FISH 336: Inland Fisheries

Status and importance of world inland fisheries. Diversity of lacustrine, riverine and estuarine fishes. Reservoir and floodplain fisheries. The Morpho-edaphic Index (MEI) as potential fish yield estimator in reservoirs. Habitat improvement.  Environmental factors limiting inland capture fisheries. Adaptations to extreme environmental conditions - riverine fish migration, hatchling migration, fish gates or fish passes, etc, Impact of other uses of freshwater ecosystems. Aquaria and ornamental freshwater fishes. Socio-economic aspects of inland fisheries, including the role of women in the inland fishing industry. Effects of bad fishing practices on inland ecosystems.