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13th International Salmonid Habitat Enhancement Workshop
In September 2002 the 13th International Salmonid Habitat Enhancement Workshop held in Westport, Co. Mayo. This was the first time
it was held outside North America. Over 220 people attended the event, including leading world
experts on the restoration of salmon and trout rivers. The biennial event is important due to the
international trend of declining stocks of Atlantic salmon.
Ireland may have substantial atlantic salmon stocks
compared to the US who have placed Atlantic salmon on their endangered
species list, but a decline in the production of both salmon and trout in Ireland is evident.
Held over a 4-day period, the first 2 days consisted of a series of talks
by the invited experts, followed by guided bus tours to enhanced river
sites in the Corrib, Errif and Moy catchments where over €6 million
has been spent in improving channels during 1996 - 2000.
The workshop addressed these issues and reflected the determination and
the expertise of all involved to reverse the current decline in stocks.
Significant speakers such as Ray White, a long established expert on science
based salmon and trout stream enhancement from the US, detailed a thoughtful
history of stream rehabilitation. He reiterated the
value of employing the self-regenerative capacities
of streams and stated that the only way to restore a damaged stream
so that stocks can thrive necessitates reforming human use of land and
water.
Links to abstracts and/or papers presented at the 13th International Salmonid Habitat Enhancement Workshop
| Author |
Paper |
| Ray White |
Restoring
streams for salmonids: Where have we been? Where are we going? |
| Philip McGinnity |
Catchment
approach to restoring natural stream processes |
| Timo Yrjänä |
Baltic
Salmon enhancement programmesl in humic lowland rivers in Northern
Finland |
| M. O'Grady |
Impacts
of a habitat enhancement programme on the aquatic flora, fauna, fish
stocks and associated avian fauna of the Glenglosh River, Lough Corrib
Catchment |
| Karen Delanty |
Effectiveness
of an instream and bankside enhancement programme, in an Irish Catchment
subjected to an arterial drainage scheme |
| Duncan Glen |
Recovery
of salmon and trout populations following habitat enhancement works,
review of case studies 1995 - 2002 |
| Arlin Rickard |
The work
of the Westcountry Rivers Trust, management and rehabilitation of
salmonid rivers in south west England |
| Ludwig Tent |
Trout 2010
- Engaged citizens participate in brook restoration |
Steve Roy &
Keith Nislon |
Habitat enhancement
for stream salmonids in the Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont |
| Nigel Holmes |
River
rehabilitation in low energy rivers - the Chalk Rivers of England |
| Lawerence Claggett |
The
25-year evolution of Wisconsin's trout habitat restoration program |
| Keith Hendry |
Agricultural
land use and salmonid habitat restoration: The River Calder, Cumbria |
| Don Duff |
Native salmonid
restoration using streamside incubators |
| Joe McGurrin |
Trends
in fish habitat conservation activity by trout Unlimited volunteers,
A survey of the Embrace - A - Stream Program from 1975 - 2002 |
| Keith Clarke |
Evaluating
efforts to increase salmonid productive capacity through habitat enhancement
in the low diversity / production systems of New Foundland, Canada |
| Robert Rosell |
Restoration
of a self sustaining population of salmon to the River Lagan. Belfast,
Northern Ireland |
Patrick Connolly &
Brian Blair |
Watershed
restoration for anadromous rainbow trout in Washington's Wind River,
U.S.A |
| Mark Diamond |
Using
river habitat survey to plan river rehabilitation works at the catchment
scale |
| Phil Roni |
Responses
of fishes and salamonaders to instream restoration efforts in western
Oregon and Washington, U.S.A. |
| P. Gargan |
The
effectiveness of habitat rehabilitation on stocks of juvenile salmonid,
over a range of channel types, in the Lough Corrib Catchment |
| J. King |
Recent
flood relief schemes in Ireland: Fisheries-Engineering interactions
in relation to fish species |
| David Heller |
A
new paradigm for salmon and watershed restoration |
| Les Stanfield |
Managing
streams in southern Ontario: A hierarchical model that quantifies
system health, identifies thresholds from disturbance and guides managers
to defensible decisions |
| Michael Weland and Mark Holden |
Restoration
of the Middle Provo River |
| Joseph Urbani |
Bed manipulation
and bank stabilisation techniques to restore and enhance riverine
trout fisheries habitats |
Sponsors
Davy Stockbrokers
Office of Public Works
Electricity Supply Board
Environmental Protection Agency
North Atlantic Salmon Fund
American Fisheries Society
Trout Unlimited
The North Western Regional Fisheries Board
The Western Regional Fisheries Board
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