Design of Fishways and Other Fish Facilities

This new edition of the best-selling book describes the main types of fishways & fish facilities used around the world to assist the passage of fish over dams & other obstructions to their migration. It also focuses on the protection of fish (mainly young fish) from the hazards encountered in their downstream migrations. The book brings together the type of knowledge & research needed to decide on the facility used as well as its design & operation. It emphasizes the need for both biologists & engineers to collaborate in the design & indicates in what fields such collaboration would benefit fisheries conservation in the future. This is the Second Edition of the only book to bring together all of these topics worldwide under one cover.