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An award winner in Kent for its aquatic
habitat enhancement, Mid Kent Fisheries has extensive experience
in this field.
It won an environmental prize in the Environment
Awards for Kent Business for an enhancement scheme on the River
Stour. The project encouraged wild brown trout and sea trout to
return to the river to breed by improving the habitat through the
installation of low weirs and weed control.
Chris Logsdon, manager of MKF, said: “There
were very few fish because the river was so silted and clogged with
weed. Low weirs were installed to increase the flows and clean the
gravel which the fish lay their eggs in and encroaching weed was
removed.”
Before the project went ahead a survey
found no wild brown trout in the river. The work was carried out
in the spring and by the following October the same survey revealed
162 small, wild brown trout in the river.
Chris said: “Just getting the habitat
right can create the right conditions for aquatic life. A river
becomes very slow and sluggish when it is long and straight in low
conditions, which causes a build-up of silt and blanket weed. Installing
a weir speeds up the river and creates an enhanced habitat by providing
a nice, clean run on the gravel.”
The fisheries staff are trained in landscaping
lakes to create reed margins and provide the perfect habitat.
They are also equipped to install aeration
systems in lakes which suffer heavy algae, to oxygenate the
water. Other habitat management expertise available includes
tree cutting and removal.
If you have similar requirements please feel free to contact
Chris Logsdon at Mid Kent Fisheries on 01227 730668
Weed clearance
and Bankside renovation on River Stour. |
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Progressive weed build up in the river Stour in Kent. The
weeds were choking the water course, restricting the movement
of fish and risking the de-oxygenation of the water which
would have killed any wildlife relying on the water system.
The siltation of the river bed would also restrict or prevent
many fish from laying eggs, fish relying on a clean river
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Following the clearance of the weed encroachment the quality
of the habitat was dramatically improved. Now fish and other
water creatures can both thrive and breed in the river. |
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An award winner in Kent for its aquatic habitat
enhancement,
The project encouraged wild brown trout and sea
trout to return to the river to breed
staff are trained in landscaping lakes to create
reed margins and provide the perfect habitat
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