Fish journeying upstream are hampered by hydropower dams

Newswise
16 January, 2013

Major hydropower dams in the northeastern United States, constructed with state-of-the-art features designed to allow migratory fish to pass through them on their way to spawn upstream, have failed in that regard, raising questions that should be addressed as more dams are planned worldwide.

Those findings were reported in a study published today in the journal Conservation Letters.

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