I am attaching some pictures of the recent Denil fishpass installation on the Coy burn at Crathes by the river Dee in Aberdeenshire.This will become a useful new spawning ground for salmon and sea trout and perhaps in 5 years time we may hope to see 80 salmon or so using this to access the spawning grounds which have not been accessible for over 200 years.The contractor Jim Thompson of Deeside construction did an excellent job with support from the bailiffs and River operations manager Edwin Third.This was funded by the CASS life project.

A view of the installed structure


An internal view of the operating fish pass


The fishpass is not too obtrusive


The small leap for fish to access the pool below the fishpass.

Surprised you haven`t had any comments on this Ken.

Just wanted to say GREAT WORK and I wish other authorities would do the same.

Thanks for posting this, maybe one day I`ll get up to see the results.
Scott

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Looks great... good work... Hope it bears fruit.. or rather fish....

Great work should help the salmon get to the spawning grounds here's a wee pic of our wee fish pass after last nite's rain.

What a great facility, a cracking piece of work!