Rainbow Trout Migration and Passage at Denny’s Dam, Saugeen RiverPrevious radiotelemetry studies in the Saugeen River were designed to investigate how the removal of the Truax Dam in Walkerton, Ontario, affected fish passage and movement throughout the Saugeen River, focusing upstream of Denny’s Dam (here). Starting in Spring 2023, studies have been conducted whose aim has instead shifted to investigate …
Fall 2024 Radiotelemetry
Fish sponsored by the public (Lake Huron Fishing Club, Steeldreams, Bruce Power LP) will be tracked from November 18 2024 until March 2025 for the fall/winter monitoring period
Spring 2024 Radiotelemetry
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
Maple Hill
Maple Hill Dam FishwaySaugeen River, Walkerton, OntarioDenil fishway monitoring System Type: BRAVO M2 Observations: Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon
Otter Creek
Otter CreekWalkerton, ONSystem: BRAVO M2 Observations: Rainbow Trout, Chinook Salmon, + others
American Eel Migration
In 1998 and 1999, we identified the timing of out migration, swimming depth and migratory routes past the Moses-Saunders dam, for American eels
Northern Pikeminnow Telemetry
In early June 2021 CART tags were surgically implanted into 58 Northern Pikeminnow to help identify locations for targeted sampling of spawning fish for a selenium toxicology study in Lake Koocanusa (reservoir) in BC. This project was conducted in association with Minnow Environmental for Teck Coal. Biotactic was involved with designing the telemetry component of the study, tagging fish, training field staff on the use of acoustic and radio telemetry equipment and regularly analyzed sent tracking data to direct Minnow field staff to possible spawning locations for sampling.
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on a Fishery
After initial complete lock-downs caused recreational angling restrictions due to COVID-19, angler exploitation rates of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Saugeen River, Ontario, A tributary to Lake Huron, increased while fishery support activities remained impeded.
Grand River Smallmouth Bass
Mobility of tournament-caught and released smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu was monitored in the Grand River, Ontario, between 1995 and 1999 using radiotelemetry and mark–recapture.
Welland River Siphon (Aquaduct): Impacts of Flow Reversal
In February 2001, Biotactic was contracted by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority to investigate the impact of the Old Welland Canal (OWC) siphon complex on fish migration. The siphon complex
