I have been looking into dams to start with, because in previous research I remembered reading about negative socio-economic effects of large dams as well as the obvious impediment of dams on anadromous fish populations. I found a report from the World Commission on Dams that is based on a large amount of research on a large number of dams. I also intend to look into the number and types of fish endangered by large dams and the efficacy of various solutions (fish ladders, etc).

10/10/07

I started looking into endangered species so I would have an idea of which issues affect which fish. I went through the USFWS page on endangered species and looked up ocean fish (or species that appeared to have near ocean ranges; I am going to research each species individually afterwards, so if I have a species which is actually freshwater, it isn't a problem). The species I will research are: the tidewater goby, Atlantic salmon, Chinook salmon, Coho salmon, Chum salmon, Delta smelt, Steelhead, and Shortnose sturgeon. I also would like to research shad (hickory and Atlantic) because they were devastated by dams, but are returning with fish ladders, as well as striped bass to see how legislation (1981 Striped Bass Act) affects populations of fish. This is the web-address for their fisheries section; it has information on projects they are currently conducting; they seem to center around salmon largely. http://www.fws.gov/arcata/fisheries/default.htm Even if I cannot find information on all the fish, I will at least get a baseline for what problems are affecting large amounts of fish, how some regulations/programs have worked, etc.

http://www.fish.state.pa.us/anglerboater/2000/maju00/migrestr.pdf&nbsp;<-- PA Fish and Boat Commission short essay on restoration of migratory fish (talks about striped bass and sturgeon)

Tidewater goby (http://www.fws.gov/arcata/es/fish/Goby/goby.html)

PROBLEMS: "drainage, water quality changes, introduced predators, and drought"

Atlantic Salmon

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Chinook Salmon

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Coho Salmon

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Chum Salmon

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Delta Smelt

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Steelhead

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Shortnose sturgeon

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American shad

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Hickory Shad

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Atlantic Sturgeon

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Striped bass

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10/15/07

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/habitatprotection/efh/index_d.htm&nbsp;<-- current habitat importance distinctions; also has an endangered species list (might need to navigate to find it) that is possibly better than that as listed above)

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclefreshstorage.html&nbsp;<-- definition of freshwater

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/oceanography-book/marinefoodwebs.htm&nbsp;<-- about marine foodwebs

http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/EconomicCosts_invasives.pdf&nbsp;<-- probably more for later; lists economic losses from invasive species; however, not ocean specific

http://training.fws.gov/library/pubs5/web_link/text/int_fish.htm&nbsp;<-- lists families of anadromous fishes * Note: eels have a market in Europe and Asia; should be included in management?

http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part5.htm&nbsp;<-- UN rules about anadromous and catadromous fish management (whose responsibility)

http://www.npafc.org/new/index.html&nbsp;<-- possibly a good resource for what is already being done?

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