Fishery development and management techniques are based on continuous surveys and assessments of the fish habitat and are designed to increase fish production or the quality of fish within a given catchment or sub-catchment.
Scientific evidence indicate that naturally occurring fish species within
any geographic area have evolved over long periods of time and have adapted
themselves to thrive in the natural aquatic conditions pertaining to that
area. It therefore makes sense, from a fisheries perspective, to endeavour
to restore waterways to as near as practical a natural state.
Fishery Board staff have both an active and advisory role in the management
of the fish habitat. Inland fisheries are a valuable national resource which
should be accessible and of interest to all.
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