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fishway

(ˈfɪʃˌweɪ)
n
(Fishing) US and Canadian another name for fish ladder
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Swimming performance of various freshwater Newfoundland salmonids relative to habitat selection and fishway design.
On a surprisingly warm morning in late February, DEC staff, along with partners from The Nature Conservancy, Hofstra University, and Friends of the Bay, removed a gate at the top of a newly installed fish passage (also known as a fishway) at Beaver Lake in Mill Neck, Nassau County.
Current broodstock management practice requires the collection of mature adults from a trap at the terminus of the first fishway on the river (currently, Milford Dam) by the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
Gilligan DM, Harris JH and Mallen-Cooper M (2003) Monitoring changes in Crawford River fish community following replacement of an ineffective fishway with a vertical-slot fishway design: results of an eight year monitoring program.
[4] proposed the installation of barrier opposite the outlet orifice of fishway with a vertical gap to modify the performance of the structure.
Take exit 27 from I-91 South or North (Route 2 East); take a right at the second light and go over the bridge; Turn left after the bridge onto First Street; The fishway is on the left.
A plan was proposed to reopen the fishway to the alewives while monitoring the basin's smallmouth bass population.