Citation:Amarasingha, U.S., Dancun, A., Moreau, J., Schiemer, F., Simon, D., and Vijverberg, J., (2001). Promotion of sustainable capture fisheries and aquaculture in Asian reservoirs and lakes, Hydrobiologia, Springer Netherlands. Vol 458 (1). 181-190
Date:2001
Abstract:
A collaborative international project funded by the European Union’s INCO-DC programme is undertaking limnological,
fish biological, environmental and socio-economic research in five tropical lakes and reservoirs in Sri
Lanka, Thailand and the Philippines over the period 1998–2001. The aim is to determine their trophic structure
and their capacity to sustain both their existing fisheries and present and future aquaculture. In some cases, these
activities could potentially be expanded for the benefit of rural communities and of the local market within the
bounds of social and environmental sustainability. This paper describes the concepts and methods involved in this
innovative multidisciplinary project which aims to integrate limnological, fisheries and socio-economic issues in a
comparative approach involving Asian and European research teams.