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On June 29, 2012, the Fisheries Act was amended. Policy and regulations are now being developed to support the new fisheries protection provisions of the Act (which are not yet in force). The existing guidance and policies continue to apply. For more information, see Changes to the Fisheries Act.

Freshwater Intake End-of-Pipe Fish Screen Guideline

March 1995

Published by:

Communications Directorate
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E6

DFO / 5080
© Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1995

ISBN 0-662-36335-3

Cataloque No. Fs23-270 / 2004E-HTML

Freshwater Intake End-of-Pipe Fish Screen Guideline Cover Page

Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Guideline Objective

3.0 Information Requirements for Evaluation of Intake Screens

4.0 Design, Installation, & Maintenance or Freshwater Intake End-of-Pipe Fish Screens

4.1 Fish Screen Criteria

4.2 Design of Fixed End-of-Pipe Fish Screens

4.3 Installation

4.4 Cleaning and Maintenance

References

Glossary

Appendices

Appendix A - Information Requirements

Appendix B - Sample Calculation

Appendix C - Units of Conversion

Appendix D - DFO Regional Contacts

List of Figures

Figure 1 - Open Screen Areas for End-of-Pipe Water Intake Flow

Figure 2 - Common Screen Shapes and Area Formulae

Figure 3 - Typical Application and Features of End-of-Pipe Screens

Figure 4 - Examples of Typical Screen and Material Types

Figure 5 - Examples of Typical Installations of End-of-Pipe Screens

List of Tables

Table 1 - Summary of Common Fish Species and Swimming Modes

Table 2 - Open Screen Area Required for End-of-Pipe Water Intakes

Table 3 - Examples of Screen Material

 
 
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