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ArticleAfrican journal of aquatic science2024

Potential for a commercial inland fishery or just another water storage facility at Spring Grove Dam, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa?

Matthew J Burnett, Céline Hanzen, Alex Whitehead, Gordon C O'Brien, Colleen T Downs

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Article in African journal of aquatic science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Fisher Perceptions and Management Challenges in KwaZulu-Natal's Inland Water Bodies.Aquatic conservation : marine and freshwater ecosystems · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Matthew J BurnettCentre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6237-1697
Céline HanzenCentre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6278-0258
Alex WhiteheadCentre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
Gordon C O'BrienCentre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6273-1288
Colleen T DownsCentre for Functional Biodiversity, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8334-1510

Funding

Wellcome Trust 227749
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

South Africa's inland fisheries are generally undervalued, though there is developing interest in the sector. Spring Grove Dam in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands became operational as a water storage facility in 2013 to provide water to the growing urban population in the province. We assessed whether the impoundment could potentially support commercial fisheries as had been proposed during its design and construction. We conducted seasonal fish community surveys from 2020 to 2021 at sites along the impoundment and in the mainstem of the Mooi River which feeds into the impoundment. We recorded a total of nine fish species, including six non-native fishes with invasive characteristics. Only three of 10 expected native species were found, namely the KwaZulu-Natal yellowfish

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fish diversityimpoundmentsinvasive speciesLabeobarbus natalensisMicropterussmall-scale fisheriestrout

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PMID41395358
PMCPMC7618466

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