| 摘要 |
A method of slaughtering fish comprising the steps of providing an elongate passage 10 through which fish can be passed, and generating a linear electric field along at least a first region of said passage, thereby inducing electro-anaesthesia or stunning of fish passing through said first region of the passage, and applying a further electric field in a subsequent region of the passage, downstream of said first region, to kill the fish such that the fish exit a downstream end of said passage in a dead state. The electric field is produced by pairs of longitudinally spaced electrodes 12, 14 and a DC supply. The apparatus may take the form of an elongate coiled pipeline and may be provided in a land based (fig 3) or floating sea based (fig 4) form. |
