Scientific Fishery Systems Inc Technologies For More Efficient

Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. Technologies For More Efficient Fisheries Presented at the Fourth North Pacific Rim. Fisheries Conference, Tokyo, Japan, April 23, 1997. Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. Patrick K. Simpson President P. O. Box 242065 Anchorage AK 99524 907/345 -7347 907/345 -9769 -1 -

Talk Overview Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. n n n What would the ultimate management system be? Where are we now? What technologies are available to move us forward? -2 -

The Ultimate Fisheries Management System Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. n n n On-Demand Reporting by all Fish Selective Fish Harvesting Accurate, On-Demand Vessel Report Accurate, Immediate Habitat Assessment Perfect Modeling of Fish Dynamics -3 -

Current Fisheries Management Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. n n n Sparse, Periodic Sampling of Fish Stocks Semi-Selective Harvesting; Bycatch Remains a Problem Periodic Vessel Reporting; Uneven Accuracy of Reports Sparse, Aperiodic Habitat Assessment Crude Models of Fish Dynamics -4 -

Moving Forward Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. n Improved Data Collection – On-Board – Remotely Sensed n Information Processing – Spatial Analysis – Automatic Model Generation n Communications -5 -

Improved Data Collection: On-Board Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. n n n Fish Species Identification Long-Range School Detection Automated On-Board Stock Categorization Rapid Temperature Profiling Bottom-Type Classification -6 -

Broadband Sonar Applications Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. Fish Species Identification } Temperature Profiling Sediment & Effluent Classification -7 -

Broadband Sonar Applications (2) Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. Fish Species Identification } Temperature Profiling Sediment & Effluent Classification -8 -

Broadband Sonar Applications (3) Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. Fish Species Identification } Temperature Profiling Sediment & Effluent Classification -9 -

Sonar Array Applications Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. Long-Range Active Fish School Detection Floating Passive Monitor • • • Fixed-Array Passive Fish Stock Monitoring - 10 -

“Observer’s Associate” Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. Automated On-Board Fish Cataloging Lights Fields of View Fish Separator Field of View CCD Cameras Conveyor Belt Flow Scale - 11 -

Improved Data Collection: Remote Sensing Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. n n n Sea-Surface Temperature Air Pressure and Temperature Wind Speed and Direction Sea-Surface Currents Ocean Color Ice-Edge Movement - 12 -

Information Processing: Spatial Analysis Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. n n n Integration of Data Sources Identification of Bycatch Areas Species Correlation Analysis - 13 -

“Fisherman’s Associate” Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. - 14 -

Information Processing: Automatic Model Generation Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. n n n Database Mining Neural Network Modeling Nonlinear Dynamical Systems - 15 -

Communications Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. n n Low-Earth Orbit Satellites Internet the Ocean - 16 -

In Summary. . . Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. n n n Technologies are available to assist in fisheries management The fisheries will benefit from these technologies Scientific Fishery Systems looks forward to playing a key role in the development of these technologies - 17 -