‘Standardised Monitoring of Fish Pass Solutions … a progress report’

Jon Hateley Environment Agency, UK … currently Project Leader of CEN fish pass monitoring standard

  Why standardise?  Comparability and Transferability

  Standardisation in European Inland Fisheries  Fish Monitoring Standards

  Developments in CEN Fish Pass Monitoring Standard

  Standardisation FAQ’s (by Playmobil® )

Contents:

Standardisation is boring …

Mars Climate Orbiter (1998 – 1999)

Standardisation doesn’t affect me ….

Levels of Standards Bodies

National European The World!

Directive-driven monitoring: WFD Habitats

ISO/AWI TR 19234 Hydrometry -- Low cost baffle solution to aid fish passage at crump weir flow measurement structures

ISO 26906:2009 Hydrometry -- Fishpasses at flow measurement structures

Functionality

Comparability

Water Framework Directive

•  Fish sampling CEN standards: 2006. EN 14 962 “Water Quality—Guidance on the Scope and

Selection of Fish Sampling Methods”. 2003. EN 14 011 “Water Quality—Sampling of Fish with Electricity”. 2015. EN 14 757 “Water Quality—Sampling of Fish with Multimesh

Gillnets”. 2014. EN 15 910 “Water Quality – Guidance on the estimation of fish

abundance with mobile hydroacoustic methods”.

Comparability Same units, metrics, methodologies,

analyses ... = meaningful comparisons = transferability = value for money

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Emma’s data review: Can’t compare results of studies done:  Different definitions  Different methods  Different metadata recorded (e.g. fish pass

parameters)

1. Comparability Problems WHY?!

•  120 passes in 5 years ... £23m •  £5k to £30k / year to monitor •  <5% monitored

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2. Expense!

Bigger data pool

Good quality, comparable data

Identification of strengths and weaknesses in the designs

Improved fish passes!

CEN standardised studies

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Jan  2014   July  2014   Jan  2015   June  2015   Nov  2015   Feb  2016   April  2016   Sept  2016  

Review  of  fish  passage  performance  

UK  Telemetry  Conference  19  Jul  

Fish  Passage  Performance  

Session  22  Jun  

Workshop  in  Dorset,  UK  

25-­‐26   CEN  MeeDng  

13  

Workshop  to  draF  v2.0,  Bristol,  UK  

22-­‐23  

Commissioned  Session  at  Fish  Passage  2015.    

Plenary  MeeDng  22  Jun  

Submission  of  Proposal  to  CEN  

26  Feb  

Dec    +  Jan  

Start  of  Group  DraFing  v1.0  Process  

End  of  Group  DraFing  v1.0  Process  

The Standard: An EA Centric Journey

Nov    +  Dec  2016   Feb  2017   April  2016   Sept  2016  

DraFing  v2.0  

CEN  MeeDng  

Workshop 1 – November 2015

Workshop 2 – Sept 2016

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What’s in – What’s out?

Sect. 1. Scope:

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ü PIT, Radio, Acoustic telemetry – electronically tagged fish

ü Upstream and downstream migration û Not CMR.

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Sect. 2. Terms and Definitions:

+ 13 others

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Sect. 4. Principle and Field of Application:

Not covering ‘effectiveness’ monitoring. û

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Sect 6. Equipment: ü Table summarising suitability and limitations of

techniques

ü Manufacturer neutral

Calibration and system checks ü

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Sect. 7. Experimental Design:

Baseline / Control / Reference surveys - hierarchy

Fish capture / tagging / release

Pre-planning ü ü ü

Receiver positions

Sample size

Supporting data ü

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Sects. 8, 9 & 10 Other Stuff: Data processing and analyses

ü QA / QC

Reporting ü

ü

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FAQs: •  Do I have to use the standard?

•  Can we change the standard?

•  Can we change the standard?

Generally ‘Advisory / Guidance’. But some standards and countries….

Yes. Reviewed every 3-5 years

•  What about ‘Brexit’? BSi say ‘Business as usual’

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FAQs: •  What’s the difference between a CEN standard and a technical guide?

•  Do CEN standards ‘trump’ or replace existing national standards?

•  Can we change the standard?

Full standard: Detailed … systems and materials … comparisons

Technical Guide: Not relevant to all … ‘young tech’… further best practice needed

Replace existing standards in Member States => Tact and Consensus!

Both ‘full consensus’ documents … level of detail differs;

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FAQs:

•  Any further fish-based standardisation projects?

•  Can we change the standard?

?

•  Can I see or contribute to the draft? Group members to edit … then to CEN. Member State Technical Experts after May 2017

THANK YOU!!