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| Title: | FishSOOP Sensor Testing |
| Id: | 2642 |
| Investigator(s): | Moninya Roughan
University of New South Wales [details] Veronique Lago University of New South Wales [details] |
| Description: | FishSOOP is Australia’s Fishing vessel contribution to the Ship of Opportunity Program, and new Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) platform. Operating since early 2023 we have instrumented >30 vessels around Australia to collect temperature data with every fishing set. We have two sensors we have been using, the Moana TD200 and the Moana TD1000, which have a maximum depth of 200m and 1000m respectively. The manufacturer recently upgraded their pressure sensor on the TD1000, which we want to test in real life setting. |
| Description (full): | FishSOOP is Australia’s Fishing vessel contribution to the Ship of Opportunity Program, and new Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) platform. Operating since early 2023 we have instrumented >30 vessels around Australia to collect temperature data with every fishing set. We have two sensors we have been using, the Moana TD200 and the Moana TD1000, which have a maximum depth of 200m and 1000m respectively. The manufacturer recently upgraded their pressure sensor on the TD1000, which we want to test in real life setting. We previously did some tests on a few casts on a previous voyage with two sensors, but now we want to test them more thoroughly and see if they drift over time since the previous tests. The two Moana TD1000 will be attached to the Rosette, at the same level than the temperature sensor from the CTD and deployed along with the regular scheduled CTD casts that are at depths <1000m. We will also have a deck-box installed on the deck of the ship to communicate the data in near real-time to our servers. We will compare the data with the CTD data and the anomalies with the previous tests to see how well they perform and if they drift over time. This will help build confidence in the technology we use as part of the FishSOOP program. |
| Years: | 2024 |
List of surveys that this project was on.
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| Survey | Investigator | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IN2024_V05 [details] |
Little, Rich | The marine waters of southeast Australia are one of a series of global ocean hotspots. Species abundances are changing. Many are shifting their distributions southward. Extreme events, such as marine heatwaves, are leading to additional impacts. In this hotspot lies the Australian Commonwealth Southeast Marine Park Network (SE-MPN). It is unclear whether ecosystem changes have also affected the marine parks, or whether the network has mitigated them. Also, in this hotspot lie important fisheries, providing the bulk of fresh fish to Melbourne and Sydney markets. Observations from the fisheries in the region over the past 20 years have indicated declines in abundance and commercial catch rates of several species. Stocks that were historically over-fished seem not to have recovered as expected, despite active fisheries management and a reduction in fishing effort. A recent review of the fisheries concluded that physical and ecosystem factors are likely to be affecting the main species, directly or indirectly. The last survey of the ecosystem was conducted 25 years ago. This project will repeat this survey to document changes in the ecosystem and establish a new biological and environmental baseline to help answer three broad questions: 1. How and why have fish assemblages and species abundances changed in the southeast ecosystem, and can the causes be mitigated? 2. How does this affect the multiple-use management of the region, particularly conservation and biodiversity management of Australian Marine Parks and the range of human activities in it? 3. What are the implications for marine spatial planning and adaptive management in the sectors that use the marine ecosystem? The survey is also testing new monitoring techniques including environmental DNA, and AI technology to detect and count seabirds. IN2024_V05 is the third of four monitoring surveys planned to help answer the above questions. For more details, please refer to the voyage documentation. |