Fish Passage Activity

Beginning April 24th 2008, new fish passage standards with a revised site ranking process will form the basis for all fish passage works funded under the LBI.

Activity Standards

• General FIA Standards (FS 1001)
• The Strategic Approach: Protocol for Planning and Prioritizing Culverted Sites for Fish Passage Assessment and Remediation (March 2009)
• Fish Passage Assessment
  • A Day in the Field – Fish Passage
  • Field Assessment for Determining Fish Passage Status of CBS (August 2011)
• Data Submission and Reporting
  • Fish Passage Assessment Deliverables
  • PSCIS User Guide
  • PSCIS Assessment Form
  • PSCIS Remediation Proposal Form
  • PSCIS Remediation Result Form
• Engineering
  • Fish Passage Activity (Engineering Activities) (December 2009)
  • Crossing Assurance Statement consistent with the Guidelines for Professional Services in the Forest Sector – Crossings (December 2008)

Targeted Funding

• Priority Watersheds Table
• Priority Watersheds Map
• Priority Watersheds Map with Management Units

Other Related Information

• Fish-stream Crossing Guidebook
• Chapter 5 (Design and Construction of Bridges and Major Culverts), Ministry of Forests and Range Engineering Manual
• Relevant guidelines, standards, specifications, documents for design and construction of Ministry of Forests and Range bridges and major culverts
• Guidelines for Professional Services in the Forest Sector – Crossings prepared by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists
• Best Management Practices Handbook
• WRP Technical Circulars Number 9
• Training Presentations (May 2008)
  • Protocol for Fish Passage Determination of Closed Bottom Structures
  • Field Assessment for Fish Passage Determination of Closed Bottom Structures