This fish keep net maybe big enough but has been specially made to catch any small fish or eels that may pass through the ducted Hales Turbine prototype screens while it is being tested on the River Thames. This is just one of the Environmental Agencies special conditions to be met, to comply with the strict regulations to protect the river and its wildlife.
The net has be modelled on a similar unit fitted to the Torcedo water turbine during trials but has been made extra long to allow the net end to be raised and checked frequently during testing to prevent debris harming any fish.
New Datum Torque Sensor equipment has been fitted at the test site and a 24/7 water flow recording started of the Flood and Ebb tidal flows at the site, to help build a picture of the year round flows in this area.
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