Biological Evaluations of an Off-Stream Channel, Horizontal Flat-Plate Fish Screen-The Farmers Screen

Mesa, Matthew G.; Rose, Brien P.; Copeland, Elizabeth S.

doi:10.3133/ofr20101042

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“…It was determined that many farmers were unable to meet legislative requirements of screening laws owing to screen fouling and the high cost of ongoing maintenance. A decade‐long research and development programme with irrigators and indigenous groups culminated in the development of creating low‐cost screens that have substantially reduced maintenance requirements (Mesa et al. 2010).…”

Section: Legislation Regulation and Incentivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Irrigators are also more motivated to install screens when actively involved in the implementation of programmes. The Farmers Conservation Alliance (FCA), a 'not-for-profit group', realised the need to become involved and developed a mandate to help farmers increase the environmental (Mesa et al 2010). The screen was recently patented, and revenues are now used to create and implement new initiatives that benefit rural communities in collaboration with relevant co-ordinating committees.…”

Section: Legislation Regulation and Incentivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reducing the perversion of diversion: Applying world‐standard fish screening practices to the Murray–Darling Basin

Baumgartner¹,

Boys²

2012

Eco Management Restoration

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Summary The impact of water diversion on fish populations is a global issue. Many countries have invested substantial funding into research and implementation strategies to ensure fish are protected at diversions that take water out of rivers for agriculture and other human uses. The most common management action is the installation of fish screens, and a wide range of designs are presently available that suit a large range of diversions. The Murray–Darling Basin is the largest catchment in Australia and has been substantially developed over the past 100 years to store and divert water for that protect fish from escaping into the irrigation systems. Recent studies have determined that water diversions have substantial impacts on native fish populations, but there are presently no coordinated efforts for mitigation strategies. The purpose of this review is to highlight aspects of successful screening programmes worldwide and identify those that could be directly applied to the Murray–Darling Basin. The development of similar programmes in the United States, New Zealand and the United Kingdom has identified that sufficient information and technology exists to inform the development of fish screening programmes. There is no need to commence implementation from first principles, and substantial progress can be achieved by applying successful aspects of other programmes. By identifying existing designs, defining ecological targets, developing generalised guidelines appropriate for local conditions and engaging the community, a co‐ordinated and successful fish screening programme could be directly applied to the Murray–Darling Basin. This would have substantial benefits for the long‐term sustainability of native fish without compromising water supply requirements.

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Section: Legislation Regulation and Incentivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Legislation Regulation and Incentivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reducing the perversion of diversion: Applying world‐standard fish screening practices to the Murray–Darling Basin

Baumgartner¹,

Boys²

2012

Eco Management Restoration

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“…; Mesa et al . ). Screens are highly effective when designed and installed correctly because fish are either prevented from entering irrigation systems or extracted fish are returned to the source river (CDFG ; NMFS ; Norlund ).…”

Section: Interactions With Irrigation Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 97%

“…Fish screens are commonly used to mitigate the impact of irrigation systems on fish in North America (Gale et al 2008;Kepshire 2000;McMichael et al 2004;Mesa et al 2009). Screens are highly effective when designed and installed correctly because fish are either prevented from entering irrigation systems or extracted fish are returned to the source river (CDFG 2000;NMFS 1997;Norlund 1996).…”

Section: Interactions With Irrigation Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

Fish passage in the Murray‐Darling Basin, Australia: Not just an upstream battle

Baumgartner¹,

Zampatti²,

Jones³

et al. 2014

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Summary Construction of instream barriers, preventing fish from accessing spawning, nursery and feeding habitat, is a major issue impacting fisheries sustainability throughout the world. Since European settlement, development in the Murray-Darling Basin for irrigation and potable water supplies has led to the construction of over 10,000 barriers to fish movement. The Native Fish Strategy listed fish passage as a major driving action and was proactive in progressing cost-effective solutions to help inform large-scale rehabilitation programmes. The strategy identified a list of high-priority barriers for mitigation works based on feedback from jurisdictional agencies. Research initiatives were then implemented, with measurable outcomes, to help address key knowledge gaps. Research demonstrated that a project to restore passage to the Murray River main channel was meeting all ecological and engineering objectives. Follow-on work identified low-cost mechanisms to improve the effectiveness of existing fishways without compromising ecological functionality. The Native Fish Strategy was also explicit in addressing fish passage issues at irrigation infrastructure and wetland regulators. Work to minimise these impacts included quantifying the scale of irrigation-associated infrastructure and also optimising screen designs to be retrofitted to pump systems to prevent fish entrainment. Options to enhance lateral movement were also identified. The objective of this study is to summarise the fish passage issues progressed by the Native Fish Strategy to develop basin-wide solutions to enhance fish passage over the long term.

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“…Safeguards were designed to prevent fi sh entrainment into the irrigation system. Multiple points of water withdrawal were consolidated to a single point of diversion ( Figure 3 ) and screened with a Farmers Screen (FCA Solutions, Hood River, Oregon), which uses slope and bypass fl ow to self-clean and requires no electricity or moving parts (Mesa et al 2010 ). Irrigation water then continues past the screening facility into the main irrigation conveyance, while bypass water and screened fi sh are returned to Sun Creek by way of a bypass return channel.…”

Section: Conservation Goal 4: Reconnect Sun Creek To the Downstream Wmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fisheries Volume 43 Number 4 April 2018

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Biological Evaluations of an Off-Stream Channel, Horizontal Flat-Plate Fish Screen-The Farmers Screen

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Reducing the perversion of diversion: Applying world‐standard fish screening practices to the Murray–Darling Basin

Reducing the perversion of diversion: Applying world‐standard fish screening practices to the Murray–Darling Basin

Fish passage in the Murray‐Darling Basin, Australia: Not just an upstream battle

Fisheries Volume 43 Number 4 April 2018

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