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> Dear List:
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> Has anyone recently constructed an electric seine and had good success in
> using it on small (<60mm) fishes?  I would like to use this method to
> collect fish in densely vegetated wetlands.
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> Any field lessons or practical considerations will be appreciated.
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> Cheers,
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> Mac Kobza
> South Florida Water Management District

Mac,

Contact the Illinois Natural History Survey (I can't recall a name);
people there have been using the electric seine for decades, and have
published several articles on both construction and use. I'm sure they
will be very helpful, once you connect with the right person(s). If you
are working in dense vegetation, the seine may not work very well. In that
case, you may wish to consider the pre-positioned area shocker, a passive
device that electrifies a fixed area after being put in place and
energized from a distance. References for the PPAS can be found at the
on-line journals link on the AFS website (www.fisheries.org, abstract
access is free). --jim

Jim Reynolds, Fellow and
U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer
Institute of Applied Sciences
University of the South Pacific
Suva, Fiji Islands

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