32343
AFSC/RACE/GAP/McConnaughey:USBL Proof of Concept-1998-USBL pole drawings
Data Set
Published / External
32337
AFSC/RACE/GAP/McConnaughey:USBL Proof of Concept-1998
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.
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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 Set
None Planned
Document (digital)
unknown
unknown
unknown
Data Steward
2015
Person
McConnaughey, Bob
bob.mcconnaughey@noaa.gov
email
Distributor
2015
Organization
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
AFSC
afsc.webmaster@noaa.gov
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
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Range
1998-05-20
1998-05-30
Unclassified
unknown
None
None
https://access.afsc.noaa.gov/data-zips/32343_GAP_1998_USBL_proof_of_concept_Trawlex_98_USBL_pole_drawings.zip
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No report
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No
Unknown
No
No
Yes
Unknown
No Delay
NCEI-MD
unknown
IT Security and Contingency Plan for the system establishes procedures and applies to the functions, operations, and resources necessary to recover and restore data as hosted in the Western Regional Support Center in Seattle, Washington, following a disruption.
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Alaska Fisheries Science Center
AFSC
7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4
Seattle
WA
98115
USA
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov
0700-1700 Pacific Time
1001
Public
No
2019-05-31
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2020-05-31