The ACA has been calling on British Waterways and the Environment Agency to make it possible for salmon to pass through the Tees Barrage without impediment for many years. Thousands of fish each year are eaten by seals before they are able to negotiate the fish pass and head to their spawning grounds.

The barrage and associated predation by seals have been acknowledged by all parties as a serious threat to salmon stocks on the Tees for many years now and yet the latest announcement of progress was the launch of a three year study into the passage of fish through the barrage. The ACA is outraged that more urgency is not being displayed with this very serious issue.

Please sign our petition now to urge Fisheries Minister Jonathan Shaw to force the EA and BW to deliver a workable solution that enables fish to pass through the barrage without hindrance.

If you would like to write an individual letter to the Fisheries Minister, that would also be very helpful. His address is:

Jonathan Shaw MP
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR

"We the undersigned call on the Government and its agencies to provide a way for salmon to pass through the Tees Barrage without hindrance or predation by seals in the vicinity of the Barrage.”