Bio-Acoustic Fish Fence Archives - The Waterways Journal

Tennessee River Valley Association Meeting Addresses Priorities

October 16, 2020

Participants in the two-day, virtual Tennessee River Valley Association (TRVA) meeting October 13-14 learned about progress on ongoing projects, the state of federal funding and carp eradication efforts, among other… Read More

Tennessee River Environmental Studies Could Lead To More Asian Carp Barriers (Photo courtesy of Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency)

Tennessee River Environmental Studies Could Lead To More Asian Carp Barriers

August 28, 2020

Divers are relocating mussels at Tennessee River locks as part of a study that could lead to additional barriers to inhibit the spread of Asian carp. Intermittent closures of the… Read More

Nashville Engineer District Holds Fall Navigational Meeting More than 30 people crowd into a meeting room at the Lake Barkley Resource Manager’s Office Nov. 14 for the Fall Semi-Annual Navigation Meeting. The meeting included timetables for construction projects that could affect navigation on the inland waterways. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

More than 30 people crowd into a meeting room at the Lake Barkley Resource Manager’s Office Nov. 14 for the Fall Semi-Annual Navigation Meeting. The meeting included timetables for construction projects that could affect navigation on the inland waterways. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Nashville Engineer District Holds Fall Navigational Meeting

November 22, 2019

A crowd of more than 30 people squeezed into the Lake Barkley Resource Manager’s Office November 14 to hear about upcoming plans affecting river navigability in the coming months at… Read More

Ceremony Officially Activates ‘Fish Fence’ At Barkley Lock Diagonal line of bubbles across lock chamber shows the location of the Bio-Acoustic Fish Fence at Barkley Lock. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Diagonal line of bubbles across lock chamber shows the location of the Bio-Acoustic Fish Fence at Barkley Lock. (Photo by Shelley Byrne)

Ceremony Officially Activates ‘Fish Fence’ At Barkley Lock

November 15, 2019

With the push of a button, a low hum sounded, and bubbles rose to the surface in a line crossing the width of Barkley Dam’s lock approach, from the main… Read More

Bubbles, Lights, Sounds Form Fish Fence At Barkley Lock

Fish Guidance Systems crew installs a section of the bio acoustic fish fence into the water October 9 below Barkley Lock in Grand Rivers, Ky. The project involves multiple agencies and partners, including U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, U.S. Geological Survey and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. (Photo by Leon Roberts, Nashville Engineer District)

Bubbles, Lights, Sounds Form Fish Fence At Barkley Lock

November 1, 2019

White flashing lights, low-level noises and a stream of bubbles are meant to frighten Asian carp, but they pose no danger to mariners, say installers of the new Bio-Acoustic Fish… Read More