Estimation of in-river fish passage using a combination of transect and stationary hydroacoustic sampling

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Banneheka, Sarath G., Routledge, Richard D., Guthrie, Ian C., Woodey, James C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1995
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Pacific; Sockeye; Fraser River; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f95-034; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f95-034

We describe a hydroacoustic technique that uses both transect and stationary sampling to estimate numbers of fish migrating in a river. The technique includes refinements and additions to one developed by the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission to estimate sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka)...