A 'salmon cannon' that shoots fish over a dam

[goalie]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/12/us/salmon-cannon-twitter-trnd/index.html

 

[kingblazer84]

Talk about stressing out the fish.. lol

 

[Mudshark]

That is cool!

 

[Roast]

Awesome. Time to build a couple of them at the slide if they aren't going to demo it!

 

[Big Green Machine]

Awesome. Time to build a couple of them at the slide if they aren't going to demo it!

They tried but due to the size, length needed, decided it was not possible. It’s a massive area.

 

[agentaqua]

The Nihilistic Euphoria of the Fish Tube
By Rachel Riederer
August 15, 2019
https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-nihilistic-euphoria-of-the-fish-tube

 

[RogersonCrusoe]

I can see the benefits of this in Powell River. No fish-ladder damn blocking access to many miles of beautiful gravel. I guess the fry would go back through the spilways ok?

 

[agentaqua]

More than a viral sensation, the Salmon Cannon could bring the species back to the Upper Columbia after 90 years
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/aug/16/more-than-a-viral-sensation-the-salmon-cannon-coul/