2. Obstacles to Fish Migration
Classification
• Water Framework Directive
• Requires rivers’ and lochs’ morphological
continuity to be assessed
• Classification undertaken since 2008
26. Information Systems classification
WB
Map
WB
Map
WB Map
CCS
(Central Classification System)
Phytoplankton Tool
(Phytoplankton)
DALES
(Phytobenthos)
LEAFPACS
(Macrophytes)
WFD60
(Benthic
Invertebrate
Fauna)
CPET
(Chironomid
pupae Exuviae)
NS SHARE
(Benthic Invertebrate Fauna)
HIFI
(Fish Fauna)
DARES
(Phytobenthos)
LEAFPACS
(Macrophytes)
RIVPACS (Revised)
(Benthic Invertebrate Fauna)
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
(Benthic
Invertebrate
Fauna not until
2009)
FAME
(Fish Fauna)
HIFI
(Fish Fauna)
RIVERS
GROUNDWATER
QUANTITATIVE
GROUNDWATER
CHEMICAL
(QUALITATIVE)
MImAS
(MORPHOLOGY
Type and
Pressure)
CANAL
Composition and
Abundance
Bloom
Characteristics
Phytoplankton
Biomass
Composition/
Abundance
Accelerated
Growth
Undesirable
Disturbance
Bacterial
Tufts
Composition and
Abundance
Composition/
Abundance
Disturbance
Ratio
Diversity Profundal
Inverts
Acidification Chironomid pupal
Exuviae
NS SHARE
(Fish Fauna)
Species
Composition
Abundance
Disturbance
Sens. species Age
structure
Species
Composition
Composition /
Abundance
Accelerated
Growth
Undesirable
Disturbance
Bacterial
Tufts
Composition/
Abundance
Composition/
Abundance
Disturbance
ratio
sensitive /
insensitive taxa
Diversity
??????
Composition /
Abundance
Type specific
disturbance
sensitive
species
Age
structure
of fish
Species
Composition
WATER
CHEMISTRY
EQS for
priority substances
Chemistry
Analysis
Priority Substances
HYDROLOGY
(WFD48 Bands)
LF2K
CLAS Licensed
Abstraction
Nitrate/phosphate
data (WQ50)
Groundwater
group recharge data
Groundwater group
reference data
LF2K
Pressures
Types
Macrophytes
WISE
GIS
Lake Biological Status
High
Good
Moderate
Poor
Bad
GW Quantitative
Status
Good
Poor
River Biological Status
High
Good
Moderate
Poor
Bad
SW Chemical Status
Good
Failing to Achieve Good
Manual
Intervention
Chemistry Surface Waterbody Status
High, Good, Moderate, Poor, Bad
GW Chemical
Status
Good
Poor
Hydro-
Morphological
Status
High
Good
Moderate
Poor
Bad
Overide Options
on Classification
Phytoplankton
Marine Plant
Toolkit
(Macroalgae,
Angiosperms
Saltmarsh
Benthic
Invertebrate
Fauna
Fish fauna
(Estuaries Only
Hydromorphological
MARINE (Coast
and Estuarine)
Marine
Biological Status
High
Good
Moderate
Poor
Bad
Composition and
Abundance
Bloom
Characteristics
Phytoplankton
Biomass
Composition and
Abundance
Species Richness
Composition /
Abundance
Type specific
disturbance
sensitive
species
Age
structure
of fish
Composition /
Abundance
Ration insensitive
/sensitive taxa
Diversity
Morphological
Conditions
Tidal
Regime
LHS Data
Heavily
Modified
Water Body
LAKES
OUTPUTS
‘Expert’
Interpretation
Phase
(Expected but
loosely defined
at present)
Ecology Physico-chem EQS
Canal
Type
latitude
Fish, diatoms,
phytoplankton
Canal Ecological
Status
High
Good
Moderate
Poor
Bad
Canals
GROUNDWATER
WFD66 Wetlands
WFD66 EQS
Ground Waterbody Chemical Status
Good,Poor
WB
Map
WB
Map
WB Map (Monitoring Point/WB Conversion)
WB
Map
WB
Map
Ground Waterbody Quantative Status
Good, Poor
Hydrology Data
Ecology Surface Waterbody Status
High, Good, Moderate, Poor, Bad
Overall Surface Waterbody Status
High, Good, Moderate, Poor, Bad
Ecology Physico-
chemical EQS
Ecological Physico-
Chemical
Status
High, Good, Moderate,
Poor,Bad
WB
Map
Common to
all Surface Water
Media
WB
Map
WB
Map
WB Map
CCS
(Central Classification System)
Phytoplankton Tool
(Phytoplankton)
DALES
(Phytobenthos)
LEAFPACS
(Macrophytes)
WFD60
(Benthic
Invertebrate
Fauna)
CPET
(Chironomid
pupae Exuviae)
NS SHARE
(Benthic Invertebrate Fauna)
HIFI
(Fish Fauna)
DARES
(Phytobenthos)
LEAFPACS
(Macrophytes)
RIVPACS (Revised)
(Benthic Invertebrate Fauna)
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
(Benthic
Invertebrate
Fauna not until
2009)
FAME
(Fish Fauna)
HIFI
(Fish Fauna)
RIVERS
GROUNDWATER
QUANTITATIVE
GROUNDWATER
CHEMICAL
(QUALITATIVE)
MImAS
(MORPHOLOGY
Type and
Pressure)
CANAL
Composition and
Abundance
Bloom
Characteristics
Phytoplankton
Biomass
Composition/
Abundance
Accelerated
Growth
Undesirable
Disturbance
Bacterial
Tufts
Composition and
Abundance
Composition/
Abundance
Disturbance
Ratio
Diversity Profundal
Inverts
Acidification Chironomid pupal
Exuviae
NS SHARE
(Fish Fauna)
Species
Composition
Abundance
Disturbance
Sens. species Age
structure
Species
Composition
Composition /
Abundance
Accelerated
Growth
Undesirable
Disturbance
Bacterial
Tufts
Composition/
Abundance
Composition/
Abundance
Disturbance
ratio
sensitive /
insensitive taxa
Diversity
??????
Composition /
Abundance
Type specific
disturbance
sensitive
species
Age
structure
of fish
Species
Composition
WATER
CHEMISTRY
EQS for
priority substances
Chemistry
Analysis
Priority Substances
HYDROLOGY
(WFD48 Bands)
LF2K
CLAS Licensed
Abstraction
Nitrate/phosphate
data (WQ50)
Groundwater
group recharge data
Groundwater group
reference data
LF2K
Pressures
Types
Macrophytes
WISE
GIS
Lake Biological Status
High
Good
Moderate
Poor
Bad
GW Quantitative
Status
Good
Poor
River Biological Status
High
Good
Moderate
Poor
Bad
SW Chemical Status
Good
Failing to Achieve Good
Manual
Intervention
Chemistry Surface Waterbody Status
High, Good, Moderate, Poor, Bad
GW Chemical
Status
Good
Poor
Hydro-
Morphological
Status
High
Good
Moderate
Poor
Bad
Overide Options
on Classification
Phytoplankton
Marine Plant
Toolkit
(Macroalgae,
Angiosperms
Saltmarsh
Benthic
Invertebrate
Fauna
Fish fauna
(Estuaries Only
Hydromorphological
MARINE (Coast
and Estuarine)
Marine
Biological Status
High
Good
Moderate
Poor
Bad
Composition and
Abundance
Bloom
Characteristics
Phytoplankton
Biomass
Composition and
Abundance
Species Richness
Composition /
Abundance
Type specific
disturbance
sensitive
species
Age
structure
of fish
Composition /
Abundance
Ration insensitive
/sensitive taxa
Diversity
Morphological
Conditions
Tidal
Regime
LHS Data
Heavily
Modified
Water Body
LAKES
OUTPUTS
‘Expert’
Interpretation
Phase
(Expected but
loosely defined
at present)
Ecology Physico-chem EQS
Canal
Type
latitude
Fish, diatoms,
phytoplankton
Canal Ecological
Status
High
Good
Moderate
Poor
Bad
Canals
GROUNDWATER
WFD66 Wetlands
WFD66 EQS
Ground Waterbody Chemical Status
Good,Poor
WB
Map
WB
Map
WB Map (Monitoring Point/WB Conversion)
WB
Map
WB
Map
Ground Waterbody Quantative Status
Good, Poor
Hydrology Data
Ecology Surface Waterbody Status
High, Good, Moderate, Poor, Bad
Overall Surface Waterbody Status
High, Good, Moderate, Poor, Bad
Ecology Physico-
chemical EQS
Ecological Physico-
Chemical
Status
High, Good, Moderate,
Poor,Bad
WB
Map
Common to
all Surface Water
Media
27. H
G
M
P
B
H
G
M
P
B
H
G
M
P
B
H
G
M
P
B
H
G
M
P
B
H
G
M
P
B
Biological quality elements
General chemical & physicochemical
quality elements
Specific pollutants
Priority substances & other EU-level
dangerous substances
F
G
F
G
F
G
F
G
F
G
F
G
F
G
Ecological Status
Chemical Status
Surface Water
Status
Lowest classed
substance
Lowest classed
element
Lowest classed
element
F
G GH
M
Lowest of chemical
& ecological status
H
G
M
P
B
H
G
M
P
B
H
G
M
P
B
H
G
M
P
B
Hydromorphological quality elements
H
G
M
P
B
H
G
M
P
B
H
G
M
P
B
H
G
M
P
B
F
G
F
G
F
G
F
G
F
G
F
G
F
G GH
M
H
G
M
Lowest classed
element
30. Buddendorf et. al. (in press)
Tab 3: Top 20 impassable barriers
Catchment FB ID Type Comment
River Almond 20213 weir Part of the Almond project- work on the ground should be carried out in 2019/2020
River Shin 2727 dam Hydro- started- 2021 obj- at engagement phase
River Dee 20 dam Hydro- 2027 Obj- not started
River Spey 2732 dam Hydro- 2027 Obj- not started
River Tay 3602 dam Hydro- LSO investigation
River Clyde 155 weir Part of the South Calder project- historic barrier ( strange that the barrier on the Loch downstream was not included) -
2021 obj but at risk of not meeting obj as engagement and planning taking longer than expected
River Esk 21235 weir Part of the River Esk project.
River Dee 20555 dam Hydro- 2027 Obj- not started
River Dee 7 dam Hydro – GEP investigation
River Almond 20217 weir Part of the Almond project, should be fixed at the end of this financial year. 2021 obj
River Leven 3322 dam Part of the Leven Project- 2021 obj but at risk of not meeting obj as engagement and planning taking longer than expected
River Esk 159 weir Part of the river Esk project -2021 obj but at risk of not meeting obj as engagement and planning taking longer than
expected
Lugton Water 130 weir WEF project- 2021 obj, fish pass installed & another pass on ID 1578.
River Esk 3337 weir Part of the river Esk project -2021 obj but at risk of not meeting obj as engagement and planning taking longer than
expected
River Esk 3278 weir Part of the river Esk project -2021 obj but at risk of not meeting obj as engagement and planning taking longer than
expected
River Ness 426 dam Hydro- GEP investigation
Biel Water 164 weir Aquaculture 2021 objective- doing licence review at the moment
Water of Leith 20297 weir Part of Water of Leith project- 2027 obj- at scoping stage
Motray Water 3428 weir 2021 obj- historic in the plan but then found it is an active barrier. The owner now would like to discuss surrender its
licence. So not a clear delivery mechanism.
River Clyde 20526 culvert Part of the North Calder project- type unknown ( we don’t know if it is passable or not) so not impacting on classification
so not a pressure. Investigation done as part of the North Calder project.