Journal
FISHERIES RESEARCH
Volume 208, Issue -, Pages 286-295Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2018.08.005
Keywords
Atlantic salmon; Electrofishing; Multi-pass removal; Net capture; Mortality
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- Norwegian Environmental Agency
- Norwegia Institute for Nature Research
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We evaluated the effect of the total number of passes used, and the application of block nets, on multi-pass electrofishing removal sampling for estimating juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) abundance and body size distribution. Sites within selected salmon-bearing Norwegian rivers were enclosed by block nets and electrofished for multiple passes (range: 713), and capture probabilities and abundances were estimated using the Carle and Strub removal method. We examined for different body size classes: (1) bias in the estimated capture probability and abundance associated with the number of passes used; (2) the potential for bias to be minimized by the use of block nets; and (3) electrofishing-induced mortality. We found that the capture probability estimate was strongly dependent upon the number of passes used, tending to decline with successive pass, with the effect depending on size class. Thus, estimates made using the traditional three-pass approach would result in underestimates of abundance, and biased estimates of size distribution. Smaller juveniles were both more likely to impinge on the block nets and more likely to experience mortality than larger juveniles. Mortality was greatest when water temperature was high (>18 degrees C). Our findings indicate that quantitative electrofishing for small juveniles may be unreliable, and that electrofishing at high temperatures should be avoided due to potential high mortality.
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