Commercial Fishing Vessels as Platforms for Coastal Ocean Research, Monitoring, and Management

Abstract

This project, designated FleetLink, will develop partnerships between commercial fishermen and researchers, educators, and coastal managers for the collection, real-time telemetry, analysis, assimilation, distribution, and use of environmental and fisheries data from coastal regions off the northeastern US. The FleetLink partners will equip participating commercial fishing vessels with integrated sensor systems (including navigational, hydrographic, and meteorological components), and link them via satellite to land-based centers for collection, management, analysis, and assimilation of data. We are working toward a goal of 100 or more fully-instrumented fishing vessels which may provide enhanced oceanographic and meteorological data collection capacity for coastal and offshore areas throughout the NW Atlantic.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA629096

Entities

People

  • Ann Bucklin
  • Chrys Chryssostomidis
  • Craig A. Pendleton
  • Peter H. Wiebe
  • W. G. Williams

Organizations

  • University of New Hampshire

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Assimilation
  • Coastal Regions
  • Commercial Fishing
  • High Resolution
  • Meteorological Data
  • Monitoring
  • New Hampshire
  • Ocean Observing Systems
  • Oceans
  • Offshore
  • Platforms
  • Regions
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Telemetry
  • Weather

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security

Technology Areas

  • Space