Fisheries
Tomorrow’s Forests offers a comprehensive range of services for fisheries to assist with more sustainable management of freshwater ecosystems. From water body creation to management and monitoring, we can help ensure that your fisheries are maintained in the best and most productive condition possible.
Lake Creation:
Our experience and expertise can help take your lake project from initial ideas to a thriving ecosystem. We provide a holistic service and can offer support at every stage from design and planning through to stocking and ongoing maintenance.
Silt Clearance:
Regulating silt levels in bodies of freshwater is critical to maintaining the health and productivity of the ecosystem. We offer silt assessment and clearance services, and our experience in working with fragile habitats ensures we understand how to adapt our techniques to the requirements of the project.
Species Analysis:
By harnessing the power of environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques, we can offer a service to assess the diversity and comparative quantities of species within your lake without using labour-intensive traditional surveying. This powerful technique is able to detect species and relative abundance from a water sample, allowing you to assess stocking densities, identify wildlife visiting the lake, and examine natural food resources, quickly and easily with minimal disruption to the fish.
Fish Netting:
Netting provides a reliable and thorough way of assessing the health and diversity of your fish stocks, and for population management. Our team provides netting services for monitoring or management across the UK.
Aquatic Vegetation:
Aquatic vegetation is essential for maintaining the health of freshwater ecosystems. We offer a full range of aquatic planting, including oxygenating plants in the water, and reeds and aquatic marginal plants for filtration and wildlife habitat. We also offer management services for aquatic and riparian vegetation to ensure that they contribute to the health of your ecosystem.
Customised Management Plans:
All aquatic habitats need ongoing maintenance to enable them to stay in optimal condition. We can offer consultancy services to help you draw up a customised management plan and integrate monitoring and reporting to make overseeing your fisheries simple and effective.