A group of Brunswick-area residents wants to make it easier for fish to get up the Androscoggin River, but there’s a dam in the way. Federal regulators and dam owners are about a year into the five-year process of relicensing the 50-year-old hydroelectric dam that spans the Androscoggin River between Brunswick and Topsham. Advertisement“(Fish are) trying, but they’re not getting above the dam,” Spies said. Related Brunswick officials voice support for better fish passage on the Androscoggin RiverEnvironmental advocates are exploring several options for fish passage, including a type of ladder called a bypass fishway and a mechanical fish lift. The town governments of both Brunswick and Topsham passed resolutions last year supporting improvements to migratory fish passage as part of the FERC licensing process.