TY - JOUR
T1 - Guidelines for defining the use of electricity in marine electrotrawling
AU - Soetaert, Maarten
AU - Boute, Pim G.
AU - Beaumont, William R.C.
N1 - Funding:
Pim G. Boute is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality via the Impact Assessment Pulsetrawl Fishery project (contract number 1300021172). This research project is partly funded through the Dutch component of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund of the European Union. William R. C. Beaumont's involvement was part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Channel VA Programme.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Electricity can be used to facilitate fish and invertebrate capture in both marine and freshwater environments. In freshwaters, electrofishing is largely used for research or management purposes. In marine environments electrofishing is principally used in the form of electrotrawling for the commercial capture of fishes and benthic invertebrates, in particular common sole (Solea solea L.), brown shrimp (Crangon crangon L.), and razor clams (Ensis spp.). The terminology and definitions used to describe the electrical stimulus characteristics and experimental set-ups have, so far, been diverse and incomplete, hampering constructive discussion and comparison of electrofishing studies. This paper aims to (i) harmonize existing terminology, abbreviations, and symbols, (ii) offer best practice recommendations for publishing results, and (iii) provide a concise and comprehensible reference work for people unfamiliar with this topic. By incorporating common practice in marine electric pulse trawling terminology and related freshwater electrofishing studies, based on existing terms where possible, we provide a framework for future studies. The suggested guideline is recommended by the ICES Working Group on Electrical Trawling as a constructive approach to improved communication standards in electrofishing and electrical pulse stimulation research and publications.
AB - Electricity can be used to facilitate fish and invertebrate capture in both marine and freshwater environments. In freshwaters, electrofishing is largely used for research or management purposes. In marine environments electrofishing is principally used in the form of electrotrawling for the commercial capture of fishes and benthic invertebrates, in particular common sole (Solea solea L.), brown shrimp (Crangon crangon L.), and razor clams (Ensis spp.). The terminology and definitions used to describe the electrical stimulus characteristics and experimental set-ups have, so far, been diverse and incomplete, hampering constructive discussion and comparison of electrofishing studies. This paper aims to (i) harmonize existing terminology, abbreviations, and symbols, (ii) offer best practice recommendations for publishing results, and (iii) provide a concise and comprehensible reference work for people unfamiliar with this topic. By incorporating common practice in marine electric pulse trawling terminology and related freshwater electrofishing studies, based on existing terms where possible, we provide a framework for future studies. The suggested guideline is recommended by the ICES Working Group on Electrical Trawling as a constructive approach to improved communication standards in electrofishing and electrical pulse stimulation research and publications.
KW - electrical pulse parameters
KW - electrofishing
KW - guidelines
KW - ICES
KW - pulse trawling
KW - terminology
KW - WGELECTRA
U2 - 10.1093/icesjms/fsz122
DO - 10.1093/icesjms/fsz122
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082303085
SN - 1054-3139
VL - 76
SP - 1994
EP - 2007
JO - ICES Journal of Marine Science
JF - ICES Journal of Marine Science
IS - 7
ER -