Definition of Fish ladder

1. Noun. A series of ascending pools providing a passage for salmon to swim upstream past a dam.

Generic synonyms: Passage

Definition of Fish ladder

1. Noun. A structure built on or around dams or locks to faciliate the migration of fish. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Fish ladder

1. A series of descending weirs which carry water around a dam or waterfall to facilitate the upstream migration of fish. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fish Ladder

fish geranium
fish gig
fish gigs
fish glue
fish habitat
fish hawk
fish hawks
fish hook
fish hooks
fish house punch
fish joint
fish kettle
fish kettles
fish knife
fish knives
fish ladder (current term)
fish ladders
fish loaf
fish louse
fish lure
fish meal
fish mousse
fish oil
fish oils
fish or cut bait
fish out
fish out of water
fish owl

Literary usage of Fish ladder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society by American Fisheries Society (1912)
"A recommended design for such fish ladder as is contemplated in the fish and game law is shown in detail on the accompanying drawing. ..."

2. Report of the Commissioners for the Revision and Reform of the Law by California (1900)
"Every person who wilfully or knowingly 2 destroys, injures, or obstructs any fish-way or fish-ladder, or 3 who, at any time, takes or catches any salmon, ..."

3. Fishing in American Waters by Genio C. Scott (1875)
"When the mill-power is of so much consequence that no water can be wasted, and if the fall be great, a fish-ladder is indispensable. Fish-ladders were first ..."

4. The Codes and Statutes of California, as Amended and in Force at the Close by California, Carter Pitkin Pomeroy (1901)
"Every owner of a dam or other obstruction in any running water of this state who, after being notified by the fish commissioners to construct a fish-ladder ..."

5. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1891)
"This want of a duly authorised fish- ladder, and the delay in having an efficient one put ... In connection with these remarks on the fish-ladder subject, ..."

6. The Codes and Statutes of Oregon: Showing All Laws of a General Nature by Oregon, Charles Byron Bellinger, William Wick Cotton (1902)
"Fish Way or Ladder, Obstruction Thereto Prohibited. Any person or persons who shall take, catch, kill, molest, injure, or destroy fish on any fish ladder, ..."

7. Migratory Fishes of South America: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation Status by Joachim Carolsfeld (2003)
"The first fish ladder in Brazil was built in 1911 at the Itaipava ... In the 1920s, the second fish ladder (3 m high) was constructed at the Cachoeira das ..."

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