fish ladder
noun
: a series of pools arranged like steps by which fish can pass over a dam in going upstream
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Currently, fish are unable to pass the dam due to improper hydropower operations and an ineffective fish ladder installed in 1999, Budris said.
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2025
The new fishway would function in place of a fish ladder, allowing all species to swim around the structure and reach a stretch of the river that runs more than 10 miles before hitting Englebright Dam.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025
This exemption to the Marine Mammal Protection Act targets sea lions that continually hang around and gorge themselves near the fish ladders designed to help salmon make their way around dams and other obstacles.
—Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
The dam’s current fish ladder limits which species can jump over the dam.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2025
The new fishway would function in place of a fish ladder, allowing all species to swim around the structure and reach a stretch of the river that runs more than 10 miles before hitting Englebright Dam.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025
This exemption to the Marine Mammal Protection Act targets sea lions that continually hang around and gorge themselves near the fish ladders designed to help salmon make their way around dams and other obstacles.
—Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
The dam’s current fish ladder limits which species can jump over the dam.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Fish ladder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fish%20ladder. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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