Operational Plan for the Restoration of Diadromous Fishes to the ...

21.1.2
21.1.3
21.1.4
21.1.5
21.2.1
21.2.2
Develop a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with MDIFW
for selectively removing nonnative/undesirable
fish species at the
Milford fish lift sorting facility April-11
Establish list of nonnative/undesirable
fish species and
protocols for removing or allowing
passage at fish passage facility
trapping locations April-10
Undertake with other resource
agencies risk assessments of range
expansion for non-native/undesirable
fish species at fish passage facilities As needed
Develop Memorandum of
Understandings with resource
agencies and fish passage facility
operators to prevent upstream
movements of nonnative/undesirable
fish species at fish
passage facilities As needed
Assess with other resource agencies
the need for physical and/or temporal
modifications to fish passage
facilities As needed
Obtain funding to trap or
seasonally/permanently modify fish
passage facilities to prevent
upstream movement of nonnative/undesirable
fish species As needed
Work Plan Narratives
MDMR, MDIFW.
USFWS, NOAA $15,420
MDMR, MDIFW.
USFWS, NOAA $15,420
MDMR, MDIFW,
USFWS, NOAA
See Task
23.1.2 and
23.1.3
MDMR, MDIFW,
USFWS, NOAA,
Hydro Operators,
Dam Owners $61,680
MDMR, MDIFW,
USFWS, NOAA,
Hydro Operators,
Dam Owners
Tasks
23.1.1.1,
23.1.1.3 and
23.1.1.3
MDMR, MDIFW,
USFWS, NOAA,
Hydro Operators,
Dam Owners $30,840
16.1.1 Review FERC Licenses and Lower Penobscot River Multiparty
Settlement Agreement (MPA) for Specific Fish Passage Deliverables for
Atlantic Salmon, Alewife, American Shad, and Blueback Herring
Hydro licenses issued for the mainstem Penobscot River dams need review to
determine what articles, if any, were included by FERC that address fish passage.
Similarly, the Lower Penobscot River Multiparty Settlement Agreement (MPA)
contains specific language on fish passage provisions that could affect timelines
listed in the work plan. Additionally, the MPA spells out specific fish passage
strategies depending on whether the Veazie and Great Works dams are removed
and the Howland Dam is bypassed as well as to which entity would be responsible
for funding, installing, and operating the fish passage facilities.
16.1.2 Review Existing Fish Passage Studies and Migration/Movement Studies
Undertaken within the Penobscot River Watershed
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