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Schedule
2016
Tuesday, June 21st
10:30 AM

Keynote Address: Consider the Upstream Habitat: Providing Passage while Protecting Streams form Channel Incision

Michael Love, Michael Love & Associates

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

1:00 PM

Innovations I: Using Sediment Core Analyses to Attempt to Quantify the Historical Impact of Spawning Alewife

G. S. Nau, Acadia University
N. McLellan, Ducks Unlimited Canada
M. Mallory, Acadia University
I. Spooner, Acadia University
M.J.W. Stokesbury, Acadia University

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

1:00 PM

Modeling: What is in your Toolbox? Analytical Tools for Fish Passage Alternatives Analysis

MaryLouise Keefe, R2 Resource Consultants, Inc.
Phil Hilgert, R2 Resource Consultants, Inc.
Alice Shelly, R2 Resource Consultants, Inc.
Tim Sullivan, R2 Resource Consultants, Inc.

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

1:15 PM

Case Studies II: Downstream Fish Passage at High Head Dams

Fenton Khan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

1:15 PM

Fish Passage Studies I: Bi-directional, Selective Fish Passage: The Complications of Fish Passage in the Laurentian Great Lakes

Andrew Muir, Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Rob McLaughlin, University of Guelph
Tom Pratt, Fisheries and Oceans Canda

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

1:15 PM

Modeling: Using 2D HEC-RAS to Determine Fish Passability and Habitat Quality

Suzie Monk, WEST Consultants

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

1:30 PM

Case Studies II: Design and Construction of a Riffle Grade Control for Fish Passage

Eileen Straughan, Straughan Environmental

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

1:30 PM

Fish Passage Studies I: Sea Lamprey Behaviour During Negotaiton of Technical and Nature-Like Fish Passes

P. R. Almeida, Universidade de Evora
R. Oliveira, Universidade de Evora
C. S. Mateus, Universidade de Evora
C. M. Alexandre, Universidade de Evora
A. F. Belo, Universidade de Evora
E. Pereira, Universidade de Evora
A. Telhado, Universidade de Evora
M. F. Quadrado, Universidade de Evora
B. R. Quintella, Universidade de Evora

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

1:30 PM

Innovations I: Mud Mountain Dam (MMD) Fish Passage Project

Fred Goetz, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

1:30 PM

Modeling: Effects of Hydraulic Structures on Fish Passage: An Evaluation of 2D vs 3D Hydraulic Analysis Methods

Erin R. Ryan
Brian Bledsoe
Tim Stephens

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

1:45 PM

Case Studies II: Fish Migration Restoration at the Gabčíkovo Dam: A Prefeasibility Study

Wilco de Bruijne, LINKit Consult

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

1:45 PM

Fish Passage Studies I: Upper Niagara River Emerald Shiner Minnow Swimming Capacity

K. E. Vorenkamp, State University of New York at Buffalo
B. J. Sansom, State University of New York at Buffalo
J. A. Atkinson, State University of New York at Buffalo
S. J. Bennett, State University of New York at Buffalo

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

1:45 PM

Innovations I: The Fish-Lifting Trough: A Combined Trash-Rack Cleaner and Fish Passage Device

Reinhard Hassinger, University of Kassel

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

1:45 PM

Modeling: Stream Power Applications

James MacBroom, Milone & MacBroom
Roy Schiff, Milone & MacBroom
Jessica Pica, Milone & MacBroom

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM

Case Studies II: Amethyst Brook Restoration Projection: Co-Evolution of a Project and a River with Two Dam Removals

Michael Chelminski, Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
Robin MacEwan, Stantec Consulting Services Inc.

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

2:00 PM

Innovations I: When Enough is Enough: How the Effectiveness of Fish Passage Can Influence the Recovery of a Fish Population

Rob McLaughlin, University of Guelph
Eric Smyth, University of Guelph
Marten Koops, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Burlington
Tom Pratt, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Sault Ste. Marie
Antonio Velez-Espino, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Nanaimo

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

2:00 PM

Modeling: Reclamation Managing Water in the West: Inskip Diversion Dam Fish Screen Physical Model

Kent Walker, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

2:15 PM

Case Studies II: Citizen Science on the Move: Detailing the Spawning Migrations of Alewife and Blueback Herring in a Coastal Massachusetts Watershed

Andrew W. Jones, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Linda A. Deegan, Marine Biological Laboratory
Charles B. Cooper, Coonamessett River Trust
Michael D. Scherer, Coonamessett River Trust
Louis C. Turner, Coonamessett River Trust
Christopher Neill, Marine Biological Laboratory

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

2:15 PM

Fish Passage Studies I: Evaluation of Lake Sturgeon Passed through the Whooshh Fish Transport System

Steve Amaral, Alden
Tim Grant, Alden
Steve Dearden, Whooshh Innovations
Jeremy Pyatoskowit, Menominee Nation
Paul Jacobson, Electric Power Research Institute

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

2:15 PM

Modeling: OpenFOAM CFD Modeling Case Study of a Pool and Weir Fishway with Implications for Free-Surface Flows

Jason Duguay, Université de Sherbrooke
Jay Lacey, Université de Sherbrooke

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

3:00 PM

Case Studies III: Skokomish River Ecosystem Restoration Washington State

Nancy Gleason, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

3:00 PM

Fish Passage Studies II: Size-Related Turbine Passage Survival and Injury of Lake Sturgeon at the Shawano Project, Wolf River, Wisconsin

Joanne Phipps, Normandeau Associates
Paul Heisey, Normandeau Associates
Chris Avalos, Normandeau Associates
Ryan Koenigs, Wisconsin DNR

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

3:00 PM

Innovations II: Stereo Vision Camera System for Monitoring Fish Migration

Matej Sečnik, Geateh
Mitja Brilly, University of Ljubljana
Andrej Vidmar, Purgator

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

3:00 PM

Ocean Connections: When a Rising Tide Doesn't Pass All Fish

Matthew Bernier, NOAA Fisheries

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

3:15 PM

Case Studies III: Rehabilitation of the Yarqon River, a Mediterranean Climate Polluted Stream Ecosystem, and the Reintroduction of the Yarqon Bleak - an Israeli Endemic Critically Endangered Freshwater Cyprinid Fish

Yonathan Raz, Yarqon River Authority

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

3:15 PM

Fish Passage Studies II: Long Term Effects on Atlantic Salmon and Brown Trout Smolts after Turbine Migration

Tormod Haraldstad, Niva

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

3:15 PM

Innovations II: Fishcam: A Video Based Monitoring System for Fish Passes

Helmut Mader, Boku
Sabine Käfer, Verbund
Frederik Kratzert, Boku

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

3:15 PM

Ocean Connections: European River Lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis Passage Efficacy at a Tidal Barrage Using a Navigation Lock as a Novel Fish Pass

S. Silva, Durham University
M. Lowry, Durham University
C. Macaya, Durham University
B. Barry, Durham University
E. Silva, Durham University
M. Lucas, Durham University

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

3:30 PM

Case Studies III: Salmon Superhighway: Strategic Fish Passage Barrier Prioritization and Community Engagement Tillamook-Nestucca Subbasin, Oregon

Dan Shively, USDA Forest Service
Greg Apke, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Dave Heller, Oregon Fish Passage Task Force
Jim Capurso, USDA Forest Service

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

3:30 PM

Innovations II: Designing a Cost Effective Vertical-Slot Fishway

Matthew Gordos, NSW Department of Primary Industries Fisheries, Australia
Martin Mallen-Cooper, Fishway Consulting Services
Heath Robinson, NSW Public Works, Australia
Steven Slarke, Jacobs
Craig Copeland, NSW Department of Primary Industries Fisheries, Australia

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

3:30 PM

Ocean Connections: Migratory Delay of Anadromous River Herring at Anthropogenic Obstacles on a Samll Coastal Stream

Derrick Alcott, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ted Castro-Santos, United States Geological Survey

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

3:45 PM

Case Studies III: Secure Fish Passage Design for Sustainable Fish Populations: A Case Study in Vereinigte Weißeritz River

Meliha Gamze Ekren, Istanbul Technical University
Necati Ağıralioğlu, Istanbul Technical University
Hilal Gonca Coşkun, Istanbul Technical University

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

3:45 PM

Fish Passage Studies II: The Drifting Dead: Drift of Dead Fish in Three German Rivers

Lisa Heermann, MinisteriumfürKlimaschutz, Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- Und Verbraucherschutzdes Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Torgeir Havn, MinisteriumfürKlimaschutz, Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- Und Verbraucherschutzdes Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Eva Thorstad, MinisteriumfürKlimaschutz, Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- Und Verbraucherschutzdes Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Finn Økland, MinisteriumfürKlimaschutz, Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- Und Verbraucherschutzdes Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Maxim Teichert, MinisteriumfürKlimaschutz, Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- Und Verbraucherschutzdes Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Stein-Are Sæther, MinisteriumfürKlimaschutz, Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- Und Verbraucherschutzdes Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Jost Borcherding, MinisteriumfürKlimaschutz, Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- Und Verbraucherschutzdes Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Meelis Tambets, MinisteriumfürKlimaschutz, Umwelt, Landwirtschaft, Natur- Und Verbraucherschutzdes Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

3:45 PM

Innovations II: New Approaches for Rangewide Conservation of River Herring

Alison Bowden, The Nature Conservancy
Diane Borggaard, NOAA Fisheries
Ben Gahagan, Marine Fisheries Commonwealth of Massachusetts

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

3:45 PM

Ocean Connections: Potential Measures to Strengthen Diadromous Fish Stocks in the Wadden Sea

Katja Philippart, Wadden Academy

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

4:00 PM

Ocean Connections: Silver Eel (Anguilla anguilla) Production, Spawner Biomass Escapement and Mitigation of Hydropower Eel Mortalities in the River Erne, Ireland

T.K. "Kieran" McCarthy, National University of Ireland, Galway
D. Nowak, National University of Ireland, Galway
C. Lawton, National University of Ireland, Galway

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

4:30 PM

Case Studies IV: Adaptive Management of Fish Passage at a Pool and Weir Fishway

Ben Gahagan, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
Scott Elzey, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

4:30 PM

Eels I: The Eel Passage Research Center: Lessons Learned Regarding Structure and Process for Effective Collaboration

Paul T. Jacobson, Electric Power Research Institute

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

4:30 PM

Innovations III: The Maine Model: Flexible Restoration Partnerships

Alex Abbott, Gulf of Maine Coastal Program

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

4:45 PM

Case Studies IV: An Evaluation of Fishway Passage and Spawning Migration Survival for Alewife

A. D. Spares, Acadia University
G. S. Nau, Acadia University
N. McLellan, Ducks Unlimited Canada
M.J.W. Stokesbury, Acadia University

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

4:45 PM

Eels I: Monitoring Juvenile American Eel Movements to Inform the Design of Eel Fishways: Location, Location, Location!

Jesse Weschler, Kleinschmidt

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

4:45 PM

Fish Passage Studies III: Flow and Turbulence Structure in Brush Fish Pass

Serhat Kucukali

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

4:45 PM

Innovations III: Fish Passage Philosophy on European Rivers Fueling Hydropower Installations in the 21st Century

Martin O'Farrell, Smith-Root, Inc.
Jason Kent, Smith-Root, Inc.
Carl Burger, Smith-Root, Inc.

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

5:00 PM

Eels I: European Eel Passage Survival and Injury through Three Propeller Type Turbines in France

J. Chris Avalos, Normandeau Associates
Paul G. Heisey, Normandeau Associates
Dilip Mathur, Normandeau Associates

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

5:00 PM

Fish Passage Studies III: Fish-Size-Based Criteria for Assessing Attraction Flow

David Gisen, Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute
Patrick Heneka, Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute
Cornelia Schütz, Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

5:00 PM

Innovations III: Reclamation: Managing Water in the West

Jason Wagner, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

5:15 PM

Case Studies IV: Evaluation of the Owens Pond Fishway

Boyd Kynard, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Brian Kynard, BK-Riverfish, LLC
Campbell Morgan, BK-Riverfish, LLC

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

5:15 PM

Fish Passage Studies III: Sediment Redistribution and Impact Analysis: Springborn Dam - Enfield, Connecticut

Josh Wilson, Fuss & O'Neill, Inc.

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

5:15 PM

Innovations III: The Future of Dams: Developing a Stakeholder-Engaged, Solutions-Focused Framework for Decision-Making

Caroline Gottschalk Druschke, University of Rhode Island

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

2017
Wednesday, June 21st
4:10 PM

Influence of the presence of sills on the behavior of brown trouts (Salmo trutta) in an experimental vertical slot fishway

Aurélien Ballu, Institut P'
Gérard Pineau, Institut P'
Damien Calluaud, Institut P'
Laurent David, Institut P'

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM