Fishing Gear as a Data Collection Platform: Opportunities to Fill Spatial and Temporal Gaps in Operational Sub-Surface Observation Networks

Fishing Gear as a Data Collection Platform: Opportunities to Fill Spatial and Temporal Gaps in Operational Sub-Surface Observation Networks

While the observation of the open ocean is well achieved by automated ocean measurement instruments, coastal and shelf seas suffer the lack of sub-surface collection platforms. Commercial fishing gear such as bottom trawls, pots, traps and long lines can act as platforms for sensors, which collect p...

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Main Authors: Cooper Van Vranken, Berthe M. J. Vastenhoud, James P. Manning, Kristian S. Plet-Hansen, Julie Jakoboski, Patrick Gorringe, Michela Martinelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Ocean observation networks
science-industry cooperation
data collection
vessels of opportunity
shelf seas
oceanography
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2020.485512/full

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