33 U.S.C. § 608 — Construction of fishways

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The Secretary of the Army may order practical, sufficient fishways when river and harbor works obstruct fish passage, using appropriations for the affected streams.

If a river or harbor improvement, whether a lock and dam or something else, is found to obstruct fish passage, the Secretary of the Army may direct and cause practical and sufficient fishways to be built. The cost must be paid from general appropriations for the streams where the fishways are built.

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Whenever river and harbor improvements shall be found to operate (whether by lock and dam or otherwise), as obstructions to the passage of fish, the Secretary of the Army may, in his discretion, direct and cause to be constructed practical and sufficient fishways, to be paid for out of the general appropriations for the streams on which such fishways may be constructed.

Source credit: (Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860, § 11, 25 Stat. 425; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1888Enacted · Act of Aug. 11, 1888, ch. 860 · 25 Stat. 425
1947Amended · Act of July 26, 1947, ch. 343 · 61 Stat. 501

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