This technical paper is part of the publication programme of the Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service (FIRI) of the Fisheries Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It provides a synthesis of information on the effectiveness of habitat rehabilitation for inland fisheries as well as recommendations for implementing, monitoring and evaluating habitat rehabilitation activities. The document is intended to assist managers, practitioners and scientists involved in the restoration of aquatic ecosystems. It draws on the more than 50 years of practical experience of the authors in the field of fisheries and riparian ecology, aquaculture and habitat restoration.
Production of this document was coordinated by Phil Roni under the supervision of Devin M. Bartley (FIRI) through the FAO Visiting Experts Partnership Programme which provided partial support for Dr Roni while working on the project. The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Northwest Fisheries Science Center also donated much of Dr Roni’s time for the project. Layout and design were by Ms Sylviane Borghesi (FIRI).
The authors wish to thank NOAA for its collaboration and Ed Quimby (NOAA) and Gerd Marmulla (FIRI) for helpful editorial comments on earlier versions of this paper. In addition, we greatly appreciate the contribution of colleagues from throughout the world who provided information that assisted with our review of habitat rehabilitation.
Roni, P.; Hanson, K.; Beechie, T.; Pess, G.; Pollock, M.;
Bartley, D.M.
Habitat rehabilitation for inland fisheries. Global review of
effectiveness and guidance for rehabilitation of freshwater
ecosystems.
FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 484. Rome, FAO. 2005.
116p.
