Dam right: Improving opportunities for reservoir fisheries

Matthew McCartney -

Dams, like Nam Gnouang Dam in Lao PDR, can impact reservoir fisheries
Nam Gnouang Dam, on a tributary of the Nam Theun River in Laos. Photo by Eric Baran.
This World Water Day, WorldFish and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), key partners in the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH), reflect on how improved dam operation and reservoir management can, in some circumstances, mitigate the often negative impacts of large dams on natural fish stocks.