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Scottish Fish Barriers
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WEF Origin and Purpose
Scottish Government grant to SEPA
2016/17 budget £4.3 Million (Eu 4.76 Million)
To improve the physical condition of rivers
to good status:
Redundant fish barriers
Historical river engineering
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WEF Evolution
Invite 3rd party applications
Promote 3rd party projects
SEPA Resource (scope & prioritise)
Directly commission (targeted)
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Good Condition
Fish barriers
Assets – “in use” structures: bridges,
culverts…
Active – commercially active dams: water
supply, distilleries, hydro power.
Historic –redundant inherited weirs and
dams
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Scottish barriers
All barriers 356
Redundant 176
2021 target 76
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Priority Barriers: Criteria
Upstream km’s
Catchment scale
Protected Areas
Flood mitigation
Match funding
Social benefits
Project leadership
&
Stage (Survey/Design/Works)
Value for money
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River Almond (W. Lothian)
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Tarff Weir, Galloway
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Tarff Weir, Galloway
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Avon Weirs - Glasgow