SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRICITY 

 IN FISHERY SCIENCE 



Applications of electricity in commercial fishing, in fish-salvage 

 operations, and as a research tool are growing rapidly in importance. 

 Unfortunately, it has been difficult for investigators to review pro- 

 gress and accomplishments in this field since the literature, although 

 fairly extensive, is widely scattered. Furthermore, knowledge of a 

 rather complex array of technical subjects in (among others) the fields 

 of physiology, fishery biology, electronics, and electrical engineering 

 has been required for the development of successful applications. In- 

 vestigators have, therefore, been hampered frequently by a lack of fa- 

 miliarity with the literature outside their immediate field of special- 

 ization. It is the purpose of this publication to present a selected 

 list of technical, semi-popular, and popular reports, both published 

 and unpublished, which may prove useful to those who are attempting to 

 apply electricity to a specific fishery problem. 



• This bibliography includes reports appearing through the calendar 

 year 1953 which are directly or indirectly related to the application 

 of electric current in or to the water for the purpose of influencing 

 or controlling fish movement or for capturing fishes or other aquatic 

 organisms. Similar uses of light and sound are not included. Cover- 

 age of the literature on fundamental researches of the reactions of 

 fishes to electrical stimuli is comprehensive. A selection of refer- 

 ences in the general field of electrophysiology and on the reactions 

 of organisms other than fishes to electrical stimulation is included. 

 Further information on the reactions of plant and animal tissues and 

 of whole organisms (other than fishes) to electrical stimuli may be 

 had by consulting extensive bibliographies presented in the following 

 papers cited in this report: Gerard 19U2; Scheminzky 1923} Scheminzky, 

 Scheminzky, and Bukatsch 19U1; and Wallengren 1903a. 



Coverage of technical and popular accounts of specific applica- 

 tions of electricity in fishery science is likewise comprehensive; both 

 engineering and biological considerations are contained in some of 

 these reports. Further selected reports have been included which may 

 be of aid in instrumentation or which describe useful test instruments. 

 A few papers are cited which discuss the general subject of electro- 

 static fields; others describe the characteristics of electrical fields 

 in fluid media. Articles dealing specifically with the characteristics 

 of electrical fields in natural waters and the modifying effects of 

 varying natural conditions on these fields appears non-existent. Some 

 information may be gleaned, however, from several of the reports cited 

 herein which are concerned primarily with other topics. 



In addition to the reference material previously indicated, a 

 separate list is presented of patents granted by the United States 



