Community-based research for the conservation and sensible use of natural aquatic breed resource in Thuan, an opening of the Tam Giang Lagoon, Thua Thien Hue Province

Objectives

• To inventory the species richness, aquatic resources, ecological conditions and their changes.
  
• To identify the species migrating into the lagoon.
  
• To determine the variation of species and the number of economically valuable species.
  
• To determine the environmental conditions, utilization status, development activities and threats to the biodiversity in the lagoon.

Research Theme

• Biological Uses and Values

Activities

• Selection of study sites (main tide streams).
  
• Sampling and collection of specimens.
  
• Select fishermen who will cooperate in the project using participatory research method.
  
• Conduct interviews to obtain local ideas.
  
• Test management strategies proposed by fishermen.

Expected Outcomes

• Aquatic fingerlings in Tam Giang lagoon are conserved during its migration from the sea into the lagoon by protecting its habitat from any destruction or over-exploitation.

Indicative Budget

• 67,560 euro

Duration

• Twenty-eight months

Project site

• Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam

ARCBC Remarks

• Study should be linked to economic studies and also to freshwater fish studies. Many of the freshwater fish in C. Vietnam breed in these lagoons.

Coordinators