WRA has highly qualified staff trained in an array of fisheries methodologies to help clients meet complex regulatory requirements. Implementing adaptive scientific methods, ecologically sound practices, professional experience, and rapid response to clients’ needs, WRA provides practical and cost effective solutions to your unique fisheries situation.

WRA offers the following fisheries services:

• fish exclusion, salvage, and relocation
• daily and weekly construction monitoring
• pre- and post-construction surveys
• Endangered Species Act consultation with National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• consultation with California Department of Fish and Wildlife
• environmental permitting including Department of Fish and Wildlife 1602, Clean Water Act 401/404, Bay Conservation and Development Commission, and coastal development permits
• essential fish habitat analysis
• fish species composition and population assessments
• fish passage strategies and passage analysis
• fish movement and migration analysis
• habitat characterization and assessment
• large woody debris and stream shade/riparian surveys
• stream temperature and water quality monitoring
• impact analysis for dredging and construction