Fish Passage Remediation Washington, USA

Hi everyone, We have recently received this video showing fish passage restoration in Whatcom County Washington. One of our team members; the director of SSA Environmental, Shane Scott, has been working hard to restore culverts/weirs across the United States. We...

Mini-Hydro Intake Weir

Hi everyone Below is a photo showing modifications to a back-country mini-hydro intake weir. The original fish pass and minimum residual flow devices were not functioning. The new design successfully allows expected species, all of which are climbers – longfin...

CFD Modelling

Hi everyone Many of you will be aware that observing, measuring and understanding the complex flows in which fish move is very challenging. Below are a few interesting images that have been created by the Fish Passage Action Team using CFD modelling. There are many...

Reservoir Video

Below is one of Tim’s videos featuring the culvert remediation project in the recently published “Lessons Learnt 8”. There is some great underwater footage showing how fish navigate upstream utilizing the back-eddies and rest pools created by the...

Lessons Learnt 8

The NZ Dept Conservation Fish Passage Advisory Group website has a number of Lessons Learnt describing different fish passage remediation projects. Tim Olley spent over a year researching and putting together this comprehensive report highlighting the effectiveness of...