The fourteenth session of the European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission (EIFAC)was held in Bordeaux from 27 May to 3 June 1986. The session reviewed EIFAC activities since 1984 in the fields of fishery biology and management, fish culture and diseases and water pollution control. EIFAC decided its future programme of work and in particular the activities which should be carried out until the session scheduled to take place in Sweden in 1988.

The session reviewed EIFAC activities since 1988 in the fields of fishery biology and management, fish culture and diseases and water pollution control. EIFAC decided its future programme of work, and in particular the activities which should be carried out until the session scheduled to take place in Switzerland in 1992.

In this comprehensive edited book, international experts infisheries management and ecology review and appraise the status oflake and reservoir fisheries, assessment of fisheries yields,trophic ecology, rehabilitation and conservation, including aspecial section on African lakes where so much information of hugerelevance to fisheries managers is now available. Contributions from around the world. Carefully edited by internationally respected editor. Has been generated from acclaimed HIFI Symposium.

EIFAC reviewed in depth the status and future direction of the inland fisheries and aquaculture sectors of Europe. The session reviewed EIFAC's activities since 1992 in the fields of fishery biology and management, fish culture and diseases and water pollution control.