CRF Conference, Exeter Castle 3rd December 2014

Adrian Dowding Westcountry Rivers Trust Taw Fisheries

Partnership: are getting all fish species from sea to source and back again… Continuing the TAW (Taw Access over Weirs)

Project 2009 - present

The Catchment Approach: Define the problem: Partnership/s Local Knowledge Walkover Surveys Technical assessment Waterbody Improvement Plan/s

WFD Status

Clapworthy Mill Head Weir Colleton Weir Rashleigh Weir Eggesford Weir North Tawton Weir North Wyke Weir Sticklepath Belstone

Yeo (Barnstaple) Arlington Dam Yeo (Barnstaple) Snapper Weir North Molton Hacche Weir Filleigh Weir Lapford Weir Bugford Weir Skaigh Weir

Approximate locations for illustration only

Started with Head Weir renaturalisation:

Followed by improvements at Sticklepath, Clapworthy Mill and up on Dartmoor:

Ideally a complete removal is the solution North Wyke Weir Removal

Time-lapse video display

Rashleigh Weir Fish Pass (strategic weir) Plan A – Plan B – Plan C – Plan D – Plan E –

Rashleigh Weir Fish Pass Easement

North Molton Weir Fish Pass

Filleigh Weir Fish Pass

North Tawton Weir Removal/Reduction

Eggesford Weir Fish Pass Improvement

River Bray – tributary to the River Mole

Further obstacles have, and are, being targeted Man-made and natural 2012/3 high flows combined with a wooded

catchment means many debris dams

Crooked Oak – tributary to the River Mole

Little Dart – tributary to the River Taw

WFD Status

Clapworthy Mill Head Weir Colleton Weir Rashleigh Weir Eggesford Weir North Tawton Weir North Wyke Weir Sticklepath Belstone

Yeo (Barnstaple) Arlington Dam Yeo (Barnstaple) Snapper Weir North Molton Hacche Weir Filleigh Weir Lapford Weir Bugford Weir Skaigh Weir

Approximate locations for illustration only

Thank you. Adrian Dowding adrian@wrt.org.uk 07793 730 563 www.wrt.org.uk Westcountry Rivers TV on YouTube