SMALL STREAMS: Contribution to populations of trout and sea trout.
Report of a workshop held at Carlingford, Co. Louth, Ireland on 27 and 28 November 2012 |
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Threats to small streams
23/ Small streams face particular management challenges:
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24/ Many of these problems can be avoided by greater awareness of the importance of small streams, not just for salmonids but for biodiversity more generally. Moreover, small streams provide ecologically valuable networks linking different habitats within a catchment. These are of benefit not only to fish and invertebrates, but also to other species. There is considerable scope for involving other interest groups – for example, those concerned with birds – in the protection and conservation of small streams. The Workshop agreed that ways of raising the awareness of the importance of small streams among land managers, conservationists and the general public needed to be explored.
Restoring Small Streams
25/ Many of these problems can be avoided by greater awareness of the importance of small streams, not just for salmonids but for biodiversity more generally. Moreover, small streams provide ecologically valuable networks linking different habitats within a catchment. These are of benefit not only to fish and invertebrates, but also to other species. There is considerable scope for involving other interest groups – for example, those concerned with birds – in the protection and conservation of small streams. The Workshop agreed that ways of raising the awareness of the importance of small streams among land managers, conservationists and the general public needed to be explored.
Restoring Small Streams
25/ Many of these problems can be avoided by greater awareness of the importance of small streams, not just for salmonids but for biodiversity more generally. Moreover, small streams provide ecologically valuable networks linking different habitats within a catchment. These are of benefit not only to fish and invertebrates, but also to other species. There is considerable scope for involving other interest groups – for example, those concerned with birds – in the protection and conservation of small streams. The Workshop agreed that ways of raising the awareness of the importance of small streams among land managers, conservationists and the general public needed to be explored.
Flows and barriers
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Ecosystem services
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