Location
Groningen, The Netherlands
Event Website
http://fishpassage.umass.edu/
Start Date
22-6-2015 9:30 AM
End Date
22-6-2015 10:10 AM
Description
Dr. Mallen-Cooper has been a specialist fishway biologist for 30 years and has designed over 200 fishways in Australia and overseas, from fish locks and fish lifts on large dams to low-level pool-type and nature-like fishways. His approach to projects is to clarify ecological function, develop migration models and integrate fish behavior into all aspects of dam, weir and fishway design. A key aspect of this is integrating biology, hydrology and hydraulics, which has led to new approaches and applications in fishway design and improved ecological function.
In the last 10 years Dr. Mallen-Cooper has had a significant focus on broader linkages for fish passage and fish migration within catchments and between rivers and floodplains, and maximizing benefits for fish from environmental flows. Southern Hemisphere fish passage is different although the underlying principles are the same. Coping with small and large fish, upstream, downstream and lateral migrations, highly variable and often very low seasonal flows present challenges that all need to be addressed. Lessons from his experience would assist a more holistic approach to fish passage in the tropics and Northern Hemisphere.
Plenary Speaker: Universal Lessons from Fish Passage Research, Design and Application in Australia
Groningen, The Netherlands
Dr. Mallen-Cooper has been a specialist fishway biologist for 30 years and has designed over 200 fishways in Australia and overseas, from fish locks and fish lifts on large dams to low-level pool-type and nature-like fishways. His approach to projects is to clarify ecological function, develop migration models and integrate fish behavior into all aspects of dam, weir and fishway design. A key aspect of this is integrating biology, hydrology and hydraulics, which has led to new approaches and applications in fishway design and improved ecological function.
In the last 10 years Dr. Mallen-Cooper has had a significant focus on broader linkages for fish passage and fish migration within catchments and between rivers and floodplains, and maximizing benefits for fish from environmental flows. Southern Hemisphere fish passage is different although the underlying principles are the same. Coping with small and large fish, upstream, downstream and lateral migrations, highly variable and often very low seasonal flows present challenges that all need to be addressed. Lessons from his experience would assist a more holistic approach to fish passage in the tropics and Northern Hemisphere.
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_conference/2015/June22/101