Accession Number:

AD0745774

Title:

Study to Determine the Implications of Remote Sensing Data on U.S. Fishing Technology: Tropical Tuna and Alaska Salmon.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1971-1972,

Corporate Author:

PLESSEY ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS SAN DIEGO CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Brown,Robert P.
• Shenton,Edward H.
• Broadhead,Gordon
• Alverson,Frank
• Peckham,Charles

Report Date:

1972-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

194.0

Abstract:

A study was conducted during 1971 and 1972 to determine ways in which remotely sensed data from spacecraft and aircraft could be used to assist fishery technology in tropical tuna and Alaska salmon fisheries. The project assessed the operational characteristics of each of these fisheries including the history, biology, vessels and gear, search and catch methods, economics, and research and regulatory aspects. A similar assessment was made of the state-of-the-art of remote sensors with application to fishery oceanography. A series of field verification visits were made to each fishery and for remote sensing. Author

Descriptors:

• *SEAFOOD
• *INDUSTRIES
• *FISHES
• AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE
• DETECTORS
• AIRBORNE
• INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
• INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
• SHIPS
• MARINE BIOLOGY
• DATA PROCESSING
• TROPICAL REGIONS
• ALASKA

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Biological Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE