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A Lightweight, Portable Fish‐trap for Use in Small Lowland Rivers
Author(s) -
Swales Stephen
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1981.tb00014.x
Subject(s) - trap (plumbing) , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , sampling (signal processing) , range (aeronautics) , fishery , ecology , environmental science , environmental engineering , engineering , filter (signal processing) , electrical engineering , aerospace engineering
The construction and installation of a modified fyke‐net trap, designed for use in small lowland rivers, is described. The trap is inexpensive to construct, lightweight and very portable. Small‐scale trials, with traps installed in the R. Perry, demonstrated their effectiveness in capturing a wide range of size‐classes of coarse fish species. The trap can be a useful tool in sampling and movement studies involving coarse fish species in small lowland rivers.