Watch This ‘Salmon Cannon’ Shoot Endangered Fish Through a Tube—to Save Them

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/09/23/salmon-cannon-shoots-endangered-fish-through-tube-22-mph-and-thats-good-thing?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2014-09-24



The new technology helps salmon get around dams that prevent them from spawning.

September 24, 2014 By David Kirby

David Kirby has been a professional journalist for 25 years. His third book, Death at Seaworld, was published in 2012.

Did you hear the one about shooting fish through a tube?

The “salmon cannon” may sound like something out of a Monty Python sketch—even its manufacturer’s name, Whooshh Innovations, is humorous—but the new technology could make a difference in the survival of endangered migratory fish.

The cannon, a vacuum-powered stretch of long rubber tubing that propels fish at speeds up to 22 miles per hour, has several applications, such as running salmon over a dam or efficiently separating hatchery-bred fish from wild fish as they return upstream from the ocean. (See the salmon cannon in action in the video below.)

“It may be funny, and it may sound ridiculous, but we’re dealing with the serious issue of fish and water usage,” said Todd Deligan, Whooshh’s vice president of fish transport systems.

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[shenmue]

1. But when is the slapping dance?

[dhol82]

2. is there no sound in the video?

[Omaha Steve]

4. I think it was shot with a phone

Even music might have been nice.

[dhol82]

5. even a tiny tad of commentary would have been nice. :)

[customerserviceguy]

3. They could just employ these folks:

[hunter]

6. I'd rather they take down the dams and let the water and salmon run free.