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Upstream fishway

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Definition

The term upstream fishway is used [...] to refer to a structure which is mainly designed to assist the upstream passage of the relevant migratory fish but which at the same time should be designed in a way which enables ground-based organisms and macrobenthos to pass upstream as well.

Synonyms

fish steps; fish ladder; fish migration facility

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Source

Guideline Upstream Fishways on German Federal Waterways (AH FAA), Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau (BAW) und Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG), Version 2.0, 26/06/2015 (retrieved 10.05.2017)

Related terms

fish pass

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