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The Hackettstown fish hatchery here in NJ had their centennial celebration this weekend. Lots of cool stuff on display, but I thought this would be interesting to you fellow tin-boaters: NJ DFW's electrofishing boat. They use this to collect fish for research and broodstock collection purposes. The current between the electrodes stuns the fish, and then the fisheries workers scoop them up with nets.
All of the pictures are links to bigger versions so you can see the detail.
The big umbrella rigs on the front are one set of electrodes
The wires mounted to the bow are the other set of electrodes. And no less than 22 lights, just on the bow!
The boat has flat sides that do not widen towards the gunwales. The boat's generator is mounted under the captains seat.
Interesting steering setup. All of the controls and indicators for the generator are mounted to the panel. They can choose AC or DC, voltages, etc depending on the fish they are targeting.
All of the pictures are links to bigger versions so you can see the detail.
The big umbrella rigs on the front are one set of electrodes
The wires mounted to the bow are the other set of electrodes. And no less than 22 lights, just on the bow!
The boat has flat sides that do not widen towards the gunwales. The boat's generator is mounted under the captains seat.
Interesting steering setup. All of the controls and indicators for the generator are mounted to the panel. They can choose AC or DC, voltages, etc depending on the fish they are targeting.