Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: West Virginia
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

West Virginia Project


Movement and abundance of American eels in the Shenandoah River

June 2001 - June 2003


Personnel

Participating Agencies

  • West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

The American eel has experienced population decline, and one possible cause of this is the impact of dams on upstream and downstream migration. This study examines the upstream migration of eels in relation to eel specific fishways on dams of the Shenandoah River.