Fish and fisheries at higher altitudes: Asia
The thirteen papers presented in this publication review fish stocks and fisheries of mountainous areas of Asia: Himalayas (Bhutan, Nepal, northern states of India within the Himalayas), Western Ghats (India), Karakoram-Hindu Kush (Pakistan, Afghanistan), Pamir (Tajikistan), Tien Shan (Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan), Altai (Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China), high altitude lakes of Mongolia and those of western China (provinces of Qinghai and Xinjiang [Uighur Autonomous Region] and Xizang [Tibet Autonomous Region]) and Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan). From south to north, fish fauna complexes change from Oriental to Palaearctic. Cool and coldwater streams and rivers support subsistence and/or recreational/sport fisheries, with commercial fisheries practised only in some lakes and reservoirs. While fishing of streams and rivers is largely unmanaged, considerable management effort has gone into some lakes and reservoirs, especially in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and India in order to maintain reasonably high fish catches. The management measures have included translocation and stocking of exotic fish species and regulation of fisheries. For recreational fishery, brown trout has been stocked in rivers and streams of the southern slopes of Himalayas, rainbow trout in some streams of Western Ghats...etc.
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Rome (Italy) FAO
1999
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| Subjects: | LAKE FISHERIES, RIVER FISHERIES, HIGHLANDS, FISHERY BIOLOGY, FRESHWATER FISHES, SPECIES, FISH CULTURE, AFGHANISTAN, ARMENIA, BHUTAN, CHINA, INDIA, KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, MONGOLIA, NEPAL, PAKISTAN, COLD, PECHE LACUSTRE, PECHE FLUVIALE, REGION D'ALTITUDE, BIOLOGIE DES PECHES, POISSON D'EAU DOUCE, PESCA LACUSTRE, PESCA FLUVIAL, ZONA DE MONTANA, BIOLOGIA PESQUERA, PECES DE AGUA DULCE, ESPECE, PISCICULTURE, ARMENIE, BHOUTAN, CHINE, INDE, KIRGHIZISTAN, MONGOLIE, FROID, ESPECIES, PISCICULTURA, AFGANISTAN, BUTAN, KAZAJSTAN, KIRGUISTAN, FRIO, |
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