HOLA LAKE Western Uusimaa Final seminar 8.10.2019 Enäjärven petokalat • Goal: • Activity: Enhancing the predatory fish population in Lake Enäjärvi • Activity: Involving local residents in water protection • Digging for channels for predatory fish fry was completed in summer 2018 by VESY ry • Pike fry survey was completed before and after (spring 2018 and 2019) the digging: more pike fry were found in 2019 • Report will be finished by the end of 2019 Ankerias • Activity: Protecting eel migration in River Karjaanjoki • 12 eel were caught in spring 2018. They were marked, measured and released to the Baltic Sea. • Report will be finished by the end of 2019 Participatory methods in collecting data Fishing survey (kalastustiedustelu) • Activity: Involving local residents in water protection • Activity: Involving local residents in fisheries management and monitoring • Activity: Creating a web based service for collecting fishing data • For the 1st time ever a fish survey was done covering the whole of Lake Hiidenvesi. We got a total of 95 responses, both on paper and online. • An online fishing survey form was developed in the project and tested. The tool could later be used in other lakes in fishing surveys. • Receiving contacts for people who have paid for a fishing permit turned out to be very challengin´g. • Report will be finished by the end of 2019 • The future maintenance of the online tool has to be decided upon. Participatory methods in collecting data Kirjanpitokalastus • Activity: Involving local residents in water protection • Activity: Involving local residents in fisheries management and monitoring • Activity: Creating a web based service for collecting fishing data • We developed an online fishing accounting application for individual fishermen. The tool will serve both the fishermen themselves and the researchers and planners. • Fishing accounting was initiated in Hiidenvesi now for the 1st time. 9 fishermen are now either using paper form or the online form in recording their fishing. • The application is in use also in Lake Vesijärvi. • To start using the application is easy and it is possible to start using it anywhere. However, the maintenance, fixing possible bugs, and future development will have to be solved first. • Report will be finished by the end of 2019 Exploratory fishing • 1. Exploratory fishing with standard Nordic nets and with fish traps will be compared. • The exploratory fishing with fish traps was carried out at Mustionselkä in August 2019 by the project, and LUKE carried out fishing with the nets around the same days. • 3 x 8 fish traps were used (3 per net) • 2. At Lake Enäjärvi exploratory fishing was completed with Nordic nets. This information will help in planning lake restoration. • Reports will be finished by the end of 2019 Improving the utilization of local fish • Improving the utilization of local fish • Gathering and sharing information of experiences related to management of fisheries • 3 fish food courses/events have been organized already, and 1 more to come in October 19th. Feedback has been positive. • The project was also organizing 2 traditional Hiidenvesi-ilta events with a fish theme in 2018 and 2019. Gathering and sharing information of experiences related to management of fisheries • International cooperation and networking for finding and sharing best practices and knowhow • Synthesis 2: Best practices in the management of fish stocks, simple instructions how to fish and use less valuable fish • Establishing a joint web page • Story Map: Management fishing in lake restoration. • Producing text to the Vesistökunnostusverkosto and HOLA LAKE – websites • Results seminar in Feb 2020 in Lohja. 11.10.2019 Länsi-Uudenmaan vesi- ja ympäristö ry 9 International cooperation • International cooperation and networking for finding and sharing best practices and knowhow • Cooperation with Pyhäjärvi Instituutti, Vesijärvisäätiö and Osby municipality • 4/5 of cooperation workshops have been completed, the final seminar will be in Eura in October 2019 • An information gathering trip was organized in August 2019. LUVY and Vesijärvisäätiö participated. Estonia 20.– 22.8.2019 Tue 20.08 12:30 Tallinna harbour •Valgejõgi: Nõmmeveski water fall •Jõeveskin fish way in river Loobujoki 14:30 Sagadi manor. Lunch. Sagadi forest museum. •River Mustoja, Vihula dam and artificial lake •River Seljajoki •River Kundajoki, power plants and fish elevator 20:00 Kadrina manor: accommodation and dinner Wed 21.08. 8:00 Breakfast 9:00 Lake Peipsijärvi, getting to know the economic fish region’s activities 1. Development Association of Peipsi Fishery Area – director of board Urmas Pirk and executive director Kersti Oja 2. OÜ MIF Laine boat harbour - fisherman Mihhail Guž 3. Cafe Kuldkala (owner OÜ Peipsi Kalatööstus) - various fishery products 4. Peipsi Järve elu tuba – exhibition, http://www.ctc.ee/pildigalerii/naitus 5. Kallaste harbour – owner OÜ Kallaste Kalur, Terje Sööt was showing us around. https://rannapuura.ee/en/about/ 6. Lunch in Kolkja´s Fish and Onion Restaurant https://www.visitestonia.com/en/fish-and-onion-restaurant- of-the-old-believers-of-kolkja 7. Kolkja fish harbour and fish processing facilities (owner AS Peipsi Kalamees, family owned), Anatoli Filippov was receiver of us. 8. Varnja fishharbour – one of the biggest fisharbour of the shore of Peipsi, working as NGO Varnja Sadam (used for landing by various fishing companies). Alar Kähr was showing us around. 18:00 Tartto city: accommodation Hotel London. Dinner. Torstai 22.08. 8:00 Breakfast 9:00 Lake Võrtsjärvi museum (kl 9:30 – 11:00) 14:00 River Jägala water fall and hydroelectric plant 15:30 Tallinna harbor.