One half of the respondents
complained that their income from fishing had
decreased sharply following the dam’s construction,
while the other half had felt little impact, maybe
because they have other income sources. Although
the decline affects their livelihood, most of them
break even in their fishing activities, at least at the
household consumption level. However, the
opinions of fishers at the midstream and upstream
sites on the whole picture indicate that the aquatic
environmental and animal status were both good,
whereas it was bad at the downstream site (Table 3).