Caution on the Use of Electrofishing for Paddlefish

Authors

  • Dennis L. Scamecchia Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-1136
  • Phillip A. Stewart Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, P. 0. Box 1630, Miles City, MT 59301
  • L. Fred Ryckman North Dakota Game and Fish Department, P.O. Box 2476, Williston, ND 58801
  • Gene Van Eeckhout North Dakota Game and Fish Department, RR 1 Box 224, Jamestown ND 58401-9680
  • Bobby C. Reed Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 1213 North Lakeshore Drive, Lake Charles, LA 70601
  • L. Kim Graham Missouri Department of Conservation, 1110 S. College Avenue, Columbia, MO 65201

Keywords:

electrofishing, Montana, paddlefish, Polydon spathula

Abstract

Numerous concerns have been expressed in recent years about possible negative effe cts of electrofishing on target species (Snyder 1995). Electrofishing is an important fish sampling method (Reynolds 1996), so concerns about its effects can have
far­ reaching implicatio ns. For threatened and endangered species, or for physiologically fragile fishes, a safe sampling method is necessary to permit the release and subsequent survival of each fish.

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Published

1999-12-31

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1-4 December (1999)

Section

Independent Refereed Articles