Management and Ecology of Lake and Reservoir Fisheries

Copyright © 2002 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Management and Ecology of Lake and Reservoir Fisheries

Editor(s): I. G. Cowx

Published Online: 26 NOV 2007

Print ISBN: 9780852382837

Online ISBN: 9780470995679

DOI: 10.1002/9780470995679

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In this comprehensive edited book, international experts in fisheries management and ecology review and appraise the status of lake and reservoir fisheries, assessment of fisheries yields, trophic ecology, rehabilitation and conservation, including a special section on African lakes where so much information of huge relevance to fisheries managers is now available.


  • Contributions from around the world.
  • Carefully edited by internationally respected editor.
  • Has been generated from acclaimed HIFI Symposium.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xi)

  2. Part I: Stock assessment for Management Purposes

    1. Chapter 1

      Hydroacoustic Fish Stock Assessment in Lakes in England and Wales (pages 1–11)

      S. Hughes and J. Hateley

    2. Chapter 2

      The use of Split-Beam Echosounder for Fisheries Assessment in Reservoirs: Necessity for Validation (pages 12–25)

      N. Cadic, P. Irz and C. Argillier

    3. Chapter 3

      Estimation of the Fish Yield Potential of Lakes in North-East Germany (pages 26–33)

      U. Brämick

    4. Chapter 4

      Effects of Area and Location on Pikeperch Yields in Finnish Lakes (pages 34–45)

      J. Lappalainen and T. Malinen

    5. Chapter 5

      Fish Stock Assessment of Lake Schulen, Flanders: A Comparison Between 1988 and 1999 (pages 46–57)

      I. Simoens, J. Breine, H. Verreycken and C. Belpaire

    6. Chapter 6

      Ecology of European Whitefish, Coregonus Lavaretus, in two Austrian Lakes in Relation to Fisheries Management and Lake Productivity (pages 58–69)

      J. Wanzenböck, H. Gassner, Y. Hassan, B. Lahnsteiner and G. Hauseder

    7. Chapter 7

      Fisheries of Lake Victoria: An Underwater Perspective (pages 70–83)

      R. Tumwebaze, A. Getabu, J. Bayona, D. Maclennan and I. G. Cowx

    8. Chapter 8

      Analysis of Exploitation Patterns for Nile Perch, Lates Niloticus, in Lake Victoria (pages 84–95)

      O. C. Mkumbo, C. Ezekiel, Y. L. Budeba and I. G. Cowx

    9. Chapter 9

      Recent Trends in the Lake Victoria Fisheries Assessed by Ecopath (pages 96–111)

      M. C. Villanueva and J. Moreau

    10. Chapter 10

      Fish Population Structure and its Relation to Fisheries Yield in Small Reservoirs in Côte d'Ivoire (pages 112–122)

      L. Tito de Morais

    11. Chapter 11

      Review of the Fisheries in the Brazilian Portion of the Paraná/Pantanal Basin (pages 123–143)

      M. Petrere, Â. A. Agostinho, E. K. Okada and H.F. Júlio

    12. Chapter 12

      Fish and Fisheries of Kaptai Reservoir, Bangladesh (pages 144–160)

      G. C. Haldar, K. K. Ahmed, M. Alamgir, J. N. Akhter and M. K. Rahman

  3. Part II: Anthropogenic Activities/Rehabilitation and Mitigation

    1. Chapter 13

      Coexistence of Introduced Perca Fluviatilis and Coregonus Lavaretus in Santa Croce Lake (Italy), and Propositions for Fishery Management (pages 161–169)

      R. Loro and A. Mamcarz

    2. Chapter 14

      Compensatory Responses of Fish Populations in a Shallow Eutrophic Lake to Heavy Depredation Pressure by Cormorants and the Implications for Management (pages 170–183)

      J. R. Britton, J. P. Harvey, I. G. Cowx, T. Holden, M. J. Feltham, B. R. Wilson and J. M. Davies

    3. Chapter 15

      Restoration of Ormesby Broad Through Biomanipulation: Ecological, Technical and Sociological Issues (pages 184–202)

      M. L. Tomlinson, M. R. Perrow, D. Hoare, J.-A. Pitt, S. Johnson, C. Wilson and D. Alborough

    4. Chapter 16

      Impacts and Subsequent Control of an Introduced Predator: the Case of Pike, Esox Lucius, in Chew Valley Lake (pages 203–216)

      A. Ibbotson and C. Klee

    5. Chapter 17

      The Potential to Control Fish Community Structure Using Preference for Different Spawning Substrates in a Temperate Reservoir (pages 217–222)

      M. Zalewski and P. Frankiewicz

    6. Chapter 18

      Fish Ecology and Conservation in Lake Banyoles (Spain): The Neglected Problem of Exotic Species (pages 223–231)

      E. García-Berthou and R. Moreno-Amich

    7. Chapter 19

      Conservation of the Endangered Whitefish, Coregonus Lavaretus, Population of Haweswater, UK (pages 232–241)

      I. J. Winfield, J. M. Fletcher and D. K. Winfield

    8. Chapter 20

      Fish Community and Habitat Changes in the Artificially Stocked Fishery of Lake Naivasha, Kenya (pages 242–254)

      P. Hickley and D. Harper

    9. Chapter 21

      Is the Invasion of Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia Crassipes Solms (Mart.), a Blessing to Lake Victoria Fisheries? (pages 255–266)

      M. Njiru, A. N. Othina, A. Getabu, D. Tweddle and I. G. Cowx

  4. Part III: Management

    1. Chapter 22

      Managing the Exploitation of Brook Trout, Salvelinus Fontinalis (Mitchill), Populations in Newfoundland Lakes (pages 267–283)

      M. C. van Zyll de Jong, N. P. Lester, R. M. Korver, W. Norris and B. L. Wicks

    2. Chapter 23

      Factors Affecting the Performance of Stillwater Coarse Fisheries in England and Wales (pages 284–298)

      R. North

    3. Chapter 24

      Management of Fisheries in a Large Lake - for Fish and Fishermen (pages 299–311)

      T. Vehanen, M. Marttunen, H. Tervo, P. Kylmälä and P. Hyvärinen

    4. Chapter 25

      Fishery Management Practices in French Lakes (pages 312–321)

      C. Argillier, O. Pronier and T. Changeux

    5. Chapter 26

      Fisheries and Fisheries Management on Lake Peipsi-pihkva (pages 322–331)

      T. Saat, V. Vaino, E. Afanasjev and N. Koncevaja

    6. Chapter 27

      Role of Non-Exploited Fishery Resources in Sri Lankan Reservoirs as a Source of Food for Cage Aquaculture (pages 332–343)

      U. S. Amarasinghe, P.A.D. Ajith Kumara and M.H.S. Ariyaratne

    7. Chapter 28

      Potential Species for Fishery Enhancement in Lake faé, Côte d'Ivoire (pages 344–352)

      K. S. da Costa, K. Traore and W. Yte

    8. Chapter 29

      Pelagic Cichlid Fishes of Lake Malawi/Nyasa: Biology, Management and Conservation (pages 353–366)

      G. F. Turner, R. L. Robinson, B. P. Ngatunga, P. W. Shaw and G. R. Carvalho

    9. Chapter 30

      Unsustainable Tendencies and the Fisheries of Lake Victoria (pages 367–375)

      K. Crean, R. Abila, C. Lwenya, R. Omwega, F. Omwenga, A. Atai, J. Gonga, A. Nyapendi, K. Odongkara, M. Medard, P. Onyango and K. Geheb

    10. Chapter 31

      Principles and Approaches to the Management of Lake and Reservoir Fisheries (pages 376–394)

      I. G. Cowx

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      Subject Index (pages 395–398)

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      Species Index (pages 399–401)

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