Effects of Proposed Passamaquoddy Power Project on Anadromous Fishes in Canadian Waters

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Author: Kerswill, C. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1960
• Subjects: General Medicine; Eastern Brook; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f60-056; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f60-056

Atlantic salmon, smelt, alewives, shad, eastern brook trout, and introduced brown trout occur in waters that will be affected by the Passamaquoddy power project. The first four species are taken occasionally in herring weirs but total annual landed values did not exceed $6,000 in the period 1937 to 1956. Salmon and trout have high potential value for angling, subject to improvements in local river management.Construction of tidal power dams should overcome the present lack of typical estuarine conditions in the Passamaquoddy area and favour production of anadromous species. An improved sport fishery for sea-run trout could develop. Realization of the potential production of Atlantic salmon, alewives and shad, but possibly not sea-run trout, would depend on satisfactory access from the Bay of Fundy to the impounded areas.