Alp, Ahmet

Küçükali, Serhat

Turan, Davut

Verep, Bülent

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Case Studies V: A Critical Analysis of Existing Fish Pass Structures at Small Hydropower Plants in Turkey

University of Massachusetts AmherstScholarWorks@UMass AmherstInternational Conference on Engineering andEcohydrology for Fish PassageInternational Conference on Engineering andEcohydrology for Fish Passage 2016Jun 22nd, 9:15 AM - 9:30 AMCase Studies V: A Critical Analysis of Existing FishPass Structures at Small Hydropower Plants inTurkeyBülent VerepUniversity of Recep Tayyip ErodganSerhat KüçükaliUniversity of ÇankayaDavut TuranUniversity of Recep Tayyip ErdoganAhmet AlpUniversity of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmamFollow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_conferenceThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Fish Passage Community at UMass Amherst at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage by an authorized administrator ofScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact scholarworks@library.umass.edu.Verep, Bülent; Küçükali, Serhat; Turan, Davut; and Alp, Ahmet, "Case Studies V: A Critical Analysis of Existing Fish Pass Structures atSmall Hydropower Plants in Turkey" (2016). International Conference on Engineering and Ecohydrology for Fish Passage. 4.https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fishpassage_conference/2016/June22/4A Critical Analysis of Existing Fish Pass Structures at Small Hydropower Plants in TurkeyBülent VEREP*, Serhat KÜÇÜKALİ**, Davut TURAN*, Ahmet ALP****University of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Department of Basic Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Campus of Zihni Derin, 53100, Rize-Turkey**University of Çankaya, Department of Civil Engineering, Ankara-Turkey***University of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries, Kahramanmaraş-Turkey INTRODUCTIONWhat is fish passage ? Fish passage is a bridge toupstream or downstream formigrating fish. Fish migrate in short and longrange for food, reproduce, sheltering, escaping frompredators to change in environmental conditions andwater quality. Fish use fish passages likehuman accros the stream forthe sustainability of food chainin stream.Current status of freshwater fish fauna in Turkey Fish fauna of Turkish freshwater; 368 species, 31 families and 16 orders Dominant species in fish fauna of Turkish freshwater; Cypriniformes order with 247 speciesCyprinidae (188 species), Nemacheliidae (39 species), Salmonidae(21 species), Cobitidae (20 species), Gobiidae (18 species)            (Çiçek et all., 2015) Endemism; 153 endemic species Non-native species: 28 speciesFish Passage Status of Dams, Resorvoirs/Regulators, SHP(Source: State Water Works of TR) Type Number Fish passage status Private or Govermental Dam 592                              No                           G Res/Reg 176                              35                            G SHP 413                       Most of them P Fish passage types used by Hydro Power PlantsVertical SlotPool and Weir withorificeDenyl typeGeneral Problems in Fish Passages of TurkeyFunctionality Incorrect target species selection Inadequate fishpass type choice Don’t ignore downstream migrationStructural High slope in fishpass >1:20 No enough water Unsuitable entranceFish passage examples from TurkeyMersin-Turkey Trabzon-Turkey Trabzon-TurkeySome fish passages examples from TurkeyPresent status of fish passages of SHP in TurkeyMost of the fish pass structures are pool-weir and they have high velocity (V>2 m/s) in the orifice slotsPassability of small and weak swimming capacities fish were not taken into account Inlet and outlet of the passes were not adequately designed for fish traceabilityDynamic upstream water levels were ignored. Nonfunctional Fish Pass in Supercritical Flow RegimeInadequate Upstream Inlet for Fish TraceabilityCase Study: Karakeçeli SHP, Yeşilırmak River BasinNemacheilus angoraeAtherina boyeriFish Pass Type: Pool-WeirCaught fish in the project areaDo not MatchBonsai type !Figure 1. Length distribution ofCapoeta angorae in the trap in avertical slot fish passageFigure 2. Length distribution ofAlburnus kotschyi in the trap ina vertical slot fish passageCase Study: Ceyhan River BasinLength distribution of fish  in the trap in a Vertical SlotFish PassData Source: Alp et al. (2015)An Investıgatıon of The Hydrodynamic and Fish Behavior Characterıstıcs of The Brush-Type Fısh Passage: İyidere (Rize-Trabzon) Field Study**This work is supported by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey under Scientific and Technological ResearchProjects Funding Program (1001 TUBITAK) grant with agreement number 315M019A Research Project on the Eastern Black Sea Region of TurkeyResearch ProjectThe proposed project aims to investigate the relationship between the hydrodynamics and fish behavior (fish entrance, migration corridors and resting areas) characteristics of brush fish passage Sampling Methods:3D Acoustic VelocityVelocity ProfilesPIT telemetryFish Species of Project Area(iyidere River Basin)All species Salmo rizeensis Salmo coruhensis Lampetra lanceolata Squalius orientalis Alburnus derjugini Chondrostoma colchium Barbus tauricus Capoeta species Alburnoides fasciatus Rutilus frisii Ponticola rizeensis Cobitis splendensTarget species• Salmo coruhensis• Lampetra lanceolata• Barbus tauricus• Alburnoides fasciatus• Rutilus frisii• Ponticola rizeensis• Cobitis splendensPROJECT AREA:İyidere-İkizdere river basinSmall hydro power plantSea trout (Salmo coruhensis) Barbel (Barbus taurucus)Spirlin (Alburnoides fasciatus) LampreyFish passageİkizdere-Anzerİyidere-İkizdere havzası-Anzerİkizdere-CimilThanks a lot..

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