Presentations from the Fish Impingement & Entrainment Conference, Liverpool July 2023

Presentation PDF's. Please see below for the list of presenters and their talks. To open them as a PDF, please click on the coloured hyperlink next to the talk.

  • Andrew Turnpenny Independent Consultant The Peter Spillett Lecture can be found here
  • Nicola Teague Apem Ltd (UK) The fish entrapment assessment cycle for the power industry from monitoring to modelling can be found here
  • Josh Norman University of Hull (UK) Understanding the temporal dynamics of a lowland river fish community at a hazardous intake and floodgate to inform safe operation can be found here
  • Jeroen Huisman Van Hall Larenstein Applied Sciences University/Wageningen University (Netherlands) Eel migratory behaviour and pumping station management can be found here
  • Chris Bell Environment Agency(UK) Four steps to fish-friendly? An environmental regulator’s view of fish entrainment risk at pump and turbine infrastructure can be found here
  • Bart van Esch Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands) Assessment of fish damage in pumps and turbines – a new standard can be found here
  • Sterling Watson Natel Energy (USA) Turbine design for eel passage: minimizing delay and damage can found here
  • Gary Leatherbarrow Bedford Pumps (UK) Developments in ‘Fish Friendly’ pump technology can be found here
  • Jon Bolland University of Hull (UK) Research and development of fish and Eel entrainment mitigation at pumping stations (REDEEM) can be found here
  • Chris Grzesiok Environment Agency (UK) Environment Agency mobile pump fish screening field trials – results and findings can be found here
  • Jonathan Carroll Snowy Hydro (Australia) Selection of appropriate screen aperture for fish exclusion – balancing environment and operations can be found here
  • Liam Carter Natural England (UK) the influence of passive wedge-wire screen aperture and flow velocity on juvenile European eel exclusion, impingement and passage can be found here
  • John Burnett Intake Screens Inc (USA) A regulatory trend toward fine slot size (<1.75-mm) wedge wire screen systems in the USA can be found here
  • Joachim Bretzel Charles Sturt University (Australia) Performance of Australia’s first brushed conical fish protection screen at a large irrigation pump diversion can be found here
  • Jonathan Black EPRI (USA) Keynote 2 Addressing Impingement and Entrainment Issues. Experiences from the USA can be found here
  • Stephen Roast EDF (UK) Consultation, design evolution and approval of the Fish Recovery and Return System for New Nuclear Build in the UK can be found here
  • John Young ASA Analysis & Communications Inc (USA) Fish entrainment at power plant intakes in the United States can be found here
  • Allison Atterbury Natural England (UK) What is a fish worth? Challenges from a policy and environmental conservation perspective vcan be found here
  • Ayesha Taylor Environment Agency (UK) The Big Screen Experience – the regulator’s view of protecting European eels can be found here
  • Richard Seaby Pisces Conservation (UK) The impact of mesh size on numbers of fish impinged or entrained in power station cooling water systems. Can be found here
  • Timothy Hogan TWB Environmental Research & Consulting, Inc (USA) California seawater desalination intake requirements can be found here
  • Adam Waugh Natural England (UK) Can direct cooling still be considered the Best Available Technology for large estuarine and coastal applications in the U.K.? Can be found here
  • Jenna Rackovan Alden Research (USA) Uncertainty in determining the site-specific feasibility of fine-mesh technologies to reduce entrainment can be found here
  • Jeffrey Tuhtan Tallin University of Technology (Estonia) How to compare passive sensor data with live fish outfitted with archival biologgers to assess the risk of injury and mortality can be found here
  • Peter Paul Schollema Regional Water Authority Hunze en Aa’s (Netherlands) Implementing internal “Fish-Friendliness” policy at a Dutch Water Authority can be found here
  • Oliver Evans University of Hull (UK) Not just the pump; broader considerations for downstream migrating silver eels at a ‘fish- friendly’ pumping station can be found here
  • Martin van Nieuwenhuijzen ACE (UK) Ensuring successful fish and eel passage through our land drainage pumping stations. Can be found here
  • Guglielmo Sonnino Sorisio Cardiff University (UK) Eel tile hydrodynamics: Mitigation at entraining Flows can be found here
  • Jonathan Black EPRI (USA) Field investigation of American eel response to a light guidance array can be found here
  • David Lambert Fish Guidance Systems (UK) The installation of a behaviour barrier for smolt migration, from initial design to final installation can be found here
  • Stuart Clough & Andrew Jacobs APEM & SSE (UK) Invergarry Power Station: Optimising Salmon smolt escapement from the Garry Catchment – a win win win. Can be found here
  • Craig Boys NSW Department of Primary Industries (Australia) Keynote 3 Designing a safer future for native fish: The history, impact and future of innovative fish- protection screening in Australia can be found here
  • Sarah Walmsley Cefas (UK) Developing methods to survey glass eels in a large and dynamic estuary can be found here
  • Dave Clarke Swansea University (UK) Empirical data versus expert opinion and environmental impact assessment– a case study of twaite shad (Alosa fallax) migration in the Bristol Channel can be found here
  • Nathan Griffiths University of Hull (UK) Environmental DNA (eDNA) based decision- making – A framework to assign confidence in absence (CIADM) can be found here
  • Antonio Casalini University of Bologna (Italy) Phone App for early discrimination of migrating female European eels to support and manage the wild population can be found here
  • Andy Turnpenny Independent Consultant (UK) Power station Fish Recovery and Return Systems: Why they are only part of a best practice solution can be found here
  • Karl Bousfield & Gary Hebron Hydrolox & Northumbrian Water (UK) Engineered polymer screen technology can be found here
  • Radhika DeSilva ASA Analysis & Communication (USA) Engineering Considerations when Installing Band Screens and Fish Recovery and Return Systems can be found here
  • Richard Noble University of Hull (UK) Efficacy and performance of HydroloxTM Fine- Screening and Fish Recovery and Return (FRR) system at Blackwell raw water pumping station, River Tees can be found here
  • Nicola Teague Apem Ltd (UK) Tidal power fish encounter and collision modelling can be found here
  • Jenna Rackovan Alden Research (USA) How can we reduce stressors that influence fish impingement mortality? Can be found here
  • Adam Comerford & Paul Gratton Canal and River Trust & Fishtek Consulting(UK) Abstractions & Issues – Best practice from a charity’s perspective can be found here