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Management Briefs: Effectiveness of a Fish Barrier Dam in Limiting Movement of Rough Fishes from a Reservoir into a Tributary Stream
Author(s) -
Bulow Frank J.,
Webb Mark A.,
Crumby W. Dennis,
Quisenberry Scott S.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
north american journal of fisheries management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1548-8675
pISSN - 0275-5947
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8675(1988)008<0273:mbeoaf>2.3.co;2
Subject(s) - tributary , limiting , fish <actinopterygii> , environmental science , upstream (networking) , fishery , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , geotechnical engineering , geography , biology , engineering , cartography , mechanical engineering , telecommunications
We evaluated the effectiveness ofa fish barrier that was constructed on the Roaring River, a tributary of Cordell Hull Reservoir, Cumberland River, Tennessee. The barrier was a steel‐framed, stone‐filled structure covered with concrete‐capped gabions, and it spanned the width of the stream. We tagged 1,056 specimens of seven rough fish species over three occasions downstream from the barrier, but never recovered any tagged fish upstream from it. The barrier seems to be effective in limiting upstream migration of rough fishes.