Fish sponsored by the public (Kollen family, Lake Huron Fishing Club, Steeldreams, Bruce Power LP) will be tracked from April 22 until early June during the spring 2024 monitoring period
Videographic Surveys Saugeen River
Biotactic has been performing videographic surveys of fish passage at the Maple Hill dam fishway as well as within Otter Creek since 2018. Seasonal surveys are conducted using BRAVO M2 systems and the species, direction of movement, time, and condition of each unique fish is transcribed from recorded video.
Salmonid Redd Counts in the Saugeen River
Biotactic has been performing redd counts within the Saugeen River watershed since 2018. Surveys are conducted by trained staff in the Spring during the Rainbow Trout spawning period as well as in the Fall during the Chinook Salmon spawning period through a combination of wading and aerial drone videography.
Electrofishing Surveys to Determine Fish Community Biomass
Biotactic established twenty-two long term monitoring sites (66 sampling subsections) across the Saugeen River watershed within which annual biomass electrofishing surveys are performed to monitor the change in the fish community as a function of the removal of the Truax dam in Walkerton, Ontario, as part of a fisheries offset and compensation project.
Rainbow Trout Migration Patterns in the Saugeen River Watershed
The Truax Dam was removed in August 2019. Future post-removal phases of this study will provide data that will be compared to baseline information to assess the impact of the removal of this barrier on the Saugeen River rainbow trout population.
Fisheries Offsets and Compensation- Bruce Power
Biotactic devised and developed a Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) study for the Bruce Power Nuclear Generating Station to offset and compensate for fisheries impacts associated with nuclear
Biotactic Fisheries Research & Monitoring – Biotactic Inc.
We began using underwater videography to monitor fish back in 1989 and things have changed a lot since then. Using our invaluable experience, we design, build and supply fish monitoring and fish counting systems.
