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VYNPS - SEIS Web Reference - Fish Passage Schedule

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Issue date:	12/15/2006
From:	US Dept of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Service
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Connecticut River Coordinator's Office: Fish Passage Schedule Page 1 of 3 Skip navigation links Fish Passage Schedule The Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission establishes an annual schedule for the operation of up and downstream passage for a number of dams in the Connecticut River basin.

These schedules are based on the projected movement of migratory fish and may be adjusted in season to address actual observations.

2006 CT River Schedule of Upstream Fish Passage Operations Location Upstream Life Date of Hours of Species (Project) Fish Passage Stage Operation1 Operation Wilder Ladder salmon adult May 15 - Jul 15 24 hrs/day salmon adult Sep 15 - Nov 15 24 hrs/day Bellows Ladder salmon adult May 15 - Jul 15 24 hrs/day Falls salmon adult Sep 15 - Nov 15 24 hrs/day Vernon Ladder salmon adult May 15 - Jul 15 24 hrs/day salmon adult Sep 15 - Nov 15 24 hrs/day shad & herring adult May 15 - Jul 15 24 hrs/day Turners Cabot Ladder, salmon adult Apr 1 - Jul 15 24 hrs/day Falls Gatehouse Ladder, and salmon adult Sep 15 - Nov 15 24 hrs/day Spillway Ladder shad & herring adult Apr 1 - Jul 15 24 hrs/day Holyoke Zone-of- salmon, shad, adult Apr 1 - Jul 153 24 hrs/day Passage herring and Flows2 sturgeon Tailrace Lift salmon adult Apr 1 - Jul 15 up to 12 and Spillway hrs/day4 Lift http://www.fws.gov/r5crc/Habitat/fish_passage_schedule.htm 12/15/2006

Connecticut River Coordinator's Office: Fish Passage Schedule Page 2 of 3 shad & herring adults Apr 1 - Jul 15 up to 12 hrs/day4

1. Actual dates of operation are based on passage of fish at the next lowest downstream fishway and/or monitoring of radio-tagged adult salmon locations.

2. Zone -of-passage flow of 1,300 cfs or more to the bypass reach below the dam

3. Zone-of-passage flows for shortnose sturgeon passage in summer (July 16 through September 14) are not currently required until downstream passage measures are in place to protect down-running sturgeon.

4. Actual hours of operation on a day-to-day basis are to be determined by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife in consultation with the project owner.

2006 CT River Schedule of Downstream Fish Passage Operations Location Downstream Fish Life Date of Hours of Species (Project) Passage Stage Operation1 Operation McIndoes Log Sluice3 salmon smolt Apr 1 - Jun 15 24 hrs/day Ryegate Fish Bypass Facility salmon smolt Apr 1 - Jun 15 24 hrs/day (Dodge Falls)

Wilder Log Sluice2 salmon smolt Apr 1 - Jun 15 24 hrs/day salmon adult Oct 15 - Dec 315 24 hrs/day Bellows Angled Fish Guide salmon smolt Apr 1 - Jun 15 24 hrs/day Falls Wall and Log Sluice2 salmon adult Oct 15 - Dec 315 24 hrs/day Vernon Fish Bypass at Unit salmon smolt Apr 1 - Jun 15 24 hrs/day 10 salmon adult Oct 15 - Dec 315 24 hrs/day shad adult Jun 1 - Jul 31 24 hrs/day shad juvenile Sep 1 - Nov 15 24 hrs/day Louvers and Fish salmon smolt Apr 1 - Jun 15 24 hrs/day Pipe at Unit 4 salmon adult Oct 15 - Dec 315 24 hrs/day shad adult Jun 1 - Jul 31 24 hrs/day shad juvenile Sep 1 - Nov 15 24 hrs/day Northfield Barrier Net salmon smolt Apr 1 - Jun 151 24 hrs/day Turners Log Sluice and salmon smolt Apr 7 - Jun 15 24 hrs/day Falls Trash Sluice salmon adult Oct 15 - Dec 315 24 hrs/day http://www.fws.gov/r5crc/Habitat/fish_passage_schedule.htm 12/15/2006

Connecticut River Coordinator's Office: Fish Passage Schedule Page 3 of 3 shad adult Jun 1 - Jul 31 24 hrs/day shad juvenile Sep 1 - Nov 15 24 hrs/day Holyoke6 Canal Louver salmon smolt Apr 7 - Jun 15 24 hrs/day Bypass salmon adult Oct 1 - Dec 315 24 hrs/day shad adult Jun 15 - Jul 31 24 hrs/day shad juvenile Sep 1 - Nov 15 24 hrs/day Bascule Gate4 salmon smolt Apr 7 - Jun 15 24 hrs/day salmon adult Oct 15 - Dec 315 24 hrs/day shad adult Jun 1 - Jul 31 24 hrs/day shad juvenile Sep 1 - Nov 15 24 hrs/day

1. Date of initiating operation April 1 or as soon as possible after high spring flows subside.

Net can be removed after smolt emigration ceases at the Cabot sampler upon consultation with the Coordinator.

2. Minimum log sluice gate opening of 3.5 feet at Bellows Falls and 5 feet at Wilder.

3. The McIndoes log sluice gate is now capable of tracking headpond level and can operate continuously.

4. Bascule gate may be closed periodically in order to facilitate upstream passage at spillway fishlift, as directed by Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife fishway personnel.

5. Downstream passage operation, or monitoring with operation as needed, is required for salmon when salmon are upstream of a location.

6. Holyoke passage operation dates may be adjusted to facilitate fish passage facility improvements if approved by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife and U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service.

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