Fish doorbell

[Darius_Jedburgh]

He should be a dab hand here.

 

[Speicher]

Every spring, fish swim right through Utrecht, looking for a place to spawn and reproduce. Some swim all the way to Germany. There is a problem, however: they often have to wait a long time at the Weerdsluis lock on the west side of the inner city, as the lock rarely opens in spring. We have come up with a solution: the fish doorbell! An underwater camera has been set up at the lock, and the live feed is streamed to the homepage. If you see a fish, press the digital fish doorbell. The lock operator is sent a signal and can open the lock if there are enough fish. Now you can help fish make it through the canals of Utrecht.

Live cam (and doorbell) available here (but it can stutters a bit owing to the heavy usage).

Thank you for the link to their offishal website.

 

[Milkfloat]

If the idea is to get people interested then great, however if they want it to work, then surely adding image recognition would make it a lot easier and more effective.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Sorry, @Hill Wimp, but I think this thread has turned into @Fab Foodie's natural home.

Dam, hope I’m not too late? I’ll trawl through the posts to make sure no fish puns have slipped the net...

 

[Tribansman]

The wonders of the net. Sounds a bit like a version of the EU's Ewrassemus scheme, brill! Apparently, as a late extenchion to the project suggested by famous local Buddhist Brother Jan - now wittily nicknamed Monk Fish - you can also ring the bell if you see bass.

The whole idea was resisted by vocal critic Jean Claude Van Damme - the mussels from Brussels - as one big misthake, but he's always been a bit shellfish.

 

[classic33]

Dam, hope I’m not too late? I’ll trawl through the posts to make sure no fish puns have slipped the net...

You can twist and trout all you want, but I think you"ll find it's a fishcious rumor.

 

[Tribansman]

You can twist and trout all you want, but I think you"ll find it's a fishcious rumor.

And carp on, say it's a load of pollocks, appeal to Nicola Sturgeon, or get as crabby as you like - we're not going to take you seariously.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Wouldn't it be better if the fish could ring the bell themselves using their fish fingers?

 

[wheresthetorch]

All these fish puns are giving me a haddock.

 

[MartinQ]

All these fish puns are giving me a haddock.

Clam up and stop carping on.

 

[MartinQ]

Dam, hope I’m not too late? I’ll trawl through the posts to make sure no fish puns have slipped the net...

(s)Ling your hook, we're Squids in since we left the EU fishing Pollacky

 

[stephec]

What happens if there's only one fish waiting, but 100000 people all see it at the same time and press their buttons?

😂😂😂

 

[PeteXXX]

Everyone's angling for the next joke..

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Everyone's angling for the next joke..

Let me mullet over.

 

[T4tomo]

I'm going to perch by the lock to watch..