Starting in July 2006 electro-fishing will be an important part of the Initiative as it will allow a long term study of the Trout spawning burns within the Tweed system to be made.
By comparing the results from the electro-fishing with information from a previous electro-fishing study carried out in the mid 1990’s the Initiative will be able to identify Trout burns that are consistently producing low numbers of Trout.

Electro-fishing (shown left) uses electricity to stimulate the muscles of any fish that is near by and actually makes them swim towards a hand held anode were netsmen can scoop them up. It is generally used to assess numbers of juvenile fish however it can be used to catch adult fish in easily wadeable waters.