Method and device for stunning and killing aquatic animals

J.W. van de Vis (Inventor), D.F.T. Robb (Inventor), S.C. Kestin (Inventor), A. Huidobro-Perez-Villamil (Inventor), H. Kuhlman (Inventor), P. Nesvada (Inventor), R.J. Kloosterboer (Inventor)

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    Abstract

    The invention relates to a method for stunning and killing an aquatic animal, comprising of having the animal accommodated in water, connecting a source of electric current to the water such that during a first period an electric current with a first current intensity is generated in the animal such that it is stunned, and conditioning the water such that, substantially immediately thereafter, the animal remains stunned during a second period.
    Original languageEnglish
    Patent numberWO0195732
    Priority date25/05/00
    Publication statusPublished - 20 Dec 2001

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