Archive for Tom Rayner
Dr Tom Rayner is a Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales. His research focuses on the responses of freshwater fish to environmental flows in arid-zone wetlands. This includes the investigation of hydrological connectivity and fish movements. He has a background in small tropical rivers, flood pulse dynamics, feeding ecology and pest management.
USFWS online training courses
Free online training courses from the US Fish & Wildlife Service.
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24Nov2010 | Tom Rayner | Comments Off | Continued
Electrofishing in the Australian news
Researchers from DSE Victoria have hit Australia’s mainstream media, appearing online at the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne’s Age, owned by the Fairfax media empire, fishing the Murray River with their Smith Root boat.
Click here to view the video.
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Popularity: 74% [?]
1Jun2010 | Tom Rayner | Comments Off | Continued
Lord Faraday, fool for a lifetime
Lord Faraday presents a big step forward in small boat design for Australian river and wetland electrofishing operations. So many great features have been packed on board, while still providing ample space for other gear and a 2- or 3-person crew. Once adjustments to the trailer are complete, I think one would be hard-pressed to find a slicker unit on Australia’s waterways (mind you, I’m slightly biased).
Popularity: 80% [?]
6May2010 | Tom Rayner | Comments Off | Continued
Electrofishing videos
Catching Sea Trout using a barge mounted system. Personally, I wouldn’t be comfortable with the number of people in the water at once or the lack of insulating gloves.
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Popularity: 92% [?]
27Sep2009 | Tom Rayner | Comments Off | Continued
Electrofishing with Power v1.41
The latest version of Electrofishing with Power begins to answer the question that all electrofishing users should be asking, ‘Can my equipment actually catch the fish that are here?’.
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27Sep2009 | Tom Rayner | Comments Off | Continued
MICROFISH – electrofishing removal data
This software package, available through the American Fisheries Society, was developed by John Van Deventer, USDA Forest Service in the late 1980s. It is used for generating population estimates from removal data based on maximum-likelihood estimation theory. It costs $10 and can be ordered here.
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29Jan2009 | Tom Rayner | Comments Off | Continued
Electrofishing and fish health
“Electrofishing is a valuable tool for fishery management and research, but when resultant injuries to fish are a problem and cannot be adequately reduced, we must abandon or severely limit its use and seek less harmful alternatives. This is our ethical responsibility to the fish, the populace we serve, and ourselves.” – Darrel Snyder.
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28Jan2009 | Tom Rayner | Comments Off | Continued
UNSW to build new electrofishing boat
The Waterbirds, Wetlands & Rivers Research Lab, in conjunction with the Fisheries & Marine Environmental Research Facility (FAMER), at the University of New South Wales, has received funding to build a new electrofishing boat.
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19Jan2009 | Tom Rayner | Comments Off | Continued
FRV PoleVolt: a heavy little workhorse
A review of PoleVolt, a 2.5GPP punt used by NSW Department of Primary Industries – Fisheries.
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5Dec2008 | Tom Rayner | 2 comments | Continued
Electrofishing hardware manufacturers
A list of electrofishing hardware manufacturers and their websites.
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11Nov2008 | Tom Rayner | 1 comment | Continued