Development of a towed high resolution optical
and acoustic imaging system for
p ((Placopecten
p
magellanicus)
g
) assessment
scallop
and Ecosystem-Based Management
Participating partners: who we are
Richard
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h d TAYLOR1, Jonathan
J th HOWLAND2, Amber
A b YORK3, Norman
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VINE4,
Kathryn FORD5, Andrew WILBY6, Scott GALLAGER7
1/ Fisherman/researcher, www.seascallop.com, Box 7002, Gloucester, Mass 01930, USA,
[email protected]
2/ Senior Engineer, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, Woods Hole, Mass 02543, USA, [email protected]
3/ Research
esea c Associate,
ssoc ate, Biology
o ogy Dept,
ept, Woods Hole
o e Oceanographic
Ocea og ap c Institution,
st tut o , Woods Hole
o e Mass
ass
02543, USA, [email protected]
4/ GIS and visualization programmer, Woods Hole, Mass 02543, USA, [email protected]
5/ Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, New Bedford, Mass 02740,
[email protected]
6/ Applied Signals Technology,
Technology Inc.,
Inc Torrance,
Torrance California 90505 USA,
USA
[email protected]
7/ Associate Scientist, Biology Dept, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole Mass
02543 USA,
02543,
USA [email protected]
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F/V Kathy Marie, New Bedford, Mass, USA
owner Arnold
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DeMello,
M ll Captain
C t i Paul
P l Rosonina,
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Outline of this presentation:
1. Why
2. What is the HABCAM system
3. Where are we now
4 Challenges
4.
5 Future
5.
F t
di
directions
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6. Acknowledgements
Spatial extent of the US Atlantic scallop fishery :
from Rago and McSherry 1999
scale
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Economic value to vessels
100 M to 500 M US (1994 to 2007)
Resource survey DOC / NOAA / NMFS (1982 on)
Atlantic sea scallop resource location:
HABCAM – Habitat Camera Mapping System
1280 x 1024 CCD
CTD
compass
p
sounder – distance to bottom
accelerometer
l
t – roll,
ll pitch,
it h yaw
sidescan – 675-1000 kHz
HABCAM – Habitat Camera Mapping System
HABCAM – Habitat Camera Mapping System
Operations
continous duty 24/7 at 1 to 30 frames / sec
currently ~5knots (~2meters /sec) at 5 FPS
Data rates
1 terabyte raw imagery / day
~1
ascii text for:
temp salinity
temp,
salinity, speed,
speed roll pitch yaw,
yaw GPS,
GPS DBT
Sonar data
~2 terabytes / day
HABCAM – Habitat Camera Mapping System
Output products
Test sets – Manual Identification
HABCAM – Habitat Camera Mapping System
Output products
Test sets – Manual identification
HABCAM – Habitat Camera Mapping System
Output products
Test sets – Automated identification and counts
HABCAM – Habitat Camera Mapping System
Output products
Sonar imagery
Imagenix sidescan on towed vehicle
675 to 1000 kHz
HABCAM – Habitat Camera Mapping System
Output products
Sonar imagery - visualization
synthetic
th ti aperture
t
sidescan
id
(Applied
(A li d Signal)
Si l)
HABCAM – Habitat Camera Mapping System
Output products
Optical and acoustic imagery
S th i andd visualization
Synthesis
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HABCAM – Habitat Camera Mapping System
Challenges
1. Sea time for data collection
2 Continued development of FOSS OGC tools
2.
3. Moving toward “real time”
4 Algorithm
4.
Al ith development
d l
t for
f
-color correction and rectification
-target segmentation
y
and visualization
-synthesis
5. Distribution across the web
6 Boiling down the data to useful information
6.
7. Getting managers to understand implications
off th
the data
d t andd acting
ti on it
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Challenges
Murphy’s Law
HABCAM – Habitat Camera Mapping System
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Future
directions
di ti
Video
p
plankton
recorder
water column
fl
flora
andd fauna
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HABCAM – Habitat Camera Mapping System
Future directions
Shipboard
network
is growing
40 CPUs
HABCAM – Habitat Camera Mapping System
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Acknowledgements
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Northeast Consortium of SeaGrant Institutions
S ll industry
Scallop
i d t Research
R
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S t Aside
A id (NEFMC CRP)
National Ocean Survey (NOAA/NOS)
Integrating Ocean Observing Systems (IOOS)
National Marine Fishery Service
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
MapServer,
p
, Google,
g , and Google
g Ocean
HABCAM – Habitat Camera Mapping System
Thank you
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