s food fish (some 20 million tonnes per year) from less than 0.01% of the world’s water resources. However, over exploitation is only one of many threats to inland aquatic resources: water resources development for agriculture and other habitat modifications, invasive species and pollution are serious threats and make freshwater biota the most threatened components of global biodiversity. The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries provides general guidance, in the form of suggestions or observations intended to assist those interested in identifying their own criteria and options for actions, as well as partners for collaboration, in support of sustainable freshwater fisheries.
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|  | | | EIFAC - Symposium on Hydropower, Flood Control and Water Abstraction: Implications for Fish and Fisheries | | Date: | 14 June 2006 - 17 June 2006 | | Location: | Mondsee, Austria | | Organizer: | Anyone wishing to present a paper or display a poster should submit soonest a title to Gerd Marmulla, Technical Secretary of EIFAC Sub-Commission I – Biology and Management, Fishery Resources Division, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy, e-mail Gerd.Marmulla@fao.org , fax (+39) 06 5705 3020 or to the Convener of the Symposium, Dr. Robin Welcomme, Long Barn, Stoke by Clare, Suffolk, UK, CO10 8HJ, e-mail welcomme@dial.pipex.com , tel. 00441787277354, or to the Chairperson of the Symposium, Prof. Wolfgang Stalzer, Vienna, Austria, tel. 0043 1 71100 7105, e-mail wolfgang.stalzer@lebensministerium.at | | Information: | The European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission (EIFAC) will hold a Symposium on Hydropower, Flood Control and Water Abstraction: Implications for Fish and Fisheries, in connection with its Twenty-fourth Session in Mondsee, Austria, from 14 - 17 June 2006. The main aim of the Symposium will be to review the impact on fish and fisheries of activities that modify river hydrology, specifically hydropower plants, flood control measures and water abstraction; examine mitigation and rehabilitation practices; and consolidate social, economic and legal issues. | | Keywords: | HYDROPOWER; FLOOD CONTROL; WATER ABSTRACTION; FISH; FISHERIES; IMPACTS |
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