Efficiency for returning Atlantic salmon of a fish lift at the large-scale hydroelectric development of Golfech-Malause on the River Garonne (France)

Along with other restoration measures, the implementation in 1987 of a fish lift at the power plant of the large-scale hydroelectric development of Golfech-Malause, the lowermost major obstacle on the River Garonne (Fig. 1), resulted in numbers ever increasing of returning Atlantic salmon (Salmo sal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bau, F., Croze, O., Delmouly, L.
Other Authors: CEMAGREF BORDEAUX UR EPBX GHAAPPE FRA
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
PASSE A POISSONS
SALMO SALAR
OBSTACLE A LA MIGRATION
USINE HYDROELECTRIQUE
FISHWAYS
HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT
Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar
Online Access:https://irsteadoc.irstea.fr/cemoa/PUB00024510
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Summary:Along with other restoration measures, the implementation in 1987 of a fish lift at the power plant of the large-scale hydroelectric development of Golfech-Malause, the lowermost major obstacle on the River Garonne (Fig. 1), resulted in numbers ever increasing of returning Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), with up to 600 individuals recorded in 2001 at the video fish-counting station installed upstream of the fish lift.

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