Photo 5 - The tilapia with its data storage tag.
Photo 8 - Participants training in suturing and surgery.
Photo 12 - Abdominal surgery in a tilapia: examination of any injuries made by the tagging process.
Photo 14 - Analysing data in the computer room set up in the ODRS conference room in Sélingué.
The Pilot Workshop on the Application of Biotelemetry to Fish
Studies for the Managementof Inland Fisheries in West Africa was held on the
premises of the Office for RuralDevelopment of Sélingué (ODRS) in
Sélingué, Mali, from 29 January to 10 February 2001.The workshop
was organized by the Institute of Research for Development (IRD, France),and in
particular by its Bamako-based centre, in cooperation with the Institute of
RuralEconomy of Mali (IER) and the Office for Rural Development of
Sélingué, with the supportof the University of Liège
(Belgium) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of theUnited Nations (FAO).
The participants came from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte dIvoire,Guinea
and Mali. The aim of the workshop was to improve understanding of,
anddisseminate, biotelemetry, which is a very useful tool for the collection of
the more preciseinformation essential for improved sustainable management of
aquatic resources. |
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