Fisheries biologists regularly count trout or Arctic grayling in Montana’s streams by introducing an electrical field to stun and capture the fish. When trout encounter the electrical field their ...
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Delivering a minor electric shock into a stream to reveal any fish lurking nearby may be the gold standard for detecting fish populations, but it’s not much fun for the trout.
Each summer our local conservation police officers (CPOs) receive calls from the public about issues they observe on the river. One call they receive often is about people out electrofishing.
Delivering a minor electric shock into a stream to reveal any fish lurking nearby may be the gold standard for detecting fish populations, but it's not much fun for the trout. Scientists have found ...