Potential Impact of Large-Scale Tidal Power Developments in the Upper Bay of Fundy on Fisheries Resources of the Northwest Atlantic

• Main Authors: Dadswell, M J, Rulifson, R A, Daborn, G R
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1986
• Subjects: Atlantic ocean; Bay of Fundy; hydroelectric; tidal power; turbines; Low Head; Atlantic salmon; Northwest Atlantic; spiny dogfish
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_journal_articles/496

Construction of large-scale, hydroelectric tidal power developments in the upper Bay of Fundy is receiving serious consideration. Potential designs involve ebb-generation with 1400- 5300-MW plants using 7.6 m diameter, straight-flow, low-head turbines installed in dams up to 8 km in length. Discharg...