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

Abstract

LONG-TERM GOALS. This project, designated AFleetLink@, 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, 1999
Accession Number
ADA636445

Entities

People

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

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coastal Regions
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Data Management
  • Electronic Mail
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Data
  • Monitoring
  • New Hampshire
  • Ocean Environments
  • Oceans
  • Platforms
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • User Interface
  • Websites

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Space