Fish Treadmill Project

Applied Research to Improve Protection
of California's Fishes

During an experiment fish channel Delta smelt in front of a screen

The Fish Treadmill Project is an ongoing multi-agency effort to quantitatively measure the performance, behavior, and physiological stress responses of small Delta and stream fishes in multi-vector flows near fish screens for the purpose of assisting in the development of fish screen designs and operational criteria that improve fish protection and passage.