Hirst Weir Ltd, a company limited by guarantee and with charitable aims, has been created by members Bradford Amateur Rowing Club to maintain the weir in order to support rowing and other recreational uses of the upstream stretch. Bradford Amateur Rowing Club has been rowing from Hirst Weir for nearly 150 years and the stretch is also used by Bradford Grammar School, the University of Bradford Rowing Club and the Bradford & Bingley Canoe Club.Working in partnership with the Environmental Agency, ARUP, the consulting engineers and Bradford Amateur Rowing Club, Hirst Weir Ltd is now seeking to raise funds to repair the weir and introduce a fish pass which could see the reintroduction of salmon, sea trout and eels into the upper reaches of River Aire.