Funded by the Welsh Government’s Inland Fisheries Habitat Improvement Fund, the Trust has recently installed the UK’s first floating fish-ramp on a barrier situated on the Nant Glandulas, a tributary of the River Rhymney. The ramp, imported from New Zealand, has been installed to help migratory fish ascend (and descend) over the perched lip of a 70 meter long culvert beneath the A48(M) on the eastern edge of Cardiff.

Wedi’i ariannu gan Gronfa Gwella Cynefinoedd Pysgodfeydd Mewndirol Llywodraeth Cymru, mae’r Ymddiriedolaeth wedi gosod ramp pysgod arnofiol cyntaf y DU yn ddiweddar ar rwystr ar Nant Glandulas, un o lednentydd Afon Rhymni. Mae’r ramp, a fewnforiwyd o Seland Newydd, wedi’i gosod i helpu pysgod mudol i esgyn a disgyn dros wefus cwlfer 70 metr o hyd o dan yr A48(M) ar ymyl ddwyreiniol Caerdydd.

In addition, 28 flexi-baffles have been fixed by our contractors (Glantawe Landscaping) into the culvert reducing the flow speeds by over 75%, enabling fish, such as salmon, sea trout, lamprey and European eel, to once again enter the Glandulas and head upstream to their spawning grounds.

Yn ogystal, mae ein contractwyr (Glantawe Landscaping) wedi gosod 28 o affafflau hyblyg i’r cwlfert gan leihau’r cyflymder llif dros 75%, gan alluogi pysgod, fel eog, brithyll y môr, lamprei a llyswennod Ewropeaidd, i fynd i mewn i’r Glandulas unwaith eto a mynd i fyny’r afon i’w tiroedd silio.

The baffles, designed and positioned to slow the flow in the culvert, provide resting areas and increase water depth, are the first produced in the UK by Corilla Plastics, based in Pontycymer, Bridgend.

Y baffles, sydd wedi’u cynllunio a’u lleoli i arafu’r llif yn y cwlfert, darparu mannau gorffwys a chynyddu dyfnder y dŵr, yw’r cyntaf a gynhyrchir yn y DU gan Corilla Plastics, sydd wedi’i leoli ym Mhontycymer, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr.