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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 1 - Technologies For More Efficient Fisheries Technologies For More Efficient Fisheries Patrick K. Simpson President P.O. Box 242065 Anchorage AK 99524 907/345-7347 907/345-9769 Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. Presented at the Fourth North Pacific RimFisheries Conference, Tokyo, Japan, April 23, 1997.
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 2 - Talk Overview n What would the ultimate management system be? n Where are we now? n What technologies are available to move us forward?
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 3 - The Ultimate Fisheries Management System n On-Demand Reporting by all Fish n Selective Fish Harvesting n Accurate, On-Demand Vessel Report n Accurate, Immediate Habitat Assessment n Perfect Modeling of Fish Dynamics
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 4 - Current Fisheries Management n Sparse, Periodic Sampling of Fish Stocks n Semi-Selective Harvesting; Bycatch Remains a Problem n Periodic Vessel Reporting; Uneven Accuracy of Reports n Sparse, Aperiodic Habitat Assessment n Crude Models of Fish Dynamics
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 5 - Moving Forward n Improved Data Collection –On-Board –Remotely Sensed n Information Processing –Spatial Analysis –Automatic Model Generation n Communications
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 6 - Improved Data Collection: On-Board n Fish Species Identification n Long-Range School Detection n Automated On-Board Stock Categorization n Rapid Temperature Profiling n Bottom-Type Classification
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 7 - Broadband Sonar Applications Fish Species Identification Sediment & Effluent Classification Temperature Profiling }
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 8 - Broadband Sonar Applications (2) Fish Species Identification Sediment & Effluent Classification Temperature Profiling }
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 9 - Broadband Sonar Applications (3) Fish Species Identification Sediment & Effluent Classification Temperature Profiling }
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 10 - Sonar Array Applications Floating Passive Monitor Long-Range Active Fish School Detection Fixed-Array Passive Fish Stock Monitoring
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 11 - “Observer’s Associate” A utomated On-Board Fish Cataloging Conveyor Belt Flow Scale Field of View Lights Fish Separator CCD Cameras Fields of View
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 12 - Improved Data Collection: Remote Sensing n Sea-Surface Temperature n Air Pressure and Temperature n Wind Speed and Direction n Sea-Surface Currents n Ocean Color n Ice-Edge Movement
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 13 - Information Processing: Spatial Analysis n Integration of Data Sources n Identification of Bycatch Areas n Species Correlation Analysis
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 14 - “Fisherman’s Associate”
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 15 - Information Processing: Automatic Model Generation n Database Mining n Neural Network Modeling n Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 16 - Communications n Low-Earth Orbit Satellites n Internet the Ocean
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Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 17 - In Summary... n Technologies are available to assist in fisheries management n The fisheries will benefit from these technologies n Scientific Fishery Systems looks forward to playing a key role in the development of these technologies
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