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U.S. Electrofishing Course Schedule
NWETC is pleased to announce 2009’s schedule of backpack & boat
electrofishing workshops, taught by Dr. Jim Reynolds, professor
emeritus at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Both the boat and backpack versions are three-day courses, with most
of the middle day devoted to getting hands-on experience in the field.
These will be the public course dates for this year:
BACKPACK electrofishing, [...]
Popularity: 87% [?]
12Mar2009 | 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.
Popularity: 52% [?]
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.
Popularity: 70% [?]
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.
Popularity: 78% [?]
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.
Popularity: 74% [?]
5Dec2008 | Tom Rayner | 2 comments | Continued
Electrofishing hardware manufacturers
A list of electrofishing hardware manufacturers and their websites.
Popularity: 92% [?]
11Nov2008 | Tom Rayner | 1 comment | Continued
Community grows, hits double
www.electrofishing.net has steadily increased in popularity since November 2007, when the site was registered – over 9,000 hits were recorded last month.
The number of registered users has increased too and some interesting discussions have been underway on our email group.
If you have an idea for an article, pictures of your latest fieldtrip or new experiments [...]
Popularity: 40% [?]
27Oct2008 | Tom Rayner | Comments Off | Continued
Backpack Electrofishing workshop with Jim Reynolds, Seattle, September 16-18
The Northwest Environmental Training Center will be hosting a 3-day Backpack Electrofishing workshop at our South Seattle headquarters from September 16th-18th inclusive. The workshop will be taught by Dr. Jim Reynolds, professor emeritus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and is intended to meet the NMFS training requirements for field staff. The workshop [...]
Popularity: 44% [?]
16Sep2008 | Tom Rayner | Comments Off | Continued
Electrofishing Email List
“Electrofishing” is an international e-mail forum for the discussion of ideas and events pertaining to the practice and theory of electrofishing.
Click here to subscribe to the list. It’s FREE!
Popularity: 32% [?]
27Aug2008 | Tom Rayner | Comments Off | Continued
Teaching Module: Fishing with Power v1.3
This Excel application was developed by Dr Alan Temple, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. It runs various macros associated with power transfer theory and its practical applications.
Download Electrofishing with Power v1.3
Popularity: 19% [?]
27Aug2008 | Alan Temple | Comments Off | Continued