Smith-Root has always considered the safety of our customers (as well as the fish) as our greatest priority, ensuring their well-being is a key differentiator between Smith-Root and many of its competitors. In line with this ethos, Lisa Harlan of Smith-Root’s Science Department recently collaborated with Jim Reynolds on a Quick-Start Guide to Electrofishing. The purpose of this much needed document is to provide all who use electrofishing as a sampling tool a short, easy to...

The American Fisheries Society (AFS) has recently released a Policy Statement describing the need for an immediate-release fish sedative. Smith-Root supports this initiative.  Our Science Department (led by Carl Burger, an AFS Past President) has worked with the AFS Fish Culture Section leadership (e.g. Dr. Jesse Trushenski; Jim Bowker et al.) to help suggest ways to garner more support for streamlining the government approval process for an immediate-release chemical sedative. As...