PROVO, Utah — One of the best things about the state of Utah is our local waterways. To keep those waterways healthy and protected, biologists with the state Division of Wildlife Resources have to catch fish and survey them.

However, the process of how the experts capture the fish could come as a shock to some, including the fish.

FOX 13 News' Madi Baggett went down to the Lower Provo River to spend time with some DWR biologists as they used electricity to stun and collect the fish. "We're using electricity," explained Mike Slate, the aquatics manager for DWR. "Very small amount that allows us to stun the fish long enough for us to net them, put them in some live wells or some other buckets of water, until we're ready to weigh and measure the fish."

Slate, along with a couple of volunte

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