Please note that the full DSRRN website is under construction and will be available soon. It will include updates and news on network activities as well as information on diadromous fish species and research and restoration projects at the local, regional and national levels.

Save the Date: Stakeholder Meeting, Friday, November 14, 2008, 9am-3pm. Location TBA.

About DSRRN:
The goal of the Diadromous Species Restoration Research Network (DSRRN) is to develop and sustain facilitated interactions of multiple research, government and stakeholder entities focused on restoring
diadromous (sea run) fish populations throughout the North Atlantic region. The strength of this network is in its connection to and integration with the Penobscot River Restoration Project, the most ambitious restoration effort ever proposed for a watershed of this size. Within this context unparalleled opportunities exist to study questions fundamental to diadromous fish ecology and restoration, including: the role of diadromous fish in marine-freshwater linkages, the interdependency of co-evolved diadromous species, multi-species interactions in a restoration context, and the effects of multiple stressors on restoration results.

The network will work to coordinate the overlapping/ interconnected research efforts of academic, government and watershed stakeholders, provide administrative structure, and support data management. The network will provide: collaboration opportunities with a diversity of research groups, shared resources, reduced redundancy of effort, interdisciplinary hypothesis development, the ability to link cutting-edge research with agency missions and NGO objectives, and outstanding interdisciplinary educational opportunities for students.

The issue of diadromous fish restoration is complex and it is only through a broad collaborative approach drawing on data and knowledge from other systems, worldwide, that progress may be achieved and mis-steps minimized. Through network-facilitated research partnerships that place mission-driven restoration efforts in an integrated science context, key basic and applied research needs can be identified that might otherwise be overlooked. By actively engaging stakeholders, the network will facilitate public understanding of the critical role that science plays in guiding ecological restoration.

Additional information on upcoming meetings will be posted as it becomes available. Please check back for details or contact Karen Wilson, Research Coordinator for DSRRN.