News & Updates

123 Sea Trout, One Culvert, One Year

Sweco Norway are putting FlexiBaffles to work in Bergen and the results speak for themselves

Redefining Fish Passage Parameters

Two worthwhile documents shedding new light on fish passage

Great news! Tide/Flood Gates need no longer be a fish barrier – there is a solution

Queensland case study low-cost option for improving fish passage and water quality upstream of tide/flood gates

Mussel-Rope Part Two

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...

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Understanding Mussel-Rope

Understanding Mussel-rope Part 1 Many culverts are barriers to fish due to being perched/overhanging or having fast laminar flow. In the video below, Tim demonstrates how mussel-rope can improve fish passage at perched/overhanging structures. The rope simulates...

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Fish Passage Guidelines

Hi everyoneThe Fish Passage Action Team have been working on a simple one-page guide to help with the remediation of common structures causing a barrier to fish.The guide includes a link to an interactive decision tool and some helpful before & after...

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Comparing Baffle Types in Round Culvert

Hi everyone,  We hope you are staying safe and well.  As shared a short while back, we have started using Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to solidify what we already knew about culvert/weir baffles and their fish passage improvement features. CFD is a...

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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 eels,...

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