background-image: url(https://www.estuaryedges.co.uk/wp-content/themes/estuary-edges/assets/src/img/thames-estuary-partnership-logo.png) background-size: 12% background-position: 50% 79% class: center, middle, inverse .footer[Copyright © 2020 Thames Estuary Partnership] ##Greater Thames Estuary Fish Migration Roadmap ##A short summary Wanda Bodnar <style> h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, p { color: #f3f3f3; } .inverse { background-color: #101720; } .inverse h1, .inverse h2, .inverse h3, .inverse h4, .inverse h5, .inverse p { color: #f3f3f3; } .footer { color: #a5704a; position: fixed; top: 96%; left: 0; text-align: center; width: 100%; font-size:50%; } <style> --- background-image: url(https://www.estuaryedges.co.uk/wp-content/themes/estuary-edges/assets/src/img/thames-estuary-partnership-logo.png) background-size: 100px background-position: 95% 5% ### Table of contents <h7 style=font-size:83%;> * [How to navigate this presentation](https://thamesestuarypartnership.github.io/roadmap/slides.html#3) * [Introduction](https://thamesestuarypartnership.github.io/roadmap/slides.html#5) * [Methodology](https://thamesestuarypartnership.github.io/roadmap/slides.html#8) * [The Roadmap method](https://thamesestuarypartnership.github.io/roadmap/slides.html#13) * [Next steps](https://thamesestuarypartnership.github.io/roadmap/slides.html#15) <style> h1 { color: #003462; } <style> --- background-image: url(https://www.estuaryedges.co.uk/wp-content/themes/estuary-edges/assets/src/img/thames-estuary-partnership-logo.png) background-size: 100px background-position: 95% 5% ### How to navigate this presentation * Move forward with space bar or right/down arrow * Move backward with left/up arrow * Press `F` to go full screen and back * Press `Home` for first slide, `End` for last slide * Clickable hyperlinks are highlighted in blue * Press `H` to see all the navigation options <style> h1, h2, h3, h4, p { color: #003462; } <style> --- background-image: url(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThamesEstuaryPartnership/roadmap/main/img/1.png) background-size: cover .text[© Johannes Plenio] <style> .text { color: #ffffff; position: fixed; top: 96%; left: 2%; text-align: left; width: 100%; font-size:50%; } <style> --- background-image: url(https://www.estuaryedges.co.uk/wp-content/themes/estuary-edges/assets/src/img/thames-estuary-partnership-logo.png) background-size: 100px background-position: 95% 5% ### Introduction Rivers play an important role in our environment: regulating floods, transporting sediment and supporting biodiversity. Many of these functions are linked to factors that indicate river health, such as river flow and connectivity, which in turn are key for species migration, diversity and habitat occupancy. Among the world’s rivers, those located in the North Sea region are some of the most fragmented by human development. Artificial structures like weirs, sluices and locks, installed for water management purposes on rivers, can be found at almost every kilometre. These barriers can significantly delay and hinder the movement of migratory fish species such as the European eel (*Anguilla anguilla*), sea bass (*Dicentrarchus labrax*), sea lamprey (*Petromyzon marinus*) and flounder (*Platichthys flesus*), subsequently reducing their diversity and abundance. <style> h1, h2, h3, h4, p { color: #003462; } <style> --- background-image: url(https://www.estuaryedges.co.uk/wp-content/themes/estuary-edges/assets/src/img/thames-estuary-partnership-logo.png) background-size: 100px background-position: 95% 5% ### Introduction To address the issue of river fragmentation and fish passage, [Thames Estuary Partnership](https://www.thamesestuarypartnership.org/) (TEP) and [Nature at Work](https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-philipsen-b9961219/) (NAW) launched the [Greater Thames Estuary Fish Migration Roadmap](https://fishroadmap.london/) project in January 2018. This project seeks to bring together all barrier, pass, priority and habitat location data in one place, and with the use of GIS, develops a ‘whole system’ sea-to-source approach that, like the tube network, visualises rivers as interconnected roads. By considering rivers as 'Highways', 'A-roads' and 'B-roads', barrier locations and river network connectivity can be easily visualised on one or more rivers or in entire catchments. This can help reprioritise barriers and provide a blueprint for strategic steps that can help open up entire migratory routes. <style> h1, h2, h3, h4, p { color: #003462; } <style> --- background-image: url(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThamesEstuaryPartnership/roadmap/main/img/Roadmap_TEP.gif) background-size: contain --- background-image: url(https://www.estuaryedges.co.uk/wp-content/themes/estuary-edges/assets/src/img/thames-estuary-partnership-logo.png) background-size: 100px background-position: 95% 5% ### Methodology The Fish Migration Roadmap project had three objectives: * To gather information on fish migratory barriers and river connectivity within the Thames River Basin. * To develop an online, easy-to-access and easy-to-use GIS platform visualising all relevant data. * To develop a replicable, strategic 'Roadmap Method' which also includes the 'Fish Migration Vision.' These objectives were executed via the following steps: * Data science * Designation of project area * Data collection * Data pre-processing and merging * Data analysis * Data visualisation * Stakeholder and community engagement <style> h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, ul, li, p { color: #003462; } <style> --- background-image: url(https://www.estuaryedges.co.uk/wp-content/themes/estuary-edges/assets/src/img/thames-estuary-partnership-logo.png) background-size: 100px background-position: 95% 5% ### Methodology * Data science * Designation of project area The project area was defined within the Thames River Basin and two adjacent catchments. The boundary on the migratory routes was drawn at 30 km from the tidal limit. * Data collection Data was collected from: [AMBER](https://amber.international/), [Catchment Based Approach](https://data.catchmentbasedapproach.org/), [Environment Agency](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency), [River Obs app](https://www.river-obstacles.org.uk/), [Zoological Society of London](https://www.zsl.org/), [London Wildlife Trust](https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/), [South East Rivers Trust](https://www.southeastriverstrust.org/) and [Canal and River Trust](https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/). * Data pre-processing and merging The different datasets were merged together using a 100 metre buffer zone to concentrate on those barriers that occurred on the migratory routes only. (The sources of the datasets were kept in the finalised barrier dataset.) <style> h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, ul, li, p { color: #003462; } <style> --- background-image: url(https://www.estuaryedges.co.uk/wp-content/themes/estuary-edges/assets/src/img/thames-estuary-partnership-logo.png) background-size: 100px background-position: 95% 5% ### Methodology * Data science * Data analysis * Calculation of the river connectivity index (RCI %) * Creation of connectivity maps * Introduction of 'Category' variable into the final barrier dataset * Integration of river habitat data into the final barrier dataset * Data visualisation An online, easy-to-use [platform](https://tep-thames.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/ab29e560d0834593bc71f7bf18dbc0d4) was developed where barrier locations and upstream river connectivity can be visualised. The most important element of the interactive map is the filter function which allows the barrier data to be filtered based on barrier type, priority, pass type, river, category and upstream river habitat. Overlaying this on top the connectivity layers can help develop a more targeted approach when it comes to improving river connectivity and fish passage. <style> h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, ul, li, p { color: #003462; } <style> --- background-image: url(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThamesEstuaryPartnership/roadmap/main/img/peview.gif) background-size: contain --- background-image: url(https://www.estuaryedges.co.uk/wp-content/themes/estuary-edges/assets/src/img/thames-estuary-partnership-logo.png) background-size: 100px background-position: 95% 5% ### Methodology * Stakeholder and community engagement Stakeholder and community engagement was carried out predominantly in the Combined Essex Catchment. Over a series of engagements the methodology was be developed and refined. In the meantime, an interactive [Roadmap](https://thamesestuarypartnership.github.io/essex/roadmap.html) was developed specifically for this catchment. <style> h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, ul, li, p { color: #003462; } <style> --- background-image: url(https://www.estuaryedges.co.uk/wp-content/themes/estuary-edges/assets/src/img/thames-estuary-partnership-logo.png) background-size: 100px background-position: 95% 5% ### The Roadmap Method This methodology can be applied to one river or a network of rivers. <center> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThamesEstuaryPartnership/roadmap/main/img/The%20roadmap%20method.jpg" height="450" width="750"> </center> <style> h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, ul, li, p { color: #003462; } <style> --- background-image: url(https://www.estuaryedges.co.uk/wp-content/themes/estuary-edges/assets/src/img/thames-estuary-partnership-logo.png) background-size: 100px background-position: 95% 5% ### The Roadmap Method The most important steps of The Roadmap Method are: * Developing a GIS platform. * Calculating RCI and visualising river connectivity to help highlight the level of river fragmentation. * Stakeholder engagement that can help gather local knowledge and understand local needs, as this can subsequently lead to developing a Fish Migration Vision. * The Fish Migration Vision is a shared, ambitious long-term goal that envisions what a healthy river and connected river corridor could be when there is collective action across sector initiatives, such as catchment management, flood asset management and land development. * Introducing a ‘Category’ field that can help the barrier reprioritisation process * Coupled with the stakeholder engagement, barrier reprioritisation can help pinpoint priority barrier locations, such as closed river sections with diverse habitat. <style> h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, ul, li, p { color: #003462; } <style> --- background-image: url(https://www.estuaryedges.co.uk/wp-content/themes/estuary-edges/assets/src/img/thames-estuary-partnership-logo.png) background-size: 100px background-position: 95% 5% ### Next steps Further project plans include: * Inclusion of additional waterways as ‘C-roads’ and ‘D-roads'. * Collation and creation of Roadmap specific fish database for each river. * Further stakeholder engagement and linking into other local plans and strategies. <style> h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, ul, li, p { color: #003462; } <style> --- background-image: url(https://freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Eel-Jack-Perks.jpg) background-size: cover .text[© Jack Perks] --- background-image: url(https://i.stack.imgur.com/bUpIh.png),url(https://ulyngs.github.io/rmarkdown-workshop-2019/slides/figures/rmarkdown.png) background-size: 50px, 50px background-position: 46% 76%, 54% 76% class: center, middle, inverse .footer[Copyright © 2020 Thames Estuary Partnership] If you are interested in working together or would like to find out more about the project, please do get in touch. <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.thamesestuarypartnership.org/">Thames Estuary Partnership</a> <br> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css"> <p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="mailto:w.bodnar@ucl.ac.uk" class="fa fa-envelope"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ThamesEstPart" class="fa fa-twitter"></a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/thames-estuary-partnership/?viewAsMember=true" class="fa fa-linkedin"></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thamesestuarypartnership/" class="fa fa-instagram"></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thamesestuarypartnership/" class="fa fa-facebook"></a> </p> <br> ###### Slides were prepared using R Studio's R Markdown <br> <style> .inverse h1, .inverse h2, .inverse h3, .inverse h4, .inverse h5, .inverse p { color: #f3f3f3; } .inverse h6 { color: #fff2f4; } a:link { color: #019ed8; } a:visited { color: #019ed8; } .footer { color: #a5704a; position: fixed; top: 96%; left: 0; text-align: center; width: 100%; font-size:50%; } <style>