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Barriers to Fish Migration Prioritisation for Second RBMP Carla Ward River Basin Planning Co-ordinator Barrier types and numbers 173 109 97 Actives Assets Historics Current total 379 Actions since last FFAG Meeting Improved

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Barriers to Fish Migration Prioritisation for Second RBMP

Carla Ward River Basin Planning Co-ordinator

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109 97 173 Actives Assets Historics

Barrier types and numbers

Current total 379

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Actions since last FFAG Meeting

Improved prioritisation methodology
Coordination with the CAR review process:

Cross checking and input – other objective review processes e.g. hydro and whisky

Reflect WEF work and Scoping projects
Coordination with morphology objective

setting process

Develop scenarios

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Objective Setting priorities – general principles

Natura
Length of access restored
Habitat quality

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Catchment and individual waterbody lists

combined

Ordering to reflect catchment position
Headwaters / 2 m wide rule

Refinements since FFAG input

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Improving barriers to fish migration

Associated with an abstraction

impoundment Other asset (eg. road culvert) No current economic function (orphan) Total 109 97 173 379

CAR Engage with

wners

Potentially WEF eligible

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Scenarios for Historics
Current resources
Higher level ambition
Baseline
Step Change 1
Step Change 2
Analysis tool “Spotfire”

Proposing Scenarios

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BASELINE STEP CHANGE 1 STEP CHANGE 2

Historic barriers

n = 173 All barriers n = 379 (Historics, Actives and Assets) BARRIERS BY SCENARIO

Less stringent

bjective

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Step change 1 Step change 2 Baseline

Good by 2021 Good by 2027 Less stringent objective Recovery beyond 2027

Fish barrier improvements incl assets and active (379)

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Example – R. Leven catchment

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Example – R. Tweed catchment

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Example – R. Almond catchment

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Fish barrier prioritisation lists

Propose to circulate a list to the FFAG

members at this meeting

Handouts
Maps printed

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Delivery via iterative approach in partnership

Scoping

Technically feasible? Disproportionately costly?

Feasibility and cost benefit

Option appraisal

Action - measure

Delivery in partnership

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Responsible Authorities Regulated Industry Others…

Local Authorities SNH Marine Scotland Forestry Commission Scotland Scottish Water Scottish Government Environment Agency Hydropower Aquaculture Shellfish Whisky Irrigation Agriculture and others… Interest groups e.g. catchment, lochs, LBAPS etc NAG, AAGs, FFAG, DPMAG… Rafts and Fishery Trusts RSPB Statutory INNS group Landowner groups etc

Throughout formal consultation into 2015

Active engagement 2014/15

Existing SEPA Sector leads

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Next steps

Build in gradient, if technically feasible
Keep up to date with classification
Work with RAFTS and fishery trusts and
thers (eg. Asset owners) to refine list for the

final plan

Further quality checks throughout consultation
Scottish Government will advise on which