Quoich Power Station, Salmon Catch
Fish Trap (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Quoich Power Station, Salmon Catch
Classification Fish Trap (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Great Glen Hydroelectric Power Scheme
Canmore ID 312932
Site Number NH10SW 3.01
NGR NH 10910 01040
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/312932
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmonivaig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Publication Account (1988)
To ensure preservation of the salmon: because Quoich Dam raised Loch Quoich by 100 feet, it drowned spawning reaches of the salmon. A fish stopper and trap were built downstream (NH10SW 3.01) to stop the fish from going beyond Loch Garry. The fish were were kept in traps, their spawn removed and sent to the Hydro hatchery at Invergarry. Thus fish trap was built before impounding began to allow the smolts from the upper waters to pass before the dam was closed.
PL Payne, 1988
Note (20 September 2011)
This concrete fish catcher (trap) measures approximately 345 feet in length (approx. 105.0 m) is part of the Great Glen: GArry/Moriston hydro cheme infrastructure (1949-1962). This was part of the Hydro Board's attempts at fish conservation. The fertilised ova were removed from fish trapped here and sent to a hatchery operated by the Hydro Board at Invergarry. Holding tanks for fish are centred around NH10970 01098.
PL Payne, 1988, 150
Information from RCAHMS (MMD), 20 September 2011.
