Tawe Barrage - Fish Ladder - Swansea, Wales.
N 51° 36.964 W 003° 55.796
30U E 435615 N 5718747
Tawe Barrage - Fish Ladder - Necessary for migratory fish like Salmon & Trout to access their home river spawning grounds. The barrage tidal drop can be up to 44 feet. Located in Swansea Maritime Quarter, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMQCFF
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/04/2016
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The day I visited this Fish Ladder & the River Tawe was in flood, also the tide was only about 6 feet away from high tide. (The Sea overflows the barrage on High Tides). So only the top of the fish ladder was viewable. I have included links to images showing the full fish pass below.
"The barrage features a fish pass, for salmon and sea trout to return from the sea to their native rivers to spawn. Initially there was a drop in the numbers of fish reaching the lower Tawe. The fish pass was therefore improved in 2000. The lake north of the barrage is mainly freshwater, but the barrage was designed to allow high tides to overtop to maintain the brackish environment needed by migratory fish at this stage in their journeys." Text Source; (
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