Completed in 1999
For more
information contact:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Daphne Ecological Services Office
1208B Main Street
PO Drawer 1190
Daphne, AL 36526
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Description: |
This
project was an evaluation of fish movements and habitat use above,
below, and through the Claiborne Lock and Dam on the Alabama River
in the Mobile River Basin. By tracking tagged fish, the Geological
Survey of Alabama was able to document river discharge levels needed
for fish passage over the structure, the extent of spawning migrations
(300+ miles in some instances), and an extreme fidelity for habitat
zones. |
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| Project
Outcome: |
The
information collected was an important first step towards designing
a fishway for fish passage. |
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Claiborne Lock and Dam
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| Benefits: |
Fish
passage capabilities will target blue sucker, river redhorse, smallmouth
buffalo, and many
others to access over 60 miles of mainstem spawning and rearing
habitat previously accessible only during years of extreme river
discharge. |
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| Partners: |
U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Alabama Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources, Geological Survey of Alabama,
private entities. |
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| Partners: |
North Carolina Division
of Marine Fisheries, North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission,
and the North Carolina Department of Transportation. |
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