Dr. Alan Temple using a modified aquarium to demonstrating the effects of different voltage gradients on fish.

2014 Annual Meeting Workshop
Increasing Fish Capture Efficiency and Sampling Precision of Electrofishing
Instructor: Dr. Alan Temple, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
When: February 3, 2014
Details: The purpose of this workshop was to introduce several components within a suggested framework for increasing electrofishing capture efficiency and precision.  Instruction included live demonstrations and use of Excel-based models by participants.  Topics included: electric waveform attributes (e.g., peak voltage, duty cycle), features of waveforms important for capture, electric field elements and mapping techniques, experimental approaches to determine effective waveforms, electrode design, development and use of power goal tables, electric field standardization, and determination of equipment operating range across water conductivity.  We were treated to a variety of live demonstrations and a good time was had by all.

2013 Annual Meeting Workshops – Workshops associated with the 2013 OH/WV AFS annual meeting included:
1) Building Harmful Algal Bloom Knowledge
2) Ichthyoplankton Identification Technique
3) Acoustic Methods in Fisheries Management

2011 – Popular Writing for Natural Resource Professionals

Past Workshops

-Mussel Identification