In today's Flashback Friday, we describe the installation of a rigid weir to monitor both upstream and downstream fish passages – including with a video of the Read More…
Adding a little humor to an otherwise routine task, this crewmember shows off his dance moves after cleaning algae from the viewing window of a fish counting Read More…
This is the first post in a series that will chronicle the fabrication of a fish counting weir from site selection to installation. Check out our post Read More…
The California Department of Fish & Game (CDFG) operates a kokanee salmon stocking program with support from Kokanee Power, a California and Oregon non-profit. Kokanee salmon are Read More…
There are numerous advantages to using a fish counting weir instead of traditional carcass surveys to enumerate spawning migrations of anadromous fish. A weir (aka Alaskan weir, Read More…
Once you have a Fish Counting Weir how will you actually count the fish? A fish weir essentially creates an artificial fish barrier in the river and Read More…
How do you count adult salmon migrating upriver to spawn if they don't pass a fish ladder on their journey? We went looking for an answer to Read More…
Weirs have long been used as a means to collect fish by indigenous people throughout North America. Recently, archeologists discovered a large rock tidal weir used to Read More…