USFWS and USGS collaboration
Detailed Description
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey personnel transfer a fish for release after surgically implanting an ultrasonic transmitter. Researchers will use tracking data from these fish to study the efficacy of a fish passage deterrent at Barkley Lock and Dam.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
Photographer - Andrea Fritts
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Evaluation of a BioAcoustic Fish Fence at Barkley Lock and Dam
Barkley Lock and Dam, on the Cumberland River near Grand Rivers, Kentucky, has been identified as a strategic pinch-point navigational dam for controlling invasive carps including bighead carp ( Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), silver carp ( H. molitrix), grass carp ( Ctenopharyngodon Idella), and black carp ( Mylopharyngodon piceus). Fish must pass through the Barkley lock chamber to get upstream of...
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Evaluation of a BioAcoustic Fish Fence at Barkley Lock and Dam
Barkley Lock and Dam, on the Cumberland River near Grand Rivers, Kentucky, has been identified as a strategic pinch-point navigational dam for controlling invasive carps including bighead carp ( Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), silver carp ( H. molitrix), grass carp ( Ctenopharyngodon Idella), and black carp ( Mylopharyngodon piceus). Fish must pass through the Barkley lock chamber to get upstream of...