Development of Fishway Design Criteria for Floodplain Species of the Lower Mekong Basin

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Development of Fishway Design Criteria for floodplain Species of the Lower Mekong Basin Khampheng Homsombath, Lee Baumgartner, Jarrod McPherson, Tim Marsden, Garry Thorncraft, Oudom Phonekhampeng; Douangkham Singhanouvong; Ubolratana Suntornratana AFS Portland, 2015

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Development of Fishway Design Criteria for floodplain Species of the Lower Mekong Basin

Khampheng Homsombath, Lee Baumgartner, Jarrod McPherson, Tim Marsden, Garry Thorncraft, Oudom Phonekhampeng; Douangkham

Singhanouvong; Ubolratana Suntornratana

AFSPortland, 2015

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The Mekong Catchment

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Many different landscapes: China

Yunnan

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Many different landscapes: Northern Laos

Luangprabang, Laos

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Many different landscapes: Central/Southern

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Many different landscapes: Cambodia border

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Many different landscapes: Delta

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Dry Season

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Wet Season

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Home of charismatic Megafauna!

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And many small fish (over 900 species)

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LMB – approx 2.2 million tonnes per annumAbout 2% of total world fish catch, 900 spp

Fish Beef Pork Chicken

kg/person/year kg/person/year kg/person/year kg/person/year

Lao PDR 29(48% animal

protein)

5 6 5

Cambodia 37(79% animal

protein)

2 3 2

Social Importance of fish

Importance of fish in sustenance diets

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Importance of fish

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Floodplain species

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Floodplain development is increasing at an alarming rate

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Fish Migration Concept

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Regulator

Fish Migration Concept

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Fishway

Fish Migration Concept

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14 mainstem

dams proposed

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Four stage project

Construct

Scope/research

Assess

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Regulator (Study site)

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Research different design aspects

Slope, turbulence, slot width etc

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Different designs

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Different designs

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Future need: 1. Improved understanding of local physiology and ecology

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Future need: 2. Ensuring developers and managers have the information!

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Future need: 3. Putting it all into practice in a coordinated way

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