FISHBIO is a fisheries and environmental consulting company dedicated to advancing the research, monitoring, and conservation of fishes around the world and addressing challenges in natural resource management.
When it comes to categorizing the natural world, sometimes a seemingly simple question can be shockingly hard to answer. Consider, for example, the following question: what makes a fish a fish? At face value, this may seem easy to answer.
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FISHBIO designed, fabricated, and installed the first Incline Plane Trap (IPT) in California. This custom Incline Plane Trap was built for use in a fish reintroduction study implemented by the California Department of Water Resources, ICF, and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, and was intended for trapping and monitoring out-migration juvenile spring run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Project partners commissioned the fabrication of the Incline Plane trap to provide alternative options for catching juvenile salmon at various flow conditions, particularly during low flow periods when RST operation can be inefficient or impossible.
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