Project Summary
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.
Objectives
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Objective 1
To evaluate colonisation of riverine species in seasonal wetlands.
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Objective 2
Quantify whether there is an annual increase in capture fishery production at sites where fishways have been constructed.
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Objective 3
Quantify, in social and economic terms, the options for constructing fishways at riverine infrastructure.
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Objective 4
To promote the uptake of project outputs.
Team Members
- Prof. Lee Baumgartner (IFRG)
- Mr Vu Vi An (IFRG)
- Mr Peter Collier (IFRG)
- Dr John Conallin (IFRG)
- Dr Bethany Cooper (University of South Australia)
- Prof. Lin Crase (University of South Australia)
- Dr Ann Flemming (ACIAR)
- Mrs Khampheng Homsombath (LARReC)
- Mr Tim Marsden (Australasian Fish Passage Services)
- Dr Nathan Ning (IFRG)
- Dr Oudom Phonekhampheng (NUoL)
- Dr Wayne Robinson (IFRG)
- Mr Douangkham Singhanouvong (LARReC)
- Mr Garry Thorncraft (NUoL)
Project Partners
- Charles Sturt University (CSU)
- Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
- National University of Laos (NUoL)
- Living Aquatic Resources Research Centre (LARReC (Lao PDR))
- University of South Australia
- Australasian Fish Passage Services
