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Fish Passage Remediation Example

by FPAT | September 7, 2022 | General | 0 Comments

Hi everyone, Check out the video below showing a great example of fish passage remediation targeting small-bodied NZ fish species. The fixes address: The perched apronThe perched culvert outletShallowing of the apronFast laminar flow within the culvert Note: This...

If you are serious about restoring fish passage, watch and share this fun video essay.

by FPAT | August 23, 2022 | General | 0 Comments

This video essay created by the Fish Passage Action Team outlines the easy to follow process for undertaking multi-site fish passage remediation programs. The key is to make the most of data collected to plan actual work programs, and not just produce dots on a map...

Region Wide Fish Passage Program

by FPAT | August 23, 2022 | General | 0 Comments

Hi everyone Check out this video released by the Ministry for the Environment (NZ) showing the great work Kūmānu Environmental and Tasman District Council have been doing to restore fish passage in the Tasman Region. This 5 year project will allow 7,000+ desktop...

Sustainability Award

Jun 2, 2022

Hi everyone, A big congratulations to our friend Mike Thomas for being awarded the Downer Sustainability Award. The team at ATS Environmental were privileged to help Mike modify the RAMMs asset management app to include data that allows Downer and Tasman District...

World Fish Migration Day

May 21, 2022

Fish Passage Remediation Training Aid launch. Hi everyone, We have been working away and are excited to announce the launch of the latest Fish Passage Training Aid and Fish Passage Action Team website! This has been launched in conjunction with World Fish Migration...

Fish Passage Remediation Washington, USA

May 5, 2022

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...

Fish Passage Webinar

Apr 5, 2022

Hi Everyone, We hope everyone is safe and well! We loved listening to Kelly Hughes (of ATS Environmental) speak for the EIANZ Webinar covering the big picture fish passage subject. So much so that we've taken the recorded webinar and posted it to our...

Webinar invite | Managing assets with respect to meeting fish passage requirements

Mar 8, 2022

Changing the narrative towards mass remediation across infrastructure networks. Everyone passionate about restoring fish passage and reconnecting waterways should take the time to sit in on this...

Mussel-Rope Part Two

Feb 11, 2022

Further to our recent mailout where we discussed mussel rope at perched/overhanging structures, it's now time to look at mussel-rope when placed within culverts. Mussel-rope is one of the tools that can be used to help improve fish passage where fast, laminar flow is...