No injuries in European sea bass tetanized by pulse stimulation used in electrotrawling

• Published in: North American Journal of Fisheries Management
• Main Authors: Soetaert, Maarten, Verschueren, B., Decostere, Annemie, Saunders, Jimmy, Polet, H, Chiers, Koen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Veterinary Sciences; SPINAL-INJURIES; IMPACT; Dover; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8599461; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8599461; https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10028; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8599461/file/8599463

Electrotrawling using electric pulse stimulation is a promising alternative to beam trawling in the brown shrimp Crangon crangon and Dover Sole Solea solea (also known as Solea vulgaris) fisheries of the North Sea. In the sole fishery, a 40-80-Hz pulse stimulation induces tetany in the muscles, whic...