{"id":467,"date":"2026-01-28T20:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/brunswick-dam-fish-passage\/?page_id=467"},"modified":"2026-01-28T20:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T01:41:01","slug":"maine-department-of-marine-resources-2017-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/brunswick-dam-fish-passage\/maine-department-of-marine-resources-2017-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Department of Marine Resources 2017 Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The goal of this management plan is to protect, conserve, and enhance<\/span> the fisheries resources of <\/i>the Androscoggin River for their intrinsic, ecological, economic, recreational, scientific, and <\/i>educational values and for use by the public<\/span>.”<\/i><\/p>\n

The ladder at the Brunswick dam “…designed to pass 85,000 American <\/i><\/span>Shad and 1,000,000 alewives annually<\/span>. The upstream passage facility was one of the first <\/span><\/i>vertical slot fishways<\/span> designed to pass American Shad on the east coast, and was a scaled-down <\/i>version of a fishway located on the Columbia River.” page 9<\/i><\/p>\n

“Currently, the factor limiting successful American Shad restoration to the Androscoggin River, <\/i>and perhaps restoration of other diadromous species, is the lack of effective passage at the <\/span><\/i>Brunswick Project<\/span>.” page 9<\/i><\/p>\n

“Visual observations, underwater videography, and radio telemetry <\/i>studies conducted at the Brunswick Project by MDMR in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and <\/i>Wildlife Service have shown that American Shad swim past the fishway entrance repeatedly, but <\/span><\/i>rarely enter it<\/span>. Furthermore, the few shad that enter the fishway rarely ascend beyond the turning <\/i>pool (pool 23), and fish that reach the exit often have significant scale loss<\/span>. Analysis of tag <\/i>return data indicates lower than expected numbers of alewives successfully navigate the fishway.” page 9<\/i><\/p>\n

“Management Problems <\/i>\u00b7 <\/i>Lack of timely and effective upstream and downstream passage<\/span> at Brunswick Dam for <\/i>anadromous fish.” page 24<\/i><\/p>\n

“The MDMR and MDIFW recognize that the public benefits from the intrinsic, ecological, <\/span><\/i>economic, recreational, scientific, and educational values associated with both resident and <\/i><\/span>migratory fisheries.<\/span>” page 25<\/i><\/p>\n

“a. The Licensee of the Brunswick Project will: \u00a0<\/i>i. Improve upstream and downstream passage for anadromous species and <\/span><\/i>test effectiveness no later than 2025<\/i><\/span>. <\/i>ii. Provide upstream and downstream passage for American Eel no later than <\/i>2031<\/i>. <\/i>iii. Develop fish passage designs, effectiveness testing studies, and operations <\/i>and maintenance plans for passage facilities in consultation with the state <\/i>and federal resource agencies.” page 26<\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n2017 Draft Fisheries Management Plan for the Lower Andro, Little Andro and Sabattus Rivers<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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