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Vertical slot fishway

Vertical slot fishway – Construction and operation

Vertical slot fishway examples: </br> 1. Left: keyhole slot design in a vertical slot fishway, Yallakool Creek, New South Wales </br> 2. Middle: precast concrete rectangular vertical slot baffle, showing rocky base of fishway and metal grate overhead, Yallakool Creek, New South Wales </br> 3. Top-right: vertical slot fishway, showing rectangular slot design, Sheepstation Creek, Ayr, Queensland </br> 4. Bottom-right: metal keyhole slot design in vertical slot fishway baffle, Chowilla Regulator, South Australia Photo by Ivor Stuart (1,2 and 4), and Tim Marsden (3)

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Last updated: 10 May 2021

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Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2021) Vertical slot fishway – Construction and operation, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/management/fish-passage/technologies/fishway-options/vertical-slot/construction-operation.html

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