sea run brown trout

Fish passage, European Style

by JD on January 10, 2009


You all know I’m really into river restoration, so I thought you might enjoy seeing these shots of a newly-constructed fish ladder on the Saybach River in Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany. The Saybach is tributary to the Rhine River and before the rock weirs were put in place, there was a 7-foot waterfall that blocked the upstream migration of salmon and brown trout. Sweet restoration work and some pretty dam cool looking countryside too, eh?

Our friend and European correspondent Franklin Moquette, who’s a biologist in the Netherlands sent in these photos…
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Sea-Run Brown Trout

by JD on May 11, 2008

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Here in the U.S., we don’t have too much in the way of sea-run brown trout. There are, of course, lake-run brownies in tribs of the Great Lakes, a few remaining creeks on the East Coast and one isolated population in a river in along the West Coast that shall remain nameless.

I’m pretty fascinated by them, however. What’s not to like about a fish that can get as big as a Chinook and has an appetite for meat on par with a striped bass?
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