Monday 20 May
GLASSEEL MIGRATION AND ABUNDANCE
(Convener: Moriarty)
Moriarty, C. Report on elver immigration 1989–1990.
Domingos, I.M. The fluctuation of glasseel migration in the Mondego Estuary, Portugal
Guerault, D., P. Prouzet, Y. Desaunay and P. Beillois. The recent evolution of glasseel immigration in three French Atlantic estuaries.
Ben Abdallah, L. Influence of some abiotic factors of glasseel abundance in the estuary of the River Loire.
McGovern, P. and T.K. McCarthy. Elver migration in the River Corrib System, Western Ireland.
Tesch, F.-W. Stock density of eel larvae on the European continental slope, based on collections made between 1985 and 1988.
White, E. and B. Knights. The current status of elver runs throughout Europe: suggestions for an international integrated study in 1992–1993.
Tuesday, 21 May
ECOLOGY - EARLY STAGES
(Convener: Desaunay)
Belpaire, C., H. Van Driessche, F.Y. Gao and F. Ollevier. Food and feeding activity of glasseel stocked in earthen ponds.
Klein Bretler, J.G.P. Growth of glasseels at different densities in natural, drainable ponds.
Klein Breteler, J.G.P. Growth and survival of glasseels from different catching areas in natural, drainable ponds.
ECOLOGY - POPULATION AND FISHERIES
(Convener: Desaunay)
Callaghan, R. and T.K. McCarthy. Variations in population structure and growth rate of eels in the Dunkellin river system, western Ireland.
Bninska, M. and M. Leopold. Effect of eel on the structure of fish stocks in lakes.
Naismith, I. and B. Knights. The distribution, density and growth of the European eel in the freshwater Thames catchment.
Poole, W.R. The age and growth of eels in two oligotrophic streams in the west of Ireland.
Moriarty, C. Development of the eel fishery in Lough Corrib.
Fontenelle, G. Age and length of eels in Europe: a critical review.
Wednesday, 22 May
METHODOLOGY - MANAGEMENT ASPECTS
(Convener: Wickstrom)
Dahl, J. Eel passes in Denmark - why and how.
Legault, A. Eel ladders in France.
Legault, A. Study of some selectivity factors in eel ladders.
Hadderingh, R.H., J.W. van der Stoep and J.M.P.M. Habraken. Deflecting eels from water inlets of power stations with light.
Saroglia, M., C. Iandoli, E. Ingle and G. Angle. Recent market trends and economic considerations of the eel sector in Italy.
METHODOLOGY - BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
(Convener: Wickstrom)
Costa, J.L., P.R. Almeida, C.A. Assis, F.M. Moreira and M.J. Costa. A Simple method of estimating the size of eel populations.
Doering, P., J. Ludwig and G. Gmel. Preliminary results of otolith shape analysis with eels of known age.
Tesch, F.-W. Insignificance of tidal currents for silver eel migration as studied by eel trackings and current measurements.
Holmgren, K. Difficulties when estimating growth of eel in a meoscale experiment.
Mounaix, B. Number of otolith rings to characterize the habitat (estuary or freshwater) of yellow eels.
MARINE STAGES
(Convener: Boetius)
Tzeng, N.G. and Y-C. Tsai. Otolith microstructure and growth patterns of Anguilla japonica elvers from the estuaries of Taiwan.
Lecomte, R. Age and recruitment of glasseels in the Eastern Atlantic coast as inferred from otolith growth increments.
Guerault, D., R. Lecomte, Y. Desaunay, S. Biagianti, P. Beillois and P. Grellier. Glasseel arrivals in the Vilaine estuary (Northern Bay of Biscay) through the year 1980: demographic features.
Thursday 23 May
AQUACULTURE - HUSBANDRY
(Convener: Colombo)
Appelbaum, S. and V. Birkan. Effect of grading on the growth and distribution pattern in young eels reared in recirculating systems.
Santos, M. and M. Weber. Growth studies of monthly captured glasseels from the Rio Minho in two recirculation systems.
Knosche, R. An effective biofilter system for eel culture in recirculating systems.
AQUACULTURE - EXPERIMENTAL ASPECTS
(Convener: Boetius)
Colombo, G. and G. Grandi. Further experiments on the effects of steroids on the gonad sex differentiation of European eel.
Lin, H.-R. et al. Effects of sex steriods on gonadotropin synthesis and secretion as well as ovarian development in female Japanese silver eel.
Boetius, I., I.K.O. Wahlstrom, C. Gelin and R. Fordham. Experimentally induced sexual maturity in farmed European eel.
DISEASES, PARASITES AND CONTAMINATION
(Convener: Knights)
Hoglund, J., J. Andersson, H. Wickstrom and M. Reizenstein. The distribution of Anguillicola in Sweden - do thermal discharge areas serve as transmission foci?
Boetius, I. Development of Anguillicola infestation in some Danish lakes and inlets.
Bosnakovski, J., T. Necev, K. Apostolski and M. Hristovski. Appearance of eel diseases in Ohrid Lake.
Knights, B. Contamination of eels by organochlorine and heavy metal residues.
