fishway
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Other nonprofits that were part of the working group said the fishway announcement took them by surprise.
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
“If a dam can’t be taken down the best fishway possible is better than any alternative,” he says.
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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