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WEST AFRICAN POWER POOL (WAPP) PÖYRY ENERGY LTD.
Mount Coffee HPP ESIA and RAP 2012-09-18
ESIA Report Page 84
11.5.3 Mitigation Measures Related to Operation
� With migration of new fishers coming from outside the Mount Coffee area,
actions should be taken to prevent overexploitation of fish stocks.
� Developing a community management approach in the new fisheries involving
all stakeholders (LEC, Bureau of Fisheries, fishers leaders) with a minimum of
bi-annual meetings in which the concerns of each party would be objectively
debated. The number of fishermen authorized in the reservoir should not exceed
additional 20 professionals; taking into consideration the 0.5 km 2 (i.e. 400m-
crest of the main dam length x 1000m) restricted access area at the immediate
upstream of the main dam. All fishers and side activities would participate in
regular training workshops organized with the facilitation of the Bureau of
Fisheries, with a strong implication of fishers’ cooperatives to be sustained.
� Fish and fishing activities need to be monitored in the project area at least until a
new equilibrium has been reached.
� Once a sustainable level of fishing will have been reached, the installation of a
fish market equipped with handling and storing facilities, e.g. in the vicinity of
Raymond Camp, might be considered. Obviously, operating these facilities
would require prior electrification of the site.
� As side infrastructures in relation to the dam, reinforce local capacities in
housing, health centre, water and sanitation, markets, gendarmeries, school and
churches. These initiatives should be conducted in partnership with local
responsibles.
11.5.4 Mitigation Measures as Part of Mt. Coffee HPP
The various mitigation measures listed and describes shortly above outline an entire
fisheries development program which cannot be implemented in its entirety by Mt.
Coffee HPP. It is therefore recommended to set up, under a different financing, a
regional fisheries development program which would integrate all the measures
outlined.
For the Project as such, the following mitigation measures are recommended to be
implemented directly:
� The measures mentioned for the protection of water quality during the
construction period.
� The pre-impoundment clearing of the land to be submerged (see Section
8.4.6.4).
� Monitoring of fish and fisheries; for this, specific TOR will have to be
developed.
� Setting aside space for a possible installation of a fish ladder at a later stage.
� Implementation of livelihood restoration measures as identified in the RAP.
� coordination of these activities with the Bureau of Fisheries.