Growth-overfishing: a potential danger in Sri Lankan reservoir fishery

Abstract

This publication presents the results of an IDRC-funded workshop held in Kathmandu, Nepal, 23-28 November 1987. Representatives from 15 countries reviewed the status of reservoir fishery research in Asia under the following topics: existing fisheries, limnological aspects, biological and resource aspects, management aspects, and culture. Papers were presented on these topics, but the discussion sessions were the main element of the workshop. Summaries of these discussions as well as a series of general recommendations that were generated during the final discussion are presented in this book. The potential for increased fish production in reservoirs and the need for early involvement of fisheries scientists in the planning and preimpoundment studies before dam construction are emphasized.