Study attributes and summary results of fish responses to restoration extracted from systematic review of studies published between 2010 and 2020. Data were used in meta-analysis as part of the publication "Are river restoration projects designed and evaluated to effectively address current stressors to inland fish and fisheries?" by Rogosch et al. Each row is data extracted from a study with comparative design (i.e. Before-After or Control-Impact) and sufficient information to be analyzed in a quantitative meta-analysis. Study attributes include the type of restoration measure, species of interest, target age group of species, control and treatment descriptors, years of monitoring before and after restoration, restoration size. Summary results data include the mean, sample size, and standard deviation (SD) from each study, which can be used for standardized mean effect size calculations. Data were extracted from text, tables, manually, and figures with WebPlotDigitizer version 4.4 (Rohatgi 2021) from each publication. If SDs were not provided, an approximation of standardized mean difference was calculated from available summary statistics using methods recommended for meta-analysis (Koricheva et al. 2014 Handbook of Meta-analysis in Ecology and Evolution). Citations: Rohatgi, A. (2021). WebPlotDigitizer (4.4).https://automeris.io/WebPlotDigitizer Koricheva, J., Gurevitch, J., & Mengersen, K. (Eds.). (2013). Handbook of Meta-analysis in Ecology and Evolution. Princeton University Press.