Artificial reefs used to save fish
Three artificial reef beds are being put into Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria to help preserve fish stocks. The reefs are spikey in construction to make a habitat for some of the thousands of coarse and game fish, like trout, that live in the lake.
New habitat created for fish
Bassenthwaite Lake is getting three artificial reef beds designed to create hiding places where they can breed.
Read the full storySpikey "hedgehog" reef beds provide help to fish at Bassenthwaite