32335 Project Published / External 22291 Groundfish Assessment Program Project Completed The trials were conducted in Dabob Bay, Washington, in May 1998. The main objective of these trials was to determine an accurate and reliable system to track a fishing trawl. Three USBL vendors were invited and agreed to participate in the trials. Nautronix Ltd. (Nautronix) provided their ATS II system, Simrad Subsea A/S (Simrad) provided their ITI system, and Ocean Research Equipment, Inc. (ORE) submitted their Trackpoint II Plus system. A local ORE distributor, MECCO, Inc. (MECCO), provided and operated the Trackpoint II Plus system. The U.S. Navy?s fixed, underwater tracking range in Dabob Bay, operated by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division ? Keyport, Washington, was also used in these trials. The range was used to provide simultaneous sub-sea positioning of the fishing trawl and to serve as a benchmark for system evaluations. The U.S. Navy also provided surface navigation support for the fishing vessel during these trials. The vessel selected by AFSC to conduct these trawls was the F/V Vesteraalen. It is 124 feet long, has a beam of 32 feet, and a draft of 18 feet. The F/V VESTERAALEN has a single, fixed-pitch propeller with a nozzle. By design, the vessel is like most in-shore trawlers and has, in fact, operated in Alaska in the past. The tests were conducted using NMFS otter trawls, typically used in Alaskan waters. A trial schedule was developed that would provide each vendor with three days to mobilize and test their systems. Each vendor?s equipment was attached to the fishing trawl, along with the U.S. Navy tracking gear. Both the U.S. Navy and the USBL vendor collected simultaneous trawl position data as determined by their respective equipment, with the trawl being dragged on the bottom along a predetermined track. The main objective of these trials was to assess the accuracy of each vendor?s equipment. This was accomplished using a statistical comparison between each vendor?s data and the U.S. Navy?s data that were observed simultaneously. This report details the results of these trials and summarizes the comparison results. It also contains details of the equipment and the methodologies used to collect and analyze the data. As a result of the data analysis, conclusions were drawn and recommendations have been included in this report. The National Marine Fisheries Service - Alaska Fisheries Science Center (NMFS-AFSC) recently contracted Racal Pelagos, Inc. (RPI) to coordinate testing of various ultra short baseline (USBL) systems in a bottom trawl environment. The overall purpose of the test was to determine which USBL system performs best in conditions that approximate those in Bristol Bay, Alaska, where future tests will occur in 2000. During the future testing, AFSC will need to accurately track bottom fishing trawls in order to assess their impact upon the sea floor biology in Alaska. The singel polyline in this dataset is the planned survey line for which the trawl was navigated and the USBL systems evaluated. Loaded by FGDC Metadata Uploader, batch 7340, 10-15-2015 15:03 The following FGDC sections are not currently supported in InPort, but were preserved and will be included in the FGDC export: - Spatial Reference Information (FGDC:spref), - Spatial Data Organization Information (FGDC:spdoinfo) Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category geoscientificInformation Theme ISO 19115 Topic Category oceans Theme navigation Theme usbl underwater positioning Spatial puget sound Spatial washington Alaska Fisheries Science Center Seattle WA USA Data Steward 2015 Person McConnaughey, Bob bob.mcconnaughey@noaa.gov email Distributor 2015 Organization Alaska Fisheries Science Center AFSC afsc.webmaster@noaa.gov https://ror.org/01h7fye62 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle WA 98115 USA (206) 526-4000 (206) 526-4004 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/alaska-fisheries-science-center AKFSC Home Page Online Resource 0700-1700 Pacific Time Metadata Contact 2015-10-15 Person Intelmann, Steve steve.intelmann@noaa.gov 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle WA 98115 USA (206) 526-4157 (206) 526-6723 Originator 2015-10-15 Person McConnaughey, Bob bob.mcconnaughey@noaa.gov Point of Contact 2015-10-15 Person McConnaughey, Bob bob.mcconnaughey@noaa.gov Study was conducted in May1998 -122.845964 -122.842347 47.755749 47.745937 Range 1998-05-20 1998-05-30 Unclassified unknown None None https://www.ncei.noaa.gov Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.0.4322 no report No report unknown 32337 Project gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:32335 Theresa Smith 2016-04-18T14:12:08 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-03-04T19:17:17 2018-10-15 Alaska Fisheries Science Center AFSC 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4 Seattle WA 98115 USA https://www.afsc.noaa.gov 0700-1700 Pacific Time 1001 Public No 2018-10-15 1 Year 2019-10-15