Protocol Details for Monitoring Aquatic Nuisance Species

Protocol Details for Monitoring Aquatic Nuisance Species Protocol Details for Monitoring Aquatic Nuisance Species

Fish - Round Goby

Multiple - benthic

Qualitative:

Quantitative:

Yes

Rapid Assessment:

Specs:

Distance:

Frequency:

Gear:

electroshock boat

Method:

Although the 4.9 m trawl is the primary gear used in this sampling programme, alternative gears such as this one are sometimes used when the large trawl is unfeasible.

Boat boom electrofishing with 360 to 580 V pulsed DC at 8 amps is an alternative gear used in shallow water of un-even bottoms where trawling is unfeasible. Effort is recorded in minutes electrofished and would consist of 30 minutes effort per sampling location

Comments:

Reference 1

author	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alpena FRO
Date	2004
Title	Lake Huron Invasive Species Surveillance and Nearshore Fish Community Monitoring Protocol
pages	5 pp.

Reference 2

author	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alpena FRO
Date	2004
Title	Round Goby
URL	http://midwest.fws.gov/alpena/roundgoby.htm

Reference 3