The Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) fishery — the world’s most productive inland fishery — is being put under mounting pressure from the development of irrigation infrastructure, hydropower dams and road crossings.
This project advances a program of work that started as a proof-of-concept study (FIS/2006/183), before progressing to a research and implementation phase and now to a monitoring/evaluation phase to assess impact. The overarching objective of this project is to examine whether fishway technology in Mekong countries can be successfully applied to restore declining fisheries.
Objective 1
To evaluate colonisation of riverine species in seasonal wetlands.
Objective 2
Quantify whether there is an annual increase in capture fishery production at sites where fishways have been constructed.
Objective 3
Quantify, in social and economic terms, the options for constructing fishways at riverine infrastructure.
Objective 4
To promote the uptake of project outputs.
Our focus is on looking after fish from egg to adult stage and ensuring the sustainability of river infrastructure projects.
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