Standardized Electrofishing Sampling or “Where do I set the dials?”

Often electrofishing sampling is unsatisfactory (low effectiveness, high variance) due to reasons that include equipment limitations, insufficient understanding of gear operation and capability, inadequate electrode design, and a lack of guidance regarding proper settings given prevailing water conditions and target species. In this webinar, we will discuss the last issue, the development and use of electrical output goal tables. Supporting topics will include introduction to a community of practice website and characteristics/fish catching attributes of electrical waveforms. A question and answer session will entertain discussion on covered topics as well as other electrofishing concerns.
Topics:
1. Welcome and introduction to “electrofishing.net”
2. Characteristics and fish-catching attributes of electrical waveforms used for electrofishing
3. Standardized electrofishing by output goal tables