Fish passage assessment at the most downstream barrier of the Ebro River (NE Iberian Peninsula)

• Main Authors: Aparicio, Enric, Pintor, Cristina, Duran, Concha, Carmona Catot, Gerard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Asociación Ibérica de Limnología 2012
• Subjects: Peixos > Protecció; Fishes > Conservation; Peixos > Migració; Peixos > Migration; Enginyeria fluvial; River engineering; Alta; Weir; Anguilla anguilla
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10256/7833

Fish passage at artificial barriers is necessary for the conservation of healthy fish stocks. The first barrier that migratory fish encounter when ascending the Ebro River is the Xerta Weir, where a pool-type fishway was constructed in 2008. From 2007 to 2010, boat electrofishing surveys were conducted in...