Beier, U.

Breine, J.

Degerman, E.

Simoens, I.

Verreycken, H.

Wirlöf, H.

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Ecological informatics applications in water management conference,  
Gent (Belgium), 6-7 November 2002 
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Ecological Informatics Applications  
in Water Management 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6-7 November 2002 
 
't Pand, Ghent University 
Onderbergen 
B-9000 Gent 
 
 
 
Abstract book 
 
Peter Goethals & Niels De Pauw 
 
 
 
 
Ecological informatics applications in water management conference,  
Gent (Belgium), 6-7 November 2002 
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Development of fish community databases in Flanders 
(V.I.S.) and Europe (FIDES) 
 
Jan Breine1, Hugo Verreycken1, Ilse Simoens1, Ulrika Beier2, Erik Degerman2, 
Herbert Wirlöf2
 
1Institute for Forestry and Game Management 
2 National Board of Fisheries, Institute of Freshwater Research, Sweden 
 
 
In Flanders a preliminary database on fish data was developed in 1993. In 2001 a new 
project started as part of the Milieu Management Informatie Systeem. This Flemish 
project MMIS intends to make all environmental information better accessible, to attune 
the environmental information and to support decision making more efficiently. The 
V.I.S. database (Fish Information System) is a part of this huge project and focuses on 
collecting and linking all existing data about fish, fish distribution, pollution in fishes, 
Index of Biotic Integrity, restocking, fish habitats, ... in Flanders. All the data will be 
organised in a database and made accessible through the Internet. 
 
At present the links between different projects from different institutes are defined. By 
the end of 2003 the database (Oracle) should be functional. 
 
The National Board of Fisheries in Sweden designed a database (Access 2000) to 
combine information from 12 different countries collaborating in a European project 
(FAME). The databank was designed according to the requirements of the Water 
Framework Directive and taking into consideration other international projects. National 
data were selected and compiled following a strict protocol. In total 7 files are linked with 
each other. The database contains information on reporter, site, fish, method, and 
anthropogenic impact. The data is stored on an SQL server with Internet access for 
FAME project members by December 2002. The purpose of the database is to enable the 
development, evaluation and implementation of a standardised fish-based method for the 
ecological status of European rivers.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Development of fish community databases in Flanders (V.I.S.) and Europe (FIDES)

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