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fishway

British  
/ ˈfɪʃˌweɪ /

noun

  1. another name for fish ladder

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He also questioned how the agencies settled on the fishway — studies by the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2023

Not all fish will find or use a fishway.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2021

Shad were so diminished that fewer than 20 had passed the fishway of the former Veazie Dam over several decades.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2016

Waldman agrees that improved fishway technology could be the answer.

From Scientific American • Feb. 20, 2013

Above Bangor, in the main river, there are dams at Great Works and Montague, the dam at Montague being an especially serious obstruction, although it is provided with a good fishway.

From The Salmon Fishery of Penobscot Bay and River in 1895-96 by Smith, Hugh McCormick

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