Pulse fishing is a
fisheries management technique for preventing
fish stock Fish stock or stock fish may also refer to:
*Fish stocks are subpopulations of a particular species of fish.
* Fish stock (food), liquid made by boiling fish bones with vegetables, used as a base for fish soups and sauces
* Fish stocking, the practi ...
s from being
overfished by periodically permitting a cycle of fishing followed by a fallow period which allows stocks to reconstitute. It should not to be confused with
electric pulse fishing
Electric pulse fishing is a fishing technique sometimes used in trawl fisheries which produces a limited electric field above the seabed to catch fish. The pulse trawl gear consists of a number of electrodes, attached to the gear in the tow dir ...
which is a
fishing technique which involves pulsing electric currents.
[Renders E, Decostere A, Polet H, Vincx M and Verschueren B (2011]
"Assessment of electric pulse fishing as an environment friendly fishing method in the North Sea"
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