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The Fish Pass
Sarah Burt · 1 work in this exhibition
- MediumDrypoint on Tetra-pack
- Image size24 x 24 cm - framed 40 x 40 cm
- Edition2 of 5
- Year2025
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About the artwork
The Fish Pass documents the fish and eel passes restored by Buckfast Abbey and the Environment Agency to improve the salmon and eel numbers on the river Dart. Both species are just a small part of the ecosystem but numbers have dropped significantly over recent years which has a wider impact on the river. The work looks at the relationship between ownership of stretches of the Dart and how organisations such as Buckfast Abbey as custodians take a responsibility for protecting and nurturing an incredibly important natural asset. They use the river to run a number of environmental initiatives across the Abbey site and regard themselves as stewards of that stretch of the river Dart.