AUTHORS: Jessica Pica, Brett Towler, Bryan Sojkowski, Jesus Morales - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
ABSTRACT. In 2016, the Northeast Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released it's very first fish passage criteria manual. In February of 2017, a new edition was released. This 224-page manual provides technical guidance in the form of accepted criteria, recommendations, and best practices for the design of technical fishways, nature-like fishways, dam removals, culvert replacements, and other fish protection technologies. The manual reflects the baseline recommendations being made by the Northeast Region's Fish Passage Engineering team based on current scientific literature and engineering practices. The manual will serve to enhance consistency within the Service and other federal agencies, promote transparency in a complex regulatory arena, and document current scientific and engineering methodologies used in the interdisciplinary field of fish passage and protection.
