FI:TCP/EGY/4506
Field Document 1
October 1985

T E C H N I C A L   C O O P E R A T I O N   P R O G R A M M E

AQUATIC WEED CONTROL IN RELATION TO FISHERIES OF LAKE EDKU AND BARSIK FISH FARM

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EGYPT

A report prepared for the
Project TCP/EGY/4506
Aquatic Weed Control in Barsik Fish Farm

based on the work of

I.G. Dunn
Fishery Biologist

This report was prepared during the course of the project identified on the title page. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report are those considered appropriate at the time of its preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.

The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations or the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or sea area, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1985


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Terms of Reference

1.2 Objectives of the Project

2. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AREAS

2.1 Lake Edku

2.2 Barsik Fish Farm

3. PRESENT MANAGEMENT OF THE FISHERIES

3.1 Management of the Fishery of Lake Edku

3.2 The Management of Barsik Fish Farm

4. STRATEGIES FOR WEED CONTROL

4.1 Lake Edku

4.2 Barsik Fish Farm

5. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS

5.1 Lake Edku

5.2 Barsik Fish Farm

5.3 Health Aspects of Fishermen

6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

6.1 Lake Edku

6.1.1 General Comments

6.1.2 Recommendations

6.2 Barsik Fish Farm

6.2.1 General Comments

6.2.2 Recommendations

LIST OF TABLES

1. BARSIK FISH FARM: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

2. BARSIK FISH FARM: ANNUAL PRODUCTION CYCLE

3. ESTIMATES OF ECONOMIC VALUE OF LAKE EDKU FISHERY