Environmental Assessment
Volume B-7
Mine
Environmental and Social
Management Plans
Ambatovy Project
409
January 2006
7.3.3
Fish and Aquatics Management Plan
At closure, drainage patterns will be established linking to natural watercourses
at the edges of the development area. Forest cover and riparian habitat will be
re-established along rehabilitated watercourses and standing water bodies. Any
“extirpated” endemic species from aquarium and captive breeding programs will
be re-introduced, if suitable habitats exist for their survival.
The concept and potential for an artisanal fishery, using suitable endemic species,
will be discussed for the mine end pit lakes. Closure monitoring of species
re-introduction and effectiveness will be done to assess the development and
success of artisanal fisheries.
