Natural Barriers

This is an important positive message about fish passage. We are seeing an increase in the use of the term “natural barrier”, particularly when prioritizing remediation of man-made structures/barriers. As it happens, many species of fish have evolved to...

Amazing Climbing Koaro

This is a short video by Tim Olley showing larger bodied koaro (Galaxias brevipinnis) “climbing” up a natural feature. Larger bodied fish tend to use a burst swimming action unlike the juveniles that typically...

Climbing Eels

This rare footage shows both small and larger eels trying to navigate a natural feature. You will see that larger bodied specimens are unable to utilise the wet margins or splash zones. Remediation techniques should offer a range of options to give migrating fish...

Magical Climbing Fish

Hi all Below is a short video that Tim has put together showing juvenile whitebait (galaxiid) climbing up into a perched culvert. We are often able to imitate the conditions that allow fish to do this by fitting rubber ramps and/or mussel-rope, however little is known...