The California Fish Passage Forum is a collaborative entity formed among state, local, and federal agencies, fisheries conservation groups, researchers, restoration contractors, and other interested parties to explore and develop an effective methodology, and plan to restore and recover anadromous fish populations by improving fish passage at man-made barriers. The Forum’s primary goal is to restore the connectivity of freshwater habitats throughout the historic range of anadromous fish. This goal is to be achieved through seven objectives including barrier remediation, collaborative work among Forum signatories and partners: funding, permitting, monitoring, policy, education and outreach and science-based applications of fish passage principles.