Moved of its foundations by the flood.
Clerk of Works directing operations.
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Work to restore the site has started at the hatchery with Robert working with an excavator on hire from Oliver Bros. In 90 minutes he has successfully filled and leveled a large hole the river scoured out by the hatching shed. See photos. More work to be done yet.  Before  After l  view south, water flowing towards the hatching shed  floodwaters flowing into the fish races. one race contained some adult fish.  South branch in the paddock looking towards the hatchery  Water in the shed, got up to about 18 inches. These photos show the amount of water in the vicinity of the hatchery due to a major flood event in the Rangitata river over the weekend of 7th December. The flow down the south branch meant that we could not get to the hatchery for several days. Damage was limited to scouring around hatchery and the loss of several young fish from the shed tanks and some adults from the fish race. Mud was everywhere and there is a large amount of work to be done to get it back to what it was. We consider we got off pretty lightly.  Hatchery view from above  water on the site. June to November have been quite busy at the hatchery with upgrades on shed water filters, fin clipping flumeing, fish feeders and fish trap completed. The fish in the shed are growing well and thanks to Raylene Clarke the tanks are kept extremely clean. Another project under way is the removal of trapped salmon fry from the RDR (Irrigation Intake area) and releasing them to a tank at the hatchery for growing out and releasing at a later date. This is an initiative of Fish & Game and RDR Management.  Some of the growing salmon fry.  New tank feeders  Upgraded fish trap set up ready for creek.  Releasing the wild fry from RDR to hatchery tank. |