Dear Fish-Ecology
I have a variation on the issues discussed regrading electrofishing. This is used as a fishing practice in Vietnam, Lao PDR and Cambodia, and though it is banned it is very common as it is difficult to enfors such a ban.
What I would like to know is if there has been any studies done on the 'side-effects' of electrofishing. In otherwords, what are the long term effect on big/small fish and fry? What is the damage to fish not killed/stunned and caught? The objective of this is to be able to identify when and where electrofishing is most damaging and device management strategies to be able to control the most destructive use of electrofishing.
Regards -- Hans Guttman AIT Aqua Outreach Asian Institute of Technology P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand Phone: (+66-2) 524-5215 Fax: (+66-2) 524-6200 e-mail: [log in to unmask] WWW: http://www.agri-aqua.ait.ac.th/
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