Sunday 28 January 2001
Participants arrive in BamakoMonday 29 January 2001
Opening ceremony and welcoming of participantsTuesday 30 January 2001
Transfer to Sélingué
Round table: introductions and participants expectations
Telemetry tagsWednesday 31 January 2001
Fish anaesthesia and taggingPractical sessions on fish anaesthesia and tagging
Round-up of daily progress
Effects of tags and tagging on fish biologyThursday 1 February 2001
Basic principles on localizing telemetry transmittersPractical sessions: transmitter search (fox hunting)
Round-up of daily progress
Radio wave propagation in the aquatic environmentFriday 2 February 2001
Calculation of reception range for radio transmittersPractical sessions: fish tagging and transmitter localization (continued from Wednesday)
Round-up of daily progress
Acoustic wave propagation in the aquatic environmentSaturday 3 February 2001
Calculation of reception range for acoustic transmittersPractical sessions: area cartography and transmitter-equipped fish localization
Radio tracking strategy: choice of waves and frequenciesSunday 4 February 2001
Use of automatic stationsCartography and localization: mathematical foundations and application
FreeMonday 5 February 2001
Habitat use by fish: fundamental calculationsTuesday 6 February 2001
Accuracy of localization: calculation and implications for habitat mapping.Practical sessions: revision
Round-up of daily progress
Alternative methods to study fish behaviour in natural environment (hydro-acoustics, tagging and recapture, types of tags, selection criteria)Wednesday 7 February 2001
Presentation of a project proposal using the radio-tracking tool by K. DA COSTATracking cycle of tagged fish in the natural environment
Definition of study projects involving biotelemetry: criteria, structure and implementationThursday 8 February 2001
Presentation of a project proposal using the radio-tracking tool by T. KONECapture of tagged fish, tagging evaluation, data recovery from electronic recorders (data storage tags and data loggers)
Presentation of a project proposal using the radio-tracking tool by A . CHIKOU
Round-up of daily progress
Biotelemetric data recovery from data storage tags and a biotelemetric automatic recording stationFriday 9 February 2001Presentation of a project proposal using the radio-tracking tool of S. ALHOUSSEINI, M.E. DIOP and H. TRAORE
Round-up of daily progress
Presentation of a project proposal using the radio-tracking tool of A. TOGUYENISaturday 10 February 2001
Presentation of a project proposal using the radio-tracking tool of S. BOUDAWorkshop general debriefing
Workshop official closing ceremony
Return journey to Bamako
View web sites of telemetry equipment manufacturers
Participants leave Bamako