Fish Guidance Systems

Worthington Products Inc. offers several styles of Physical Barriers & Guidance Systems. Each system is carefully designed to speed up migration, minimize entrainment, reduce mortality and stress, and ultimately assure that migratory fish will quickly and successfully negotiate your facilities.

A lower cost barrier for use in low and high velocity environments!

Unlike physical barriers of days past, Worthington’s designs are achieved at a fraction of the cost and are built for both low and high velocity environments. Worthington works hand in hand with your environmental or 316b consultant to assure a successful project from start to finish. You can rely on our years of worldwide experience designing, producing and installing waterway barriers for debris control, safety and terrorist protection combined with the knowledge of professional fisheries biologists to offer systems that work. Our goal is nothing less than 96% guidance efficiency.

Worthington considers the hydraulic conditions and known fish behavior, and we use that information to determine floatation requirements, load conditions, structural needs, screen openings, angle to flow, anchor sizing and more.

One size does not fit all.

Worthington takes an adaptive approach towards each site. We know that what works at one dam is not guaranteed to function at the next. That is why we take the time up front to understand your regulatory requirements and operational conditions. So, whether you are a plant owner, fisheries biologist, or an engineering consultant, you can count on Worthington as a trusted partner to deliver knowledgeable advice and designs that work on time and on budget.