Council and local iwi join forces to map fish barriers in Gisborne, New Zealand

Surrey City, BC, Canada is celebrating the return of coho salmon for the first time in 70 years.

Hello everyone, Tasman District Council (NZ) continues to be a world leader in region-wide fish passage remediation programmes. Tasman has remediated thousands of fish barriers using a range of cost-effective methods. Two of the most commonly used are flexible rubber...

Hi there, Big news – we've rebranded and completely upgraded our website! The Fish Passage Action Team remains a collaborative, non-profit platform where everyone can contribute, now with enhanced features and easier access to resources for fish passage and barrier...

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...

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...

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...

Hi everyone,  One of our Fish Passage Action Team members, Kelly, captured this unusual footage whilst recently travelling in the USA to attend the International Fish Passage conference.  Pacific Lamprey are often overlooked when it comes to fish passage....

Hi everyone It's always great to see a growing number of people getting stuck into fish passage throughout New Zealand. Aided by the newly released Fish Passage Remediation Training Aid 2022, teams of practitioners are better equipped than ever before to restore...

Hi all, Tasman District Council in NZ has recently undertaken an unprecedented 23 day fish passage trial assessing fish movement through a twin barrel culvert. The trial involved capturing and counting fish daily as they naturally migrated upstream through the culvert...