Goals of Projet Lac

Projet Lac is an important research project, but it also provides important data for management. The objectives of Projet Lac are defined as follows

• Assessment of biodiversity and intraspecific diversity of fish in Alpine lakes
• To analyze and evaluate current and historical environmental data to identify key factors that influence the development of biodiversity
• Contributions to a national strategy for fish monitoring in lakes
• Establishment of a reference collection at the Natural History Museum of Bern as a basis for future research
• Publication of scientific discoveries in ecology and evolutionary research
• Convergence of research and management in the field of biodiversity conservation and management of fish stocks
• Providing data on the current ecological status of the lakes studied with special emphasis on fish stocks