SWCA - Environmental Consultants

SWCA - Environmental Consultants - Phoenix, AZ
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Fisheries


When it comes to freshwater and marine species and their habitats, SWCA staff conducts a wide variety of biological activities for agency clients and industries including development, mining, energy and transportation. Our fisheries specialists employ a number of studies in order to determine where fish are located, what factors influence them, and what management practices can most effectively maintain and enhance fish populations.

Services include:
  • Fish surveys, including presence
    and distribution surveys
  • Fish passage evaluations
  • Fish population estimation
  • Freshwater, estuarine, and marine
    fish habitat mapping
  • Fish habitat inventories, including channel typing for forest practices
  • Subsistence use studies
  • Egg and larval retention studies
  • Watershed assessment
  • Fisheries monitoring and modeling
  • Habitat enhancement/restoration design and monitoring
  • Fish diet and habitat use research
  • Statistical data analysis
  • Threatened and endangered species surveys
  • Underwater videography