I have a question for the group sort of along these lines.
I run the freshwater fisheries resource permit program for the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game. With high fuel prices still vivid in the
minds of many, a number of remote villages in Alaska, located on large
rivers, are looking into the possibility of installing small, run of the
river hydro-electric generators thereby reducing remote village fuel
costs. Studies to better understand possible impacts these units might
have on fisheries resources, especially salmon and whitefish, are now
being developed. There is concern that these units could kill fish in
their turbines and/or drive fish away from feeding areas or traditional
migration routes with the vibrations.
Are there any papers out there that investigated these issues in other
areas?
Thanks in advance for your help. Wishing you all the best,
Bob
Bob Piorkowski, Ph.D.
Alaska Department of Fish and Game-SF
Box 115526, Juneau, Alaska 99811-5526
Work (907)465-6109 Fax (907)465-2772
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Subject: Re: Impacts of divers
I work on Environmental Impact Assessment, especially with regards to
fish ecology. I have never come across this before.
We work a lot on the hearing capabilities of fish and impacts of noise.
Generally salmonids are not as sensitive to noise as Clupeids. If they
are not normally disturbed by boat noise or other noise impacts, I doubt
divers will be of any concern in that regard.
As for a visual impact I think that is covered by the previous response.
It sounds like someone is taking concerns on environmental impacts a
little too far...
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Subject: Re: Impacts of divers
who raised the question and God bless their pointy head ------ I have
drift
dived many streams and small rivers and have never observed any
exceptional
behavior by salmonids except a careful cautionary gaze and a tendency to
keep
their comfort distance ---- if your divers want to chase the sockeye
that
would probably tire them some and waste air --- so don't do that
I am working on a project that will replace some anchor cables on the
two floating bridges that cross Lake Washington in Seattle, Washington.
The project will use a pair of divers to replace these cables in water
from 40 to 200 feet deep. Lake Washington is the largest lake in
Western Washington, and supports a number of salmonid species,
including
anadromous sockeye. Adult sockeye are known to find thermal refuge at
50 to 90 feet deep during the warmest part of the summer, and this
season the population is expected to be 105,000.
A question has arisen on the potential impact that two divers would
have
on these fish, and I am at a loss to find a source of information.
Does
anyone know, or can anyone provide best professional judgment, on the
potential impact of a pair of divers moving vertically through the
thermal refuge layers where sockeye would be dispersed?
Brian Bigler
NW Region Biology Program Manager
Washington State Department of Transportation
Seattle, WA
Direct: 206-440-4519
Cell: 206-919-1610
FAX: 206-440-4805
Russell
Nelson Resources Consulting, Inc.
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561 449 9637
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