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Table of contents Background ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Objectives .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Kinchant Dam ........................................................................................................................................ 2 Existing structure and fish habitat ...................................................................................................... 4 Fish distribution .................................................................................................................................... 7 Dam hydrology ...................................................................................................................................... 8 Stakeholder consultation ..................................................................................................................... 9 Fish attraction structures (FAS) ........................................................................................................ 10 Types .................................................................................................................................................. 10 Locations ............................................................................................................................................. 12 Monitoring and evaluation ................................................................................................................. 16 Risk assessment ................................................................................................................................. 18 Review .................................................................................................................................................. 19 Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................................. 19 References ........................................................................................................................................... 20 Appendix 1 – Detailed FAS site maps and descriptions ................................................................. 21 FAS 1 .................................................................................................................................................. 21 FAS 2 .................................................................................................................................................. 23 FAS 3 .................................................................................................................................................. 25 FAS 4 .................................................................................................................................................. 27 FAS 5 .................................................................................................................................................. 29 FAS 6 .................................................................................................................................................. 31 FAS 7 .................................................................................................................................................. 31 FAS 8 .................................................................................................................................................. 33 FAS 9 .................................................................................................................................................. 33 FAS 10 ................................................................................................................................................ 35 FAS 11 ................................................................................................................................................ 35 FAS 12 ................................................................................................................................................ 37 FAS 13 ................................................................................................................................................ 39 FAS 14 ................................................................................................................................................ 41 FAS 15 ................................................................................................................................................ 43 FAS 16 ................................................................................................................................................ 45 FAS 17 ................................................................................................................................................ 47 FAS 18 ................................................................................................................................................ 49 FAS 19 ................................................................................................................................................ 51 FAS 20 ................................................................................................................................................ 53 FAS 21 ................................................................................................................................................ 55 FAS 22 ................................................................................................................................................ 57 FAS 23 ................................................................................................................................................ 59 FAS 24 ................................................................................................................................................ 61 FAS 25 ................................................................................................................................................ 63 FAS 26 ................................................................................................................................................ 65 FAS 27 ................................................................................................................................................ 67 FAS 28 ................................................................................................................................................ 69 FAS 29 ................................................................................................................................................ 71 FAS 30 ................................................................................................................................................ 73 FAS 31 ................................................................................................................................................ 75 FAS 32 ................................................................................................................................................ 77 FAS 33 ................................................................................................................................................ 79 FAS 34 ................................................................................................................................................ 81 FAS 35 ................................................................................................................................................ 83 FAS 36 ................................................................................................................................................ 85 Table of figures Figure 1. Outline map of Kinchant Dam indicating main infrastructure locations. ............................ 3 Figure 2. A bathymetric map of Kinchant Dam from the February 2018 survey. .............................. 4 Figure 3. The pre-existing fish habitat Kinchant Dam ........................................................................ 6 Figure 4. The length-frequency distribution of