Saildrones Survey West Coast for NOAA Fisheries #drone #droneday

From Saildrone:

A fleet of Saildrone unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) is performing an integrated survey of the US West Coast this summer for NOAA Fisheries to collect data on commercially valuable hake and smaller coastal pelagic species. Fish stock surveys are traditionally carried out by ships equipped with trawl nets and/or echo sounders; this mission will allow scientists to evaluate the data collected by the saildrones and verify that the results compare favorably with current ship-based collection methods. This survey is the second of its kind, following a successful West Coast survey performed in 2018 in partnership with NOAA Fisheries and DFO Canada.

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