A new technology has been developed to tackle the threat of water quality issues at the nation’s fisheries.
Created by UK scientists led by Nick Butterfield, the RA BASE system monitors water quality and environmental factors, and can activate the moment an imbalance is detected. It will be music to the ears of fishery managers, and will prove instrumental in preventing the devastating consequences of oxygen crashes and other problems.
“Until this was developed, there was no way of remotely monitoring, predicting and responding to water quality data in this way, so it’s truly a world first,” Nick told us.
“The system has wider applications, too, including managing sewage discharges into low rivers.”
Recent Angling Times analysis of Environment Agency data revealed a sharp rise in serious river pollution incidents recorded with “pollutant not identified”, leaving clubs and communities trying to recover from fish kills without ever knowing what caused them. You can read that full investigation here.
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