For pollock surveys in Alaska, things are looking up
Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 14:10
in Mathematics & Economics
Scientists have turned their view of the nation's largest fishery upside down with upward-facing sonar systems that are mounted to the seafloor and monitor the passage of fish above. They just completed their first experimental deployment of the new system, and the data, though upside down, looked great. In the future, these systems might augment traditional, ship-based acoustic surveys.