Re: NANFA-- seine net/dip net techniques

Jeremy Tiemann (jtiemann_at_inhs.uiuc.edu)
Fri, 4 Oct 2002 07:39:31 -0500

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For my MS thesis on Noturus placidus, we kicked seined a small area.
Because N. placidus is fed listed, we could not electroshock. I
think that kick seining is a good technique for many benthic fishes
(darters and madtoms), but you have to do it in a relatively small
area to be effective.

JT

>A couple evenings ago I went fish sampling with Bill Flowers. One of his
>techniques is to use two aquarium nets about 10" wide and place one
>downstream of a rock and use the end of the other net to lift the rock and
>hopefully capture whatever comes out. Obviously done in shallow water with
>plenty of daylight. We caught madtoms he theorizes a seine net normally
>would have missed.
>
>Since I have rarely sampled with others, I figure there are lots of other
>netting techniques I have not figured out myself. I am hoping some of you
>more experienced collectors would share your solo and group netting methods.
>
>Chuck Church
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