Fishtrack are highly experienced in all forms of fisheries survey methodology for quantifying fish populations. We carry out surveys throughout the UK and further afield in Europe. Our survey experience means that we are able to field an experienced team for any situation.  Our staff are electrofishing trained to EA standards and we embrace strict operating instruction and health and safety risk assessment procedures. Our survey team is able to provide virtually any type of fish survey, from traditional methods such as seine netting and electrofishing to modern state of the art methods using multi beam sonar.

We have the capacity to host several fully equipped fisheries teams at any given time. We provide a rapid response service to the civil engineering sector and are able to tackle almost any fish and fishery related issue. Our electrofishing equipment conforms to EA and National H&S standards and we have significant fish capture resources.

We employ all methods of capture:- seine netting within encircling nets, pull down and wrap around netting, block and lane netting. We also use passive methods such as fyke netting, fyke trees, and fish trapping- using our designed and fabricated fish traps.  Our electrofishing methods encompass all forms of electrofishing:- timed runs, multiple runs, CPUE, catch depletion, PASE, Lane fishing and enclosed margin electrofishing. We deploy electrofishing equipment from banksides, in boats, off pontoons as well as using back-pack equipment for small streams. We conduct surveys during day and night.

We survey all types of waterbodies, from large dykes to small ditches or drains, streams to rivers, ponds to lakes and lochs, as well as marine estuaries throughout the UK. We provide a comprehensive professional service, from data collection to full data analysis and production of interim and final reports.

Our team produce summary reports tailored to individual or smaller projects as well as for larger scale works. Our data are  used by policy makers and legislators alike.

Within the services we provide to the sector, we incorporate biometric data collection and analysis, scale reading,ageing and growth performance analysis through to fish capture surveys such as qualitative assessment:- presence-absence, fully quantitative:- catch depletion, multiple pass, PASE etc.