Project Details
Description
The purpose of the project is to develop a new type of fishing gear, Sound Herding System (SHS), which applies sound to influence fish swimming direction and thereby herding them into a trawl. The sounders are mounted on the trawl boards, so as to create a wall of sound on both sides of the trawl opening. This increases the effective width and height of the trawl opening, resulting in higher catch rates. The frequency of the sounders is selected to be 4 kHz, which can be used to affect the clupeoid species herring, sprat and anchovy. Most other relevant species are not sound sensitive at this frequency.
The system can be used to avoid by-catches of herring in the mackerel fishery by closing trawl opening for herring with sound. Customers receive economic gains from higher catch rates and smaller by catch. The gain for the environment is a reduction in CO2 emissions and improved resource utilization.
The central work in the project is the development of trawl doors equipped with sounders as tested by exploratory scare effect measurements and mapping of sound fields. Fish response to sound is studied experimentally and finally the sounders’ impact on the environment is examined.
Partners
DTU Aqua, National Institute of Aquatic Resources
Sonus Aqua Aps, Denmark (coordinator)
Aalborg University, Denmark
Funding
The project is funded by the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark through the Green Development and Demonstration Program (GUDP).
Research area: Marine Living Resources
Research area: Observation Technology
The system can be used to avoid by-catches of herring in the mackerel fishery by closing trawl opening for herring with sound. Customers receive economic gains from higher catch rates and smaller by catch. The gain for the environment is a reduction in CO2 emissions and improved resource utilization.
The central work in the project is the development of trawl doors equipped with sounders as tested by exploratory scare effect measurements and mapping of sound fields. Fish response to sound is studied experimentally and finally the sounders’ impact on the environment is examined.
Partners
DTU Aqua, National Institute of Aquatic Resources
Sonus Aqua Aps, Denmark (coordinator)
Aalborg University, Denmark
Funding
The project is funded by the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark through the Green Development and Demonstration Program (GUDP).
Research area: Marine Living Resources
Research area: Observation Technology
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 01/01/2016 → 31/12/2018 |
Collaborative partners
- Technical University of Denmark (lead)
- Sonus Aqua Aps (Project partner)
- Aalborg University (Project partner)
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