THE EFFECT OF RIVER IMPOUNDMENTS ON FISH CATCHABILITY AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM HEALTH

Over the course of 2 months, we fished upstream and downstream of 5 impoundments, 5 times each, to determine the catchability of fish as a measure of the impact of those impoundments on aquatic ecosystem health. At this point (halfway through the study) we have not found any strong indication that catchability differs upstream versus downstream.