Name: Tervaete Fish Spawning Area
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3. Trench of Death – Grote Markt Diksmuide loop from Diksmuide

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DirkWi

March 21, 2025

When in 2004, when the concrete bridge over the IJzer near Tervaete (Keiem) was demolished, an area of 1.1 hectares of the southern slope became available, these grounds were developed by the Agency for Nature and Forests as a fish spawning ground, a “fish mother house” so to speak. Fish could lay their eggs in this current-free inlet via a small passage through the IJzer dike. The banks were given a whimsical shape, an island was created in the middle and different depths were created, ideal as a breeding ground for fish. But after 2 years, the succession of this hidden natural pearl stopped. The area was neglected and the flora diversity visibly decreased. In 2017, the place was revived. The Waterweg (formerly Waterwegen en Zeekanaal), the Diksmuide city council, the Regional Landscape IJzer en Polder (RLIJP) and Natuurpunt IJzervallei joined forces and an agreement was concluded to optimally manage this fish spawning ground again.

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Sonia

October 20, 2024

Information panel is no longer readable, too bad!

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Eddie D

May 4, 2025

Indeed, DirkWi, your information is correct. As a volunteer at Natuurpunt IJzervallei, I am the "conservator" of this area. We mow the path, have built a staircase, a Kingfisher wall and a bee hotel. The city of Diksmuide mows a quarter of the area annually. The Regional Landscape has drawn up the management plan and the Waterweg, as the owner, has given us "verbal" permission to manage this area. And yes, Sonia, the information panel should be renewed, but I can't get any money out of it for the time being.

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Tervaete Fish Spawning Area

1. Viconia Clay Pits – Trench of Death loop from Diksmuide

2. Grote Markt Diksmuide – Vladslo German War Cemetery loop from Bovekerke

3. Trench of Death – Grote Markt Diksmuide loop from Diksmuide

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