Our team of biologists, equipped with Smith-Root’s LR-24 Backpack Electrofisher, are prepared to work in a variety of locations on the Olympic Peninsula and Puget Sound region to sample fish populations for a variety of client needs. We’ve worked on fish barrier removals, logging road installations and fish sampling projects.
Projects that require in-water work often require safe fish exclusion practices. Work typically requires removing and relocating any aquatic organisms from the in-water work area and making sure they remain out until work is complete.
Projects such as culvert replacement, fish barrier removal, and stream realignment typically require fish exclusion services. Whenever fish-bearing or potentially fish-bearing waters are dewatered prior to construction a fish exclusion plan and process are required. Impacts to water quality, like turbidity, or injury to fish may also require fish exclusion even if the work area is not fully dewatered.
