Fish Passage and Dams

The USGS provides scientific information to Federal, State, tribal, and nongovernmental fisheries and water resource managers about the effects of barriers to fish passage on aquatic communities and habitats.

• Alden Lab CRADA: Environmental Hydraulics and Fish Passage (LSC)

• Assess Current and Potential Salmonid Production in Rattlesnake Creek Associated with Restoration Efforts (Anadromous salmonids, Rainbow trout, Salmon, Steelhead) (WFRC) (also related to Restoration Science and Technology, River Science)

• Behavior of American Shad and Blueback Herring Relative to Fish Passage: Task II - Behavior in Existing Fishways (American shad, Blueback herring) (LSC)
  

• Behavior, Passage, and Guidance of Downstream Migrant Fishes in Hydroelectric Forebay Environments (American eel, Sturgeon) (LSC)

• Distribution of Smolts in the Tailrace of Hydroelectric Dams (Salmon) (WFRC)

• Engineering Design and Biological Evaluation of New Fish Passage Structures for Anadromous and Riverine Species (LSC)

• Estimation of Atlantic Salmon Smolt Passage and Outmigration in the Connecticut River by Remote Acoustic Technology (Atlantic salmon) (LSC)

• Evaluation of Bypass Channels for Passing Riverine Fish Upstream of Dams (Anadromous, Catadromous, other Riverine species) (LSC)
  
  
• Fish Behavior Research at the Western Fisheries Research Center (Bull Trout, Chinook salmon, Chum salmon, Lost River Sucker, Pacific Lamprey, Salmon, Shortnose Sucker) (WFRC)

• Fish Migration and Passage Technical Assistance (LSC)
  
  
• Fish Populations Research at the Western Fisheries Research Center (Bull trout, Chinook salmon, Chum salmon, Lost River sucker, Salmonids, Shortnose sucker, Steelhead, White sturgeon) (WFRC) (also related to Species Diversity and Life History)

• Hydraulic Model Study of Little Falls Dam Fish Passage (Alewife, American shad, Blueback herring, other Anadromous fish species) (LSC)
  
  
• Influence of Modified Discharge and Water Temperature Regimes from Fort Peck Dam on Pallid Sturgeon and Other Native Fishes (CERC)
  
  
• Klamath Basin: A Watershed Approach to Support Habitat Restoration, Species Recovery, and Water Resource Planning. (Pacific salmon) Download the fact sheet about this cross-disciplinary multi-topical research. (310 KB, PDF) (WFRC)

• Life History Behavior and Fish Passage of Shortnose and Other Sturgeons (Chinese  sturgeon, Lake sturgeon, Pallid sturgeon, Russian sturgeon, Shortnose sturgeon, Stellate sturgeon, White sturgeon) (LSC) (also related to Species Diversity and Life History)

• Modeling Habitat Quality and Impact of Dam Removal on the Restoration of Alosines and Other Diadromous Fishes to the Susquehanna River (Alewife, American eel, American shad, Blueback herring, Striped bass, Alosines and other Diadromous fishes) (LSC) (also related to Restoration Science and Technology, River Science)

• Reducing Environmental Impacts of Hydropower Generation: Development of New Methods (LSC) (also related to Restoration Science and Technology, River Science)

• White sturgeon restoration and enhancement in the Columbia and Snake rivers upstream from Bonneville Dam (White sturgeon) (WFRC) (also related to Restoration Science and Technology)