TY - JOUR
T1 - Fish passage across Southeast Asia
T2 - key informant insights into motivations and triggers for water resource planning and policymaking
AU - Bond, Jennifer
AU - Pawsey, Nick
AU - Conallin, John
AU - Ning, Nathan
AU - Baumgartner, Lee
N1 - doi: 10.1080/09640568.2024.2330982
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Southeast Asia’s inland fisheries are under threat from extensive irrigation and hydropower development. Of particular concern is the Mekong River, which is currently home to the world’s most productive inland fishery. To minimise these negative impacts, fish-friendly infrastructure can be incorporated into these barriers to facilitate fish migration or “passage.” However, historically fishways have often been overlooked given cost considerations and a lack of awareness of benefits across irrigation managers and funding bodies. This study aimed to understand fishway implementation decision-making across the Mekong. Findings from 19 interviews showed that funding was central to decision-making and acted as an ability and a trigger, to both positively and negatively influence stakeholders’ motivations for fishway implementation. Masterclasses were viewed as key vehicles for building technical capacity and consent within the region through the creation of networks and social capital between irrigation engineers and fisheries staff, as well as the development of “champions.”.
AB - Southeast Asia’s inland fisheries are under threat from extensive irrigation and hydropower development. Of particular concern is the Mekong River, which is currently home to the world’s most productive inland fishery. To minimise these negative impacts, fish-friendly infrastructure can be incorporated into these barriers to facilitate fish migration or “passage.” However, historically fishways have often been overlooked given cost considerations and a lack of awareness of benefits across irrigation managers and funding bodies. This study aimed to understand fishway implementation decision-making across the Mekong. Findings from 19 interviews showed that funding was central to decision-making and acted as an ability and a trigger, to both positively and negatively influence stakeholders’ motivations for fishway implementation. Masterclasses were viewed as key vehicles for building technical capacity and consent within the region through the creation of networks and social capital between irrigation engineers and fisheries staff, as well as the development of “champions.”.
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U2 - 10.1080/09640568.2024.2330982
DO - 10.1080/09640568.2024.2330982
M3 - Article
SN - 0964-0568
SP - 1
EP - 21
JO - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
ER -