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Fish ladders

Different site specific solutions to improve the upstream passage of elvers at instream barriers have been installed around New Zealand. (A) - Fish ladder installed at Arnold Dam with substrate (base) of brushes at different spacings; and (B) - Fish ladder using a stone substrate installed at Wairere Falls Power Station. Credit: Jacques Boubée.