Fiskmarknad 2016 kommer att arrangeras i Luleå den 23-25 Augusti. Det är “en konferens för alla som är engagerade i arbetet med fiskvandring, fiskpassage och restaurering där möjlighet ges att lyssna på föredrag, skapa nätverk, träffa kraftbolag, myndigheter och konsulter”.  Redan nu är de två första huvudtalarna (keynotes) klara. Det är Laura Wildman från Princeton Hydro och Anders Nilsson från  från Karlstads och Lunds Universitet. Laura Wildman kommer att prata om damutrivning och Anders Nillson om varför fiskar vandrar. Läs mer om båda talarna på Fiskmarknadens hemsida. 

Konferensen arrangeras av Karlstads Universitet, Länsstyrelsen i Norrbotten och Värmlands län, Naturskyddsföreningen och Sportfiskarna. Anmälan har ännu inte öppnat.

I mars arrangerade World Fish Migration Platform ett online-föredrag av Laura Wildman om Dam removal. Föredraget går nu att se eller ladda ner i efterhand här eller genom att klicka på bilden nedan.

Kvaliteten är sådär under inspelningens första minuter, men när föredraget väl sätter igång (efter ca: 8min) så funkar allt bra.

World Fish Migration Platform arrangerar ett online-föredrag om Dam removal. De skriver: “We are very happy to announce that the World Fish Passage Platform is preparing a series of webinars for 2015. The first webinar will be an introduction about Dam Removal, its key issues and lessons learned. The webinar will be presented by one of the mayor experts in this field, Ms. Laura Wildman of Princeton Hydro, LLC. (Connecticut, USA). 

Dams are removed for a wide variety of reasons including issues relating to economics, dam safety, liability, and environmental concerns. However, even when a dam has outlived its initially intended use and dam removal is proposed there still may be numerous challenges that need to be addressed prior to removing the dam.

This webinar will review the key deciding factors that need to be analyzed when making a decision to remove a dam including the environmental benefits and impacts; channel stability and sedimentation concerns; community apprehensions regarding aesthetic, historic and recreational values; and issues relating to the scale of the project, its current uses, project constructability, funding, impacts to infrastructure, ownership, sensitive species and regulated resources. The lessons learned from over 40 dam removal projects in the U.S., both proposed and completed, will be discussed to highlight these key issues and deciding factors.

This webinar will be on the 25th of March of 2015 (16:00 European Central Time; 10:00 USA Eastern Time). It will be one hour long and FREE of cost. There will only be 100 spots, so make sure you register as soon as possible to get in!

To subscribe for the webinar follow this link: https://fishmigration.webex.com/fishmigration/onstage/g.php?MTID=ed8dc6fab606b13aa20024bf44fa131e2 “

The Mactaquac Aquatic Ecosystem Study (MAES) team will organize a Fish Passage Expert Workshop Nov 3 – 4, 2014 that will be available to the wider community in webinar format.

Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4773654338826738434

WORKSHOP AGENDA (Atlantic Standard Time)

Mon, Nov 3, 2014
08.30-08.40 – Welcome – Tommi Linnansaari; Canadian Rivers Institute (CRI)
08.40-09.20 – Intro to NB Power Mactaquac Project  – George Porter; Mactaquac Project Manager, NB Power
09.20-09.45 – Intro to Mactaquac Aquatic Ecosystem Study (MAES) and Saint John River – Allen Curry; MAES Principal Investigator, CRI
09.45-10.15 – Intro to fishes and hydropower operations of Saint John River – Tommi Linnansaari; CRI
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10.20-12.00 – Site visit to the Mactaquac Generating Station
12.45-13.30 – Expert Presentation 1 : Fishway science relevant to fish assemblages- Steven Cooke; Carleton University (Can)
13.30-14.15 – Expert Pres’n 2 : Fish passage: challenges, failures, and potential solutions – Paul Kemp; University of Southampton (UK)
14.15-15.00 – Expert Pres’n 3 : Approach of fish migration and fish passages in Neotropical regulated rivers: the case of Upper Paraná River, Brazil – Sergio Makrakis; Western Parana University (Brazil)
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15.30-16.15 – Expert Pres’n 4 : Nature-like fishways around the world: What we are learning – Laura Wildman; Princeton Hydro (USA)
16.15-17.00 – Expert Pres’n 5 :Turbine technologies and turbine survival – Greg Allen; Alden Research Laboratory (USA)
17.00-17.15 – Wrap-up: Day 1

Tues, Nov 4, 2014
8.25-8.30 – Re-cap of Day 1 – Tommi Linnansaari; CRI
8.30-9.15 – Expert Pres’n 6 : Introduction to Upstream Fish Passage Systems – Ed Meyer; National Marine Fisheries Service – West Coast Region (USA)
9.15-10.00 – Expert Pres’n 7 : Discussion of Downstream Passage Systems at Columbia River Dams – John Williams; School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences, University of Washington (USA)
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10.15-11.00 – Expert Pres’n 8 : MAES – Fish passage considerations at Mactaquac Dam and the Saint John – Chris Katopodis; Katopodis Ecohydraulics Ltd. (Can)
11.00-11.45 – Expert Pres’n 9 : Removal or Rebuild? Considerations for the MAES from a river continuity perspective – Alex Haro; USGS, Conte Lab (USA)

Full agenada in pdf-format available here: Fish Passage Expert Workshop 2014.