Action Before Extinction: an International Workshop on Fish Genetic Conservation (1998)

Table of Contents

An Overview of Action Before Extinction
Brian Harvey (World Fisheries Trust, Victoria, Canada)

Fisheries Fact and Fiction: Science and Spin Doctors
Hon. John A. Fraser (Ambassador for the Environment,
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Vancouver, Canada)

Gene Banking for Fish and Other Aquatic Organisms: ICLARM's Perspectives and Experiences
Roger S.V. Pullin, Johann Bell, Jodecel C. Danting, and Felicisima Longalong (International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Makati City, Philippines)

Ex Situ Conservation, Gene Banks, and Responsible Fisheries
Devin M. Bartley (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy)

Development of Policy Frameworks for Plant Genetic Resources: Possible Lessons for the Fish World
Ruth D. Raymond (International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy)

World Bank Experience and Initiatives Related to Conservation of Freshwater Biodiversity
Maria Isabel J. Braga (The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA)

Initiatives Related to Conservation of Freshwater Biodiversity
M. L. Windsor and P. Hutchinson (North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
Edinburgh, Scotland)

The Cost of Pacific Salmon Conservation: A Shuswap Perspective on Fisheries Conservation and Local and Indigenous Communities
Fred Fortier (Shuswap Nation Fisheries Commission, Kamloops, Cadada)

IBAMA's Role in Conservation of Fisheries Resources in Brazil: Aquaculture and Fisheries Management by Hydrographic Basin
Carlos Fischer (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renovaveis, Brasilia, Brazil)

The Norwegian Gene Bank Program for Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
Oyvind Walso (The Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management, Trondheim, Norway)

Preservation Programs for Endangered Fish Stocks in Finland
Jorma Piironen and Petri Heinimaa (Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Enonkoski, Finland)

The Status of Icelandic Salmonid Resources, with Special Reference to Genetic Conservation Policy
Arni Ísaksson (Directorate of Freshwater Fisheries, Reykjavik, Iceland)

An Integrated Approach to Gene Banking of India's Fish Germplasm Resources
A. Ponniah (National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, India)

Cryopreservation of Fish Gametes and Embryos in the Ukraine: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Eugeny F. Kopeika (Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, National Academy of Sciences, Kharkov, Ukraine)

Research Results and Perspectives of the Program: "Low Temperature Gene Bank of Marketable, Rare and Endangered Fish and Aquatic Invertebrate Species"
V. I. Ananiev (Ministry of Food and Agriculture, The Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow, Russia)

Conservation of Sturgeon Genetic Diversity: Enhancement and Living Gene Banks
Michail Chebanov (Federal Centre for Genetics and Selection in Fish Culture, Krasnodar Research Institute of Fisheries, Krasnodar, Russia)

World Fisheries Trust's Experience in Fish Genetic Conservation
Brian Harvey (World Fisheries Trust, Victoria, Canada)

Gene Banking Efforts for Endangered Fishes in the United States
Gary H. Thorgaard, Paul A. Wheeler, Joseph G. Cloud, Terrence R. Tiersch (Washington State University, Pullman, USA)

Fisheries Management and Conservation in Southeastern Brazil: Current Status and Needs
Hugo P. Godinho (Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

Brazilian Freshwater Fishes: Their Environment and Present Status
Evoy Zaniboni Filho (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil)

Conservation Genetics and Living Fish Gene Banks in Brazil
Silvio de Almeida Toledo-Filho (Instituto de Biociencias, Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Fausto Foresti (Universidad de Sao Paulo, Botucatu, Brazil)

Fish Biodiversity Conservation in Colombia
Jaime Alberto Diaz-Sarmiento and Ricardo Alvarez-León (Fundacion Universidad de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia)

The Present Status of Genetic Conservation of Cultured Aquatic Species in Japan
Katsuhiko T. Wada (National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Nansei, Japan)

Defining Conservation Units for Pacific Salmon Using Genetic Survey Data
Chris C. Wood and L. Blair Holtby (Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, Canada)

Appendix I - Observers

Appendix II - List of Acronyms

Appendix III - Glossary

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