Sentences with phrase «migratory fish»

Crews started tearing down the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams in 2011 and concluded in 2014, freeing the path for migratory fish for the first time in a century.

I wrote the book in part to learn what pristine runs of migratory fish in Atlantic rivers looked like.

«Right here in the Great Lakes, there are many migratory fish species that contribute enormously to their ecosystems and deserve the same recognition.

Shedd Aquarium's migratory fish research is made possible in part by the generosity of ArcelorMittal.

The UK has ratified the UN Agreement on Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, both of which require cooperation on conservation and management.

Migratory fish regained access to a 20 - mile stretch that rapidly restored itself to a wide, gravel - bottomed, fast - flowing, cold - water river.

So the current focus on migratory fish is, in essence, giving a pretty darn good break to the near - shore populations,» Semmens said.

This unusual - looking migratory fish can be seen regularly between July and September but sightings are reported all year round.

Thanks to the work of Waldman and many other scientists, conservationists and communicators, eastern migratory fishes at least have a fighting chance.

The goal is to have the estuary's tidal wetlands, shorelines, flowing waters, tributaries and migratory fish seamlessly integrated into an interconnected landscape that is robust against climate change and other threats, benefits people as well as natural systems, and can address challenges originating within and far beyond the watershed.

These discoveries led to the formation of the Thames Migratory Fish Committee, who were tasked with reintroducing salmon and sea trout to the Thames.Now experts have finally declared the Thames clean enough for the reintroduction to begin.

These migratory fish are important for maintaining fishery species, transferring nutrients from the lakes to fertilize stream ecosystems and developing conservation and management strategies.

She will focus on studying Great Lakes ecosystems and migratory fishes.

As a research scientist and instructor, Dr. Murchie will focus on studying Great Lakes ecosystems and migratory fishes, as well as serve as the lead instructor for a three - credit undergraduate course on freshwater ecology of the Great Lakes region.

Amazon nations should work together to craft a basin - wide management plan for migratory fish, says Thomas Lovejoy, a tropical ecologist at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

Protecting whales, migratory fish, and seabirds could make a difference in restoring, at least somewhat, the nutrient pathway, the scientists say.

A concern with these migratory fish is that the turbines will stop or alter them in their paths, changing how they live and reproduce.

A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports that — in the past — this chain of whales, seabirds, migratory fish and large land mammals transported far greater amounts of nutrients than they do today.

On the other hand, migratory fish, such as eel and salmon, did not account for a large proportion of food intake.

Tarpon are a migratory fish, and they make their way past Ambergris Caye starting in April / May, and their presence in the area drops off around September / October.

Like a migratory fish probing upstream, he's exhibited remarkable agility and pragmatism in trying to reach a laudable goal — an energy menu for humanity that can work for the long haul.

He noted how healthy waterways were already being sacrificed for the power and waste disposal needs of industry and he predicted misfortune for their migratory fish.

Lesser - known than the controversial Belo Monte project on the neighboring Xingu River, the Tapajós complex would provoke flooding and other devastating consequences for indigenous peoples and other traditional populations both upstream and downstream of planned dams, including elimination of migratory fish that are a dietary staple and a basis of local economies.

Scientists have been trying to raise Atlantic bluefin from larvae, but the migratory fish generally don't survive more than a few weeks.