: a contrivance for enabling fish to pass around a fall or dam in a stream
specifically
: fish ladder
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The fishway would clear a path for virtually all fish species to move past the dam.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 29 May 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
The fishway would effectively become an extension of the river, meaning virtually any fish could pass through it.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Plans for the fishway also include building a new fish screen, which filters river water into — and keeps fish out of — a diversion and canal system for farmers to use for irrigation.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2025
This includes not just salmon but also creatures like lampreys—primitive, jawless fish with toothy mouths that suction to their hosts.
Solutions for migratory fish exist, like fish ladders or fishways, which provide a detour in the form of ascending pools.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
Climate & Environment Scientists take flight to map California’s vast snowpack and measure flooding threats May 15, 2023 Other nonprofits that were part of the working group said the fishway announcement took them by surprise.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
Paid for with $30 million from the state along with funding from the Yuba Water Agency and due to be completed in 2025, the fishway will also benefit sturgeon, steelhead and lamprey.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2023
The replacement of road culverts and installation of fishways are outlined in the final restoration plan for the Chevron Oil Terminal Facility in Hampden.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2020
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 29 May 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
The fishway would effectively become an extension of the river, meaning virtually any fish could pass through it.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Plans for the fishway also include building a new fish screen, which filters river water into — and keeps fish out of — a diversion and canal system for farmers to use for irrigation.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2025
This includes not just salmon but also creatures like lampreys—primitive, jawless fish with toothy mouths that suction to their hosts.
Solutions for migratory fish exist, like fish ladders or fishways, which provide a detour in the form of ascending pools.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
Climate & Environment Scientists take flight to map California’s vast snowpack and measure flooding threats May 15, 2023 Other nonprofits that were part of the working group said the fishway announcement took them by surprise.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
Paid for with $30 million from the state along with funding from the Yuba Water Agency and due to be completed in 2025, the fishway will also benefit sturgeon, steelhead and lamprey.
—Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2023
The replacement of road culverts and installation of fishways are outlined in the final restoration plan for the Chevron Oil Terminal Facility in Hampden.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2020
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“Fishway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fishway. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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