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fisheries_baseline.md

> SYNTHETIC TEST DATA - NOT FOR USE IN ANY REAL ASSESSMENT
> Generated by the ESIA governance sandbox. Fictional geography.
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# Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries Baseline

*Discipline: aquatic_ecology_and_fisheries | Tenant: Meridian Environmental Partners | Register refs: PS1-07, PS6-24*

## Method

Catch assessment across landing sites, seasonally stratified.
Survey campaign completed February 2023.


## Assemblage

3 restricted-range basin endemics are present,
alongside longitudinal migrants whose life history requires unimpeded
passage. Barrier effects are projected to reduce migrant and rapids
specialist abundance substantially.

## Dependence on flow

Downstream fishery productivity depends on maintenance of a minimum
release of 12.4 m3/s. Impact conclusions
in this chapter assume that release is provided.