This article describes the Sensor Fish, an instrument package that travels through hydroelectric dams collecting data on the hazardous conditions that migrating salmon smolt encounter. The Sensor Fish was developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with funding from DOE and the US Army Corps of Engineers and has been used at several federal and utility-run hydroelectric projects on the Snake and Columbia Rivers of the US Pacific Northwest. The article describes the evolution of the Sensor Fish design and provides examples of its use at McNary and Ice Harbor dams.
Revised: January 2, 2008 |
Published: July 31, 2004
Citation
Carlson T.J., J.P. Duncan, T.L. Gilbride, and G. Keilman. 2004.The Sensor Fish - Making Dams More Salmon-Friendly.Sensors Magazine 21, no. 7:31-34.PNNL-SA-41835.