ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst

Addressing connectivity constraints to freshwater fish: a European perspective

Peter Gough, World Fish Migration Foundation, Usk, MONMOUTHSHIRE, United Kingdom

Auditorium

8:45 AM - 10:15 AM

Sea to hume fish passage task force

Jim M. Barrett

Elizabeth Room A

11:00 AM - 12:40 PM

Use of built barriers in New Zealand streams as a conservation management tool

Sjaan Bowie, Department of Conservation, Christchurch, CANTERBURY, New Zealand
Daniel Jack, Operations, Department of Conservation, Dunedin, New Zealand
Dean Nelson, Operations, Department of Conservation, Twizel, New Zealand

Elizabeth Room B

11:00 AM - 12:40 PM

Weir going to build a wall

Luke K. Pearce, NSW Department of Primary Industries

Elizabeth Room B

11:00 AM - 12:40 PM

Cost Effective Modelling to Improve the Functionality of the Broken Creek Rice’s Weir and Kennedy’s Weir Vertical Slot Fishways

Steven Slarke, Jacobs Australia Pty Ltd, Adelaide, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Australia
Jarrah Muller, Jacobs Australia Pty Ltd, Adelaide, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Australia
Ivor Stuart, Kingfisher Research P/L, Eltham, Victoria, Australia
Justin O'Connor, Arthur Rylah Institute, DELWP, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Matthew Jones, Arthur Rylah Institute, DELWP, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Mark Turner, Arthur Rylah Institute, DELWP, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Theatrette

1:30 PM - 3:10 PM

Development and application of an agent based model for glass eel selective tidal stream transport

Jasper De Bie, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Thomas Benson, HR Wallingford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Jennifer Gaskell, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Paul S. Kemp, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Room B

1:30 PM - 3:10 PM

Effects of tide gate upgrade or removal on fish passage and habitat quality: a literature review and knowledge synthesis

Guillermo Giannico, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.
Jon Souder, Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.
Londi Tomaro, Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.
Jeff Behan, Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.

Elizabeth Room B

1:30 PM - 3:10 PM

Estuarine fish passes in the northern Netherlands provide contrasting windows of opportunity for migrating fish species

Jeroen Huisman, VHL University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, Friesland, The Netherlands
Tania Timmer, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, GELDERLAND, Netherlands
Leopold A.J. Nagelkerke, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, GELDERLAND, Netherlands

Elizabeth Room B

1:30 PM - 3:10 PM

Fish ladders at small hydropower plants and potential contribution to downstream passage of eggs and larvae

Eduardo Brambilla, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Thurgoona, NSW, Australia

Auditorium

1:30 PM - 3:10 PM

Hydraulic Approach for Dimensioning Fish Way Attraction Flow

Martin Henning, Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW), Karlsruhe, Germany
Patrick Heneka, Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW), Karlsruhe, Germany
Cornelia Schuetz, Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz, Germany

Theatrette

1:30 PM - 3:10 PM

Optimisation of Fishway Entrance and Exit Conditions Using Physical Modelling: SARFIIP Pike Floodplain Regulator and Fishway Designs

Steven Slarke, Jacobs Australia Pty Ltd, Adelaide, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Australia
Ivor Stuart, Kingfisher Research P/L, Eltham, Victoria, Australia
David Pezanitti, AFMG, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia, Australia

Theatrette

1:30 PM - 3:10 PM

Australia’s first trap-and-haul fishway: Nerang River, Queensland

John H. Harris, Harris Research, Tinonee, NSW, Australia
Steven O'Brien, AECOM , Docklands , Victoria, Australia
Brent Mefford, Wildfish Engineering LLC, Denver, Colorado, USA
David T. Roberts, Seqwater, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Chandelier Room

3:40 PM - 5:20 PM

Barrier Tracker - Using citizen science to build the most comprehensive atlas of barriers in Europe

David J. Kilbey, Natural Apptitude Ltd, Bristol, United Kingdom
Arjan Berkhuysen, World Fish Migration Foundation, 9700CC Groningen, The Netherlands
Rosa Olivo del Amo, World Fish Migration Foundation, 9700CC Groningen, The Netherlands
Herman Wanningen, World Fish Migration Foundation, 9700CC Groningen, The Netherlands

Elizabeth Room A

3:40 PM - 4:40 PM

Build it and they will come. Or will they? Golden Perch in Koondrook Perricoota Forest

Wayne A. Robinson, Charles Stuart University
Meaghan Duncan, NSW Department of Primary Industries
Kate Martin, NSW Department of Primary Industries

Elizabeth Room B

3:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Connecting fish, flows and habitats on lowland river floodplains

Paul Brown, School of Biological Sciences, La Trobe University, Mildura, VIC, Australia
David Wood, School of Biological Sciences, La Trobe University, Mildura, VIC, Australia
Iain Ellis, Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales Fisheries, Buronga, NSW, Australia
Andrew Greenfield, Mallee Catchment Management Authority, Mildura, VIC, Australia
Warwick Gillespie, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Sascha Healy, New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, Buronga, NSW, Australia

Elizabeth Room B

3:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Fish on the run: facilitating fish passage from drying floodplains

Ivor Stuart, Arthur Rylah Institute
Clayton Sharpe, NSW National Parks & Wildlife

Elizabeth Room B

3:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Fish Passage Remediation through the NSW Recreational Fishing Trust Habitat Action Grants

Scott Nichols, NSW Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries, WOLLONGBAR, NSW, Australia

Elizabeth Room A

3:40 PM - 4:40 PM

Floodplain reconnection and habitat variability act as mitigation measures for sensitive rheophilic fish species in the lower rhine river, the Netherlands

Twan T. Stoffers

Elizabeth Room B

3:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Hydraulic optimisation of a system for transporting fish in water vertically at near-atmospheric pressure

William Peirson, University of New South Wales
Isaac Kim, University of New South Wales
Kieran Pugh, University of New South Wales
John H. Harris, University of New South Wales
Stefan Felder, University of New South Wales
Richard T. Kingsford, University of New South Wales

Chandelier Room

3:40 PM - 5:20 PM

Mud Mountain Upstream Migrant Trap & Haul Facility Design

Peter Christensen, R2 Resource Consultants

Chandelier Room

3:40 PM - 5:20 PM

Proof of concept for an innovative pump fishway design to move fish upstream over dams

John H. Harris, UNSW
William L. Peirson, UNSW
Brent Mefford, UNSW
Richard T. Kingsford, UNSW
Stefan Felder, UNSW

Chandelier Room

3:40 PM - 5:20 PM

Re-defining upstream fish passage

Tom Shearer, Whooshh Innovations

Chandelier Room

3:40 PM - 5:20 PM