Fishway Video Archive

Archived Video Files of of many species from various locations in North America
2014, Kokish River Fishway, British Columbia - Vertical Slot Fishway
Large Salmonids are observed using the fishway. These fish are from upstream, however, one adult falls back and demonstrates the power needed to swim back through the slot.
A Lamprey is seen swimming downstream in the fishway. It looks as if it is swimming towards the juvenile Salmonid.
A juvenile Salmonid shows some aggression against another inside a vertial slot fishway.
2010, Maple Hill Fishway
Rainbow trout successfully using a Denil fishway to pass upstream of a dam on the Saugeen River, Ontario
A brown trout uses a Denil fishway to swim downstream past the Maple Hill dam, Saugeen River, Ontario
Rainbow trout uses a Denil fishway to pass upstream over the Maple Hill dam, Saugeen River, Ontario
2009, Mannheim Fishway
Large school of common shiners migrating during the day
Reduced speed video of common shiners making their fall migration during the day
Daytime upstream migration of a school of common shiners through the fishway
Continuous video displaying upstream migration of common shiners through the Denil fishway
2008, Mannheim Fishway
Fall migration of common shiners in the evening
Fall migration of common shiners in the morning
Large numbers of common shiners utilizing the fishway for fall migration in the afternoon
Continuous video of the fall migration of common shiners up the Mannheim fishway
Continuous video of large numbers of common shiners and the occasional smallmouth bass swimming up the fishway in the morning
Fall migration of schools of common shiners and smallmouth bass navigating up the fishway in the afternoon
2007, Mannheim Fishway
A juvenile smallmouth bass maintains its position in the water column as it ascends the fishway in the afternoon - surface water velocity ~ 1.3 m/s
A juvenile smallmouth bass maintains its position in the water column and is joined by a second smallmouth bass as it ascends the fishway in the afternoon
A pair of juvenile smallmouth bass maintain their position in the water column they ascend the fishway in the afternoon
A juvenile smallmouth bass and several common shiners
Fall migration of common shiners in the evening - surface water velocity ~ 1.4 m/s
1997-2006 Various Locations
June 06 2006
Smallmouth bass following/chasing behaviour inside a fishway
April 12 2001
Rainbow trout and suckers in the DOW Chemical dam vertical-slot fishway, MI.
April 2001
Multiple species negotiating turbulent flows inside a Denil fishway
April 2001
Multiple species exiting the upstream end of a Denil fishway
March 29 2001
Walleye inside the fishway at the DOW chemical dam in Michigan
June 1998
Smallmouth bass negotiating turbulent flows in a Denil fishway
June 1997
Smallmouth bass negotiating turbulent flows in a Denil fishway