Wetland & Fish Ecology - Enviro Dynamics Namibia
Wetland & Fish Ecology - Enviro Dynamics Namibia
Wetland & Fish Ecology - Enviro Dynamics Namibia
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High fishing pressure can be expected in the modified channel requiring regulation<br />
and control of fishing activities, especially where fyke nets and funnels are set across<br />
the stream. The lining of the channel will not benefit fish life as it offers little hiding<br />
place or feeding substrate. Allow as natural a system of floods to flow through the<br />
Okatana River in Oshakati as possible.<br />
Basically keep floods as natural as possible, by operating sluices in a way that will<br />
allow small floods to continue through Oshakati town within the Okatana River<br />
keeping the oshana functioning as naturally as possible and avoiding unnecessarily<br />
high velocities in the channel.<br />
A) Impact related to dike and its channel<br />
B) Impact of deepening and lining Okatana River in Oshakati<br />
Bold letters refer to confidence in prediction:<br />
L = low as little available information<br />
M = medium based on both available information and specialist knowledge<br />
Draft <strong>Enviro</strong>nmental Impact Assessment: Oshakati Flood Mitigation Project<br />
Specialist Study: <strong>Wetland</strong> <strong>Ecology</strong> and <strong>Fish</strong> <strong>Ecology</strong> Imputs<br />
July 2012
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