Migration Permeability of Watercourses

Testing fish passage functionality, Testing other barriers in watercourses, Telemetry of aquatic animals

We use biotelemetric contactless methods enabling quantitative and qualitative assessment of migration permeability in accordance with modern knowledge and current standards.

Key Services

• Testing fish passage functionality and technical structures

• Active and passive wildlife telemetry

• Designing migration solutions for fragmented watercourses

• Addressing migration issues of small hydroelectric power plants

Technical Methods

• Biotelemetric contactless methods

• Passive telemetry (microchip tagging)

• Radio telemetry (active transmitters)

• Camera systems and bioscanners

• Reading frames for tracking marked fish

Methodology

• Following AOPK 2020 methodology

• Quantitative and qualitative assessment

• Contactless migration monitoring

• Hydraulic monitoring

Our Process

Project Consultation

Discussing project requirements and objectives

Field Survey

Site analysis and migration barrier assessment

Fish Tagging

Application of telemetric tags

Monitoring

Tracking fish movement using technologies

Evaluation

Data analysis and report preparation

Completed Projects

Testing fish passages on rivers throughout the Czech Republic including Dyje, Bečva, Úpa, Morava, Dřevnice, Ohře and Jihlava.

Functionality testing at more than 20 locations

Long-term monitoring of migration routes

Optimization proposals for existing passages

Recommendations for new migration solutions

Contact

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