Alternative strategies for enhancement of fish stocks.

Abstract

The factors to be considered on whether there is a need to stock a fishery resource, the environmental impacts of stocking and habitat restoration to achieve management objectives are discussed.

Key words

• animal ecology
• aquatic animals
• aquatic organisms
• dams
• environmental impact
• fish culture
• fisheries
• fishery management
• fishing
• freshwater ecology
• freshwater fishes
• habitat management
• habitats
• lakes
• objectives
• reservoirs
• rivers
• stocking rate
• sustainability