Development of a Towed Survey System for Deployment by the Fishing Industry

Author

Howland, Jonathan ; Gallager, Scott ; Singh, Hanumant ; Girard, Andrew ; Abrams, Lane ; Griner, Chris ; Taylor, Richard ; Vine, Norman

Author_Institution

Woods Hole Oceanogr. Instn., MA

fYear

2006

fDate

18-21 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

After two generations of development, we have completed a practical digital imaging system towed by a commercial scallop fishing vessel, that delivers high resolution contiguous overlapping still images to the a computer system on the vessel bridge for storage, immediate viewing and onboard image processing. This non-invasive, high resolution survey of benthic habitat is intended to provide fisherman, fisheries managers and others with information vital to accurate scallop population density estimates and substrate characterization within surveyed areas of the continental shelf

Keywords

CCD image sensors; fishing industry; image processing; marine vehicles; oceanography; HABCAM sensor; benthic habitat; computer system; continental shelf; fisheries managers; fisherman; fishing industry; high resolution survey; onboard image processing; practical digital imaging system; scallop fishing vessel; scallop population density; single chip color CCD camera; storage vessel bridge; towed survey system; Aquaculture; Cameras; Costs; Ethernet networks; Firewire; Mobile robots; Remotely operated vehicles; Sea surface; Telemetry; Wood industry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS 2006

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0114-3

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0115-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2006.307098

Filename

4098897