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Ecological Sustainability of Fish Resources of Inland Waters of the Western Balkans : Freshwater Fish Stocks, Sustainable Use and Conservation
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- 1st ed
- Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2024
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- 1 online resource (714 pages)
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- 9783031369261, 3031369262, 9783031369254
- Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Fish Resources and Fishing Areas of the Western Balkans -- Summary -- Fish Resources of Inland Waters and Fisheries in Slovenia: Management, Sustainability, and Conservation -- 1 Slovenian Inland Fisheries: Geographical Features and Fish Resources -- 2 Fisheries Management in Slovenia: Organization, Implementation, and Applicability -- 2.1 Fisheries History in Slovenia -- 2.2 Fisheries Management Organization Today -- 2.3 Implementation and Applicability of Fisheries Management -- 3 Game Fish -- Management and Future Prospective: Conservation and Sustainable Approaches -- 3.1 Indigenous Game Fish -- Management and Future Prospective: Conservation and Sustainable Approaches -- 3.2 Huchen (Danube salmon) Hucho hucho (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Salmoniformes, Salmonidae -- 3.3 Marble trout Salmo marmoratus -- Salmoniformes, Salmonidae -- 3.4 Brown trout Salmo trutta -- Salmoniformes, Salmonidae -- 3.5 Grayling Thymallus sp. -- Salmoniformes, Salmonidae -- 3.6 Northern pike Esox lucius -- Esociformes, Esocidae -- 3.7 Common nase Chondrostoma nasus -- Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae -- 3.8 Wels catfish Silurus glanis -- Siluriformes, Siluridae -- 3.9 Sander Sander lucioperca -- Perciformes, Percidae -- 4 Non-indigenous Game Fish -- Management and Future Prospective -- 5 Economic Impact of Slovenian Inland Fisheries -- References -- Inland Fisheries in Croatia: Historical Aspects, Fish Resources, Management, and Conservation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Overview of Inland Fisheries in Croatia -- 2.1 Legislation Through History -- 2.2 Overview of Commercial Fishing -- 2.3 Overview of Recreational Fishing -- 2.4 Development of Fishing Gears -- 3 Current Legal Regulations of Inland Commercial and Recreational Fishery -- 3.1 Legislation in Force
- 3.2 Legal Background on Commercial Fisheries -- 3.3 Legal Background on Recreational Fisheries -- 3.4 Digitalisation of the Data Collection System -- 3.5 Fish Monitoring and Stock Management Plans -- 4 Inland Water Fish Resources -- 4.1 Commercial Fishery Catch and Data Analysis -- 4.2 Recreational Fishery Catch and Data Analysis -- 4.3 Sustainability of the Most Important Commercial and Recreational Fish Species -- 5 Conservation Measures -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Fish Resources and Fisheries in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Overview, Sustainability, and Conservation -- 1 Historical Overview of Ichthyological Studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 2 Overview of the Freshwater Ichthyofauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 3 Endemic Species of Freshwater Fish in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 4 Non-native Freshwater Fish Species in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 5 Endangerment and Protection of Freshwater Ichthyofauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 5.1 National Framework -- 5.2 International Framework -- 6 Models of Conservation of Fish Resources -- 7 The Sector of Aquaculture and Freshwater Fisheries in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 8 Quality and Ecological Status of Water: Importance for the Sustainability of Fish Resources -- 9 Key Threats to Ichthyofauna and Fisheries Resources in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 10 Conclusions -- References -- Inland Fisheries in Serbia: Historical Aspect, Fish Resources, Management, and Conservation -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Inland Waters of Serbia, Fishing Waters, Fishing Areas, and Current Legislation -- 2 Historical Overview: Fish and Fisheries in Serbia -- 2.1 Fishes of Serbia -- 2.2 Fish Species Important for the Fishery in the Waters of Serbia -- 2.3 Fisheries -- 2.4 Legal Regulation of Fisheries in Serbia -- 2.4.1 The Period of the Middle Ages (1217-1459): Principality, Kingdom, Empire, Despotism
- 2.4.2 The Period of Complete Rule of the Ottoman Empire (1459-1804) -- 2.4.3 The Period of the Struggle for Independence (1804-1878-1912): Principality of Serbia -- 2.4.4 The Period of Serbia under Occupation by the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy -- 2.4.5 The Period after World War II -- 3 Fish Resources of Serbia, Current Situation and Perspective -- 3.1 Data Sources for Analysis -- 3.2 Quantitative Data on Fish Resources in the Fishing Waters of Serbia -- 4 Perspective: Management, Sustainable Use, Conservation -- 4.1 A Critical View of the Current Fish Stock Management Model -- 5 Factors Affecting the Sustainability of the Serbian Fish Stock and Perspectives -- 5.1 Changes and Destruction of Habitats -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Links -- The Freshwater Fish Resources and Freshwater Fisheries of Montenegro, Management, Sustainability, and Conservation: With a Spe... -- 1 Introductions -- 2 Fish Resources and Fisheries -- 3 Commercial Fishing -- 4 Recreational Fishing -- 5 Aquaculture, Stocking, and Fish Processing -- 5.1 Management -- 5.2 By-laws -- 5.3 The Management of Lake Skadar and Fishery Legislation in Montenegro -- 6 Sustainability and Conservation -- 7 Towards Sustainable Fishing -- References -- Fish and Fisheries of the Republic of North Macedonia, Current Situation, and its Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Aquatic Ecosystems in R.N. Macedonia -- 2.1 Natural Lakes -- 2.1.1 Lake Ohrid -- 2.1.2 Lake Prespa -- 2.1.3 Lake Dojran -- 3 Rivers in the Republic of North Macedonia -- 4 Artificial Lakes in the Republic of North Macedonia -- 5 Fish Species in the Republic of North Macedonia -- 6 The Conservation Status of the Fish in the Republic of North Macedonia -- 7 Valuable Fish Habitats -- 7.1 Macrophyte Vegetation as Habitat and Spawning Ground of Fish -- 8 Fishing Tools in the Republic of North Macedonia -- 9 Fishing Tools in Lake Ohrid
- 9.1 Fishing Tools in Lake Prespa -- 9.2 Fishing Tools in Lake Dojran -- 9.2.1 Fishing in Mandra -- 10 Commercial and Recreational Fisheries -- 10.1 Lake Ohrid -- 10.2 Stocking for Fisheries -- 10.2.1 Lake Prespa -- 11 Pressures, Transboundary Impacts, and Responses -- 11.1 The Main Threats to the Lake Ohrid -- 11.2 Threats to Fish Stocks from Lake Ohrid -- 11.3 Lake Prespa -- 11.4 The Main Threats to the Lake Prespa -- 11.5 Threats to Fish Stocks from Lake Prespa -- 11.6 Lake Dojran -- 11.7 The Main Threats to the Lake Dojran -- 11.8 Threats to Fish Stocks from Lake Dojran -- 12 Fish Stocks in Artificial Lakes -- 13 Recreational Fishing -- 13.1 Natural Lakes -- 13.2 Artificial Lakes -- 13.3 Rivers -- 14 Aquaculture -- 15 Legislative (Laws) -- 16 Conclusions -- References -- Fish Resources of Inland Waters and Fisheries in Albania, Management, Sustainability, and Conservation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Brief Notes on Diversity and Distribution of Freshwater Fishes in Albania -- 3 Significant Fish Resources Water Bodies in Albania -- 3.1 Lake Ohrid -- 3.2 Lake Prespa -- 3.3 Lake Skadar/Shkodra -- 3.4 Coastal Lagoons -- 4 Commercial Fisheries Syntheses -- 5 National Fisheries Management Policy and Obstacles -- 6 Threats -- 7 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part II: Some Fish Species of the Western Balkans Important for Fisheries and Conservation -- Summary -- Freshwater Crayfish of the Western Balkans: Is it Possible to Use them Sustainably or Do they Need Prompt Conservation Actions? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Importance of Crayfish -- 2.1 Distribution of Crayfish and the Main Threats -- 2.1.1 Literature Review -- 2.2 Crayfish through Human History -- 3 The Astaciculture: Freshwater Crayfish Farming -- 3.1 Crayfish Farming in Europe in Comparison to the Western Balkans -- 4 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References
- Salmonid Fish Species: Opportunities for Sustainable Use under Multiple Pressures and Current Climatic Change -- 1 Commercial and Social Importance of Salmonid Species -- 2 Salmonid Species Native to the Western Balkans -- 2.1 Brown Trout (Salmo spp.) -- 2.2 Marble Trout (Salmo marmoratus Cuvier, 1829) -- 2.3 Dentex Trout (Salmo dentex (Heckel, 1852)) -- 2.4 Softmouth Trout (Salmo obtusirostris (Heckel, 1852)) -- 2.5 Belvica Trout (Salmo ohridanus Steindachner, 1892) -- 2.6 Huchen (Hucho hucho (Linnaeus, 1758)) -- 2.7 European Grayling (Thymallus thymallus, Linnaeus, 1758) -- 2.8 Adriatic Grayling (Thymallus aeliani, Valenciennes, 1848) -- 3 Current State and Threats -- 4 Recommendations for Sustainable Use of Salmonid Populations -- References -- Past and Future of Sturgeon Species (Acipenseridae) in Western Balkans: Case for Permanent Conservation or Sustainable Managem... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Western Balkans Sturgeons Species -- 2.1 Acipenser Ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 (eng. sterlet, rus. , srp. , hrv. kečiga, slv. kečiga) -- 2.1.1 Distribution (Past and Present) in Europe and Western Balkans -- 2.1.2 Species Description, Biology, and Habitat -- 2.1.3 Conservation Status (IUCN Red List) -- Endangered (EN), A2cde -- 2.2 Acipenser Gueldenstaedtii Brandt , Srp. , Hrv. Dunavska Jesetra, Slv. kasikar/Ruski Jester) -- 2.2.1 Distribution (Past and Present) in Europe and Western Balkans -- 2.2.2 Species Description, Biology, and Habitat -- 2.2.3 Conservation Status (IUCN Red List) -- Critically endangered (CR), A2bcde -- 2.3 Acipenser Naccarii Bonaparte, 1836 (Eng. Adriatic Sturgeon, Rus. , Alb. Blini I Adriatikut, Cnr. Jesetra Tuponoska, Hrv. ... -- 2.3.1 Distribution (Past and Present) in Europe and Western Balkans -- 2.3.2 Species Description, Biology, and Habitat -- 2.3.3 Conservation Status (IUCN Red List) -- Critically Endangered (CR), A2bcde
- 2.4 Acipenser Nudiventris Lovetzky, 1828 (Eng. Ship Sturgeon, Rus. , Srp. , Hrv. Sim, Slv. Glatki Jeseter)