Technical Developments in Fish Exclusion & Fish Passage
Topic: The application of materials and technology that protect fish, prevent entrainment, impingement, and allow fish exclusion or fish passage.
Background:
This presentation will review the developments in materials and technology that have led to successful installations of fish exclusion, guidance and collection systems, temperature and algae control curtains, and debris control systems. In this presentation, we will discuss different designs, various components, lessons learned and the planning, materials, engineering, operations and maintenance that all successful projects require.
To illustrate and illuminate, we will provide an introduction to the following projects:
Pickering Nuclear Power Plant, Ontario Power, Ontario, Canada
North Fork Clackamas, Portland General Electric, Portland Oregon
Baker Lakes, Puget Sound Energy, Concrete Washington
(possible discussion of installation to prevent western state non-native lake fish from migrating to rivers where native fish are threatend, project will be complete by the time of AFS)
Objective and Value:
This presentation should be of interest to researchers, educators, practitioners, biologist, engineers, tribes, and regulators from around the world who are interested in methods to exclude, collect, protect or restore migratory fishes and aquatic species or prevent impingement and entrainment of species at facilities in order to comply with regulations.