The process uses a low current electrical field and stuns the fish without hurting them, so they can be removed with a net.
Crews are heading back to Massey Drive this weekend to continue work on getting gold fish out of Link Pond. Last July, a goldfish infestation prompted quick action by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. By October, they had removed over 1400 goldfish through a process known as electrofishing. Macgregor Parent is the Acting Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator. She says they tried a few different removal methods last year which didn’t work but electrofishing was successful after only four days. She says the process uses a low current electrical field and stuns the fish without hurting them, so they can be removed with a net. Naturally occurring species are kept in water in a cooler and released back into the water.
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