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Chikuma River and Shinano River Research Group End of Year Report Meeting for FY2023 Held at Chikuma River Office!

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The End-of-Year Report Meeting of the Chikuma River and Shinano River Research Group for FY2023 was held at the Chikuma River Office (Nagano City) on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 from 13:30 to 17:30. This research group is a collaboration between the Institute of Freshwater Biology, Shinshu University, and the Nagano Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station, and is working on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism research project “The Importance of Habitat Continuity in Rivers - Impact Assessment and Conservation Measures for River Ecosystems” (Principal Investigator: Hiroshi Hakoyama), and there was lively discussion at each research presentation. This year marks the second year of a five-year general research project, with the ultimate goal of contributing the research results to the river basin flood control efforts conducted by the River Office in the Chikuma and Shinano Rivers.

Meeting Agenda

Opening remarks: Deputy Director Chikuma River Office

  1. Introduction: Hiroshi Hakoyama (IFB)

  2. Sakie Kodama (IFB)

  3. Leanne Faulks (IFB)

  4. Alessandra Cera (IFB)

  5. Hiroshi Hakoyama (IFB)

  6. Ikuo Denda, Norihiko Komatsu, Go Ueshima (Nagano Prefectural Fisheries Experiment Station)

  7. Masashi Toyoda (Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University)

  8. Shoichiro Iio (Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University)

  9. General discussion

  10. Comments from the Chikuma River Bureau

Each presentation of research results (1-7) will be about 20 minutes including Q&A (20 minutes x 7 = 140 minutes).

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