9444

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9444
• Author: Hawkins, J. A.
• Title: X-ray Assessment of Electrofishing Injury of Colorado Pikeminnow.
• USFW Year: 2002.
• USFW - Doc Type: Recovery Program Project 64,
• Copyright Material: NO

RECOMMENDATIONS

· Require electrofishing certification for crews working within the Upper Colorado
River Basin.
· Provide regular, formal training to crews for safe and effective electrofishing
techniques to reduce potential injuries to fish.
· Establish a protocol to check electrofishing equipment for proper operation,
polarity, and output.
· Establish and improve fish handling protocols to minimize handling stress and
train crews in fish-resuscitation techniques.
· Researchers should document and photograph external injuries in Colorado
pikeminnow.
· Use hatchery-reared fish for controlled studies to determine the rate of
background environmental abnormalities in vertebrae of unshocked Colorado
pikeminnow and for studies that examine radiographs of individual fish before
and after electrofishing.

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