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River managers are challenged to address two key threats to freshwater biodiversity. The first is the effects of habitat fragmentation by instream structures, such as dams and weirs, that disrupt migrations and impact species distributions. The second is the impact of non-native species on native species and ecological processes. However, mitigating anthropogenic habitat fragmentation through the installation of passage facilities can facilitate the invasion and spread of non-native species. This study compared the potential of two existing low-cost fish passage technologies designed for sloping weirs, a cylindrical bristle cluster (CBC) array and horizontally oriented studded tiles, to facilitate upstream movement of native European fish while preventing dispersal of non-native American signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus); thus providing a selective fish passage solution. Crayfish movement and passage was …