Fish Doorbell

Rosie_Scope

No, I haven't lost the plot (yet). Has anyone else heard of this fish doorbell? 

The basic story is that there's a boat lock in Utrecht in the Netherlands that is shut in Spring. The fish in the water like to swim about at this time to find mates and lay their eggs, but they can't get through unless the lock is opened. They've also found that if they wait for someone to manually open the lock for the fishy visitors once a day, predators will hang about and pick off all the fish before they're let through.

So the solution was to live stream the lock and have anyone watching on the internet press the doorbell if they see any fish. If you press the fish doorbell it takes a picture and alerts the person controlling the lock. If they see enough fish there and get enough alerts they open it up to let them go about their fishy business.

The fish doorbell (visdeurbel.nl)

I have to say I am yet to see a fish, but I'm keeping my eyes peeled. Fin-tastic stuff

What do you think? Have you heard of this before?

Ada

No never. But how fabulous. I have to look x

Sandy_123

Lol @Rosie_Scope I thought you bought a door bell 8n the shape of a fish 

Rosie_Scope

I might still do that @Sandy_123, I'm feeling very enthusiastic about fish today

Sandy_123

It's a good idea tho for the fish and a good play on words 

JessieJ

Cheers for putting that up, @Rosie_Scope, what a great idea!

Had a friend, sadly departed, that designed a camera feeding system for salmon fish farms. Not everybody could access them though, although, I s'pose the salmon would have been a lot bigger if the had. 

Albus_Scope

Two of my favorite sites are Fish Doorbell and Fat bear (you watch a hibernating bear basically).  I'm glad to help the lil fishies.  

Rosie_Scope

@JessieJ Sounds great! Those would be some very well fed salmon if your friend had made it public!

There are quite a few live streams of animals and birds around at the moment, maybe I'll make a list at some point

Biblioklept

Sandy_123 said:

Lol @Rosie_Scope I thought you bought a door bell 8n the shape of a fish 

hahaha I had the exact same thought!!!

Ada

Albus_Scope said:

Two of my favorite sites are Fish Doorbell and Fat bear (you watch a hibernating bear basically).  I'm glad to help the lil fishies.  

Have you got a link for the bear. Please @Albus_Scope

Ada

@Rosie_Scope I would love you making a list and links please xx

Albus_Scope

Ada said:

Have you got a link for the bear. Please @Albus_Scope

Of course!

The one I use is here but as the bears are all out of hibernation, you may not see much.  But it does link to their youtube channel, so you can watch the highlights. Or check on the eagles nest cams and other cool things.

Ada

Fabulous thank you @Albus_Scope

JessieJ

I go on the Explore website, @Albus_Scope, really like the orca cams.

https://explore.org/livecams/orcas/orcalab-base

Albus_Scope

They're fascinating to watch aren't they @JessieJ ?  I'm hoping to see more of the babies during the summer.

JessieJ

Albus_Scope said:

They're fascinating to watch aren't they @JessieJ ?  I'm hoping to see more of the babies during the summer.

They are, @Albus_Scope, I love it when they clean along the shallow 'beach' & the pods swimming through. Also, seeing the humpbacks glide through too, a sight I would love to witness in the flesh.

Jimm_Scope

There is a lot of interesting engineering done to help fish co-exist with the way we use waterways. In the past we wouldn't think about fish when we built dams, and that was to their and our detriment.

If anyone is interested in learning a little about what goes into ensuring fish can traverse a dam I found this youtube video very eye opening!