Hub Partner activity
Research need
Protect, maintain and improve the condition and function of river channels
Understanding asset status, condition and requirements i.e. movement
Understanding
threatening process
Understanding intervention options and effectiveness
Research areas
- Understanding instream habitat structure and function
- Mapping instream habitat type and location
- Understanding fish species distribution
- Mapping and prioritising barriers
- Understanding the impact of irrigation offtakes
- Understanding effects and interactions of other threats on fish passage
- Understanding the impacts of low flow - climate change
- Understanding the impact of introduced species
- Developing best practice fishway design and construction
- Measuring the performance of fishways and fish passage works
- Understanding fish population response to instream habitat interventions
