publish time

01/08/2019

author name Arab Times

publish time

01/08/2019

author name Arab Times
Video footage of a fishing boat owned by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources shocked in more ways than one when hoards of Asian carp jumped out of the water, only to be stunned into stillness by the boat’s electrofishing lures.

Biologists in the state of Kentucky, USA have started using a shocking technique to deal with their Asian carp invasion.

The test was conducted at the Barkley Dam along the Cumberland river in Kentucky.The fish then float to the surface, allowing the biologists to collect them for counting and measuring. The shock doesn’t hurt the animals — it simply renders them motionless just long enough to be captured.