NOAA Uses RFID to Track Fish at High Speed in Washington Dam

Oct 20, 2020The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)has launched a passive low-frequency (LF) RFID tracking system at the Lower Granite Dam's Ogee spillway. The system captures the unique identity of thousands of salmon and steelhead at a distance of 1 meter or more underwater as the fish pass by at approximately 47 miles per hour on their way to the Pacific Ocean's Columbia Basin.The RFID antenna array that captures that data is permanently bu...