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HISTORY The first
ichthyological investigations of freshwater fish fauna in Bosnia and
Herzegovina have been carried out in the second half of XIX century. Foreign
scientists such as Heckel, Kner and Steindachner have been described numerous
very interesting and at that time not known forms from waters of Bosnia and
Herzegovina. Although they made certain mistakes, they succeeded to describe
all unknown species. This is confimed by the fact that after that period from
family Cyprinidae (the richest in species) none new species has been
described, while in former Yugoslavia only two families have been described (Karaman, 1924). |
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The Institute for
Fishery of the People's Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina was established on
February 28 1954, with main objective to act in development of freshwater
fishery in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Institute has
published journal „Acta Ichthyologica Bosniae et Hercegovinae“ which editor
was Đorđe Kosorić. |
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After integration of
the Institute for Fishery and Biological institute, the Department of
Ichthyology and Fishery of the Biological Institute, University of Sarajevo
was established in 1964. The Department has developed broad scientific
activity and it was responsible for promotion of ichthyology and particularly
for development of salmonide and cyprinide fishery in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It was primary focused on investigation of endemic fish species, and
morphological, taxonomical and ecological features of fish species from the
waters of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The most prominent scientists were
academician prof. dr. Tonko Šoljan and prof. dr. Tihomir Vuković. |
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Prof.
dr. Tonko Šoljan, academician - Director of the Biological Institute of the University
of Sarajevo and president of Yugoslav Ichthyological Society. |
Prof.
dr. Mahmud Aganović - secretary of Yugoslav Ichthyological Society and head
of the Institute for Fishery |
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Academician prof. dr.
Tonko Šoljan (1907-1980) was director of the Biological Institute of the
University of Sarajevo, president of Yugoslav Ichthyological Society and Head
of Department for Ichthyology and Fishery from 1959 to 1970. He published
numerous scientific papers and ichthyological monograph “Ribe Jadranskog mora“
printed in Split in 1948, the first edition in Croatian, the second edition
in English, Fishes of the Adriatic, printed in Washington in 1963, the third
edition again in Croatian, and the fourth edition in Italian – „Pesci dell
Adriatico“ (Milano, 1975.). He was associate of the Yugoslav academy of the
science and arts, redovni član Akademije nauka i umjetnosti BiH (ANUBiH),
regular member of the Society for the Science and arts of Montenegro, member
of the Scociety for systematic zoology in Washingtonu, member of the
International commission for research of the Adriatic Sea in Monaco, and
permanent member of the board of the Council for fishing of the Mediterranean
Sea at FAO.. Prof. dr. Mahmud
Aganović was Head of the Laboratory for fish ecologyje for 15 years. His the
most important publication was „Salmonidne vrste riba i njihov uzgoj“ from
1979. After him, the director
of the Biological Institute was academician dr. Tihomir Vuković, one of the
best ichthyologist in Bosnia and Herzegovina and well known and established
name in Europeand and global ichthyology. He published more than three
hundred scientific and expert papers in the field of biosystematics, ecology
and phylogeny, mainly freshwater fish. Special attention deserves his studies
on endemic ichthyofauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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Dr. Vuković is author
of several very important books and monographies, such as „Slatkovodne ribe
Jugoslavije“ and „Ribe Bosne i Hercegovine“ He initiated and founded Yugoslav
ichthyological Society. Also, Dr. Vuković was the first president of European
Ichthyological Society (he was elected as its lifelong honorary president),
and chief editor of the journal „Ichthyologia“. |
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A modern ichthyological
investigations in the second half of XX century have been continuous. They
have included investigations of composition and structure of fish population
and various impacts on their life. Significant contribution to the knowledge
of composition and structure of fish populations in waters of Bosnia and
Herzegovina gave Plančić (1953), Taler (1953), Badnjević (1965), Sofradžija
(1965), Aganović, Vuković and Kapetanović (1966), Kosorić and Vuković (1966),
Aganović (1967), Korić (1968), Aganović et al. (1974), Kosorić (1974, 1976 i
1978), Kosorić et al. (1980), Kosorić and Mikavica (1981), Kosorić et al.
(1983), Sofradžija, Vuković and Hadžiselimović (1984), Kosorić et al. (1985),
Vuković et al. (1987), Mikavica, Sofradžija and Dizdarević (1991), Adrović
(2002), Škrijelj (2002), Sofradžija (2003), etc. |
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THE FIRST EUROPEAN ICHTHYOLOGICAL CONGRESS
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The First European
Ichthyological Congress was held in Sarajevo from 21 to 29 September 1973. The Chairman of the
Congress was Tonko Šoljan, and Secretary general was Mahmud Aganović. 268 authors from 22
countries with 276 abstracts participated at the conference. |
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ICHTHYOLOGY AND FISHING CENTER Ichthyology and Fishing
Center at the Faculty of Science Sarajevo was established in 1996. The first
head of the center was dr. Avdo Sofradžija, professor emeritus. He is author
of monography „Slatkovodne ribe Bosne i Hercegovina“ published in 2010.. Prof. dr. Rifat
Škrijelj, full professor at the Faculty of Science Sarajevo was the second
head of the center. He is author of numerous works in the field of
ichthyology. Among them, particular attention deserves scientific monography
„Populacije riba neretvanskih jezera: ihtiološka monografija“ published in
2002. godine. Prof. dr. Rifat Škrijelj was project leader of numerous very
important projects focused on investigation and protection of extremely
valuable ichthyoresources in our country.. After election of prof.
dr. Rifat Škrijelj for Dean of the Faculty of Science in 2012, the head of
the center became prof. dr. Samir Đug, associate professor at the Faculty of
Science. |
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