There's something fishy going on..
6 Goodgymers helped their local community in Sheffield
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Monday 22nd April
Report written by Tom Mutton
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Something new this week, we were running to help monitor & maintain fish passes in the River Don.
We had Matt from the Don River Trust who ran with us to show us the ropes when surveying the many fish pathways that The Don has in place to allow fish of many kinds to make safe passage to an area where they can spawn in a good habitat.
It was great fun and very educational and we got to 4 fish passes of different types.
DID YOU KNOW..
There is a website dedicated to allowing fish through a door that YOU can open..
The fish doorbell
See a fish? Ring the bell!
Welcome to the Fish Doorbell. Will you help fish pass the city boat lock?
Every spring fish migrate upstream, in search of places to spawn. They swim through the centre of the city of Utrecht. Unfortunatly, the boat lock is closed during spring. You can help the fish.
Do you see a fish? Press the Doorbell!
All the photos are collected. When there are enough fish waiting, the lock will be opened.
Session Leader
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Survey the eight fish passes in the River Don from Steelbank Weir (Penistone Road) to Hadfield Weir (Meadowhall).
Sheffield's industrial past saw the implementation of weirs on the River Don to power the factories. These flow control devices inhibit natural migratory paths for fish. To combat this, fish passes have been installed at the weirs throughout Sheffield. These are important for the movement of fish (particularly salmon) between habitats and breeding grounds. The Don Catchment Rivers Trust have been working on the River Don to bring back the salmon population to the area and now efforts are needed to maintain this. GoodGymers will be part of long term surveying and monitoring of the fish passes to ensure they have not been blocked and remain fully functional.
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