Use of VIIRS DNB satellite images to detect jigger ships involved in the Illex argentinus fishery
Autor: | Carlos A. Lasta, Ezequiel Cozzolino |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Resource (biology)
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences biology Meteorology Geography Planning and Development Fishing 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Exclusive economic zone biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Fishery Geography International waters Visible infrared Satellite Computers in Earth Sciences Illex argentinus 021101 geological & geomatics engineering 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
Zdroj: | Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. 4:167-178 |
ISSN: | 2352-9385 |
Popis: | The distribution of Illex argentinus squid extends from 23°S to 54°S. The largest catches of the species, which represents one of the most important fisheries in Argentina, take place between 35°S and 52°S. Argentina's fisheries administration keeps close records of the Argentine fleet position and the Cephalopod laboratory at the Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP) monitors and suggests actions for the management of the resource. The catches are carried out both within national and adjacent international waters. Fleets from different countries participate in the fisheries operating jigger vessels during the night with strong lights to attract the squid. One of the greatest difficulties in the evaluation of the status of this resource is to know the number of foreign vessels fishing outside the Argentine Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer (VIIRS) day/night band (DNB) satellite images are a useful tool to monitor and quantify these fleets, building on the capacity of the sensors to detect the light emitted by the lamps placed on the ship decks. In this work, we report the development of a specific new method (set of algorithms) to process the images and identify automatically the jigger ships that compose the overseas fleet. Results were validated using the positioning data of the Argentine jigger fleet and comparing light emissions of these vessels against those identified by the new method. The process of identifying ships has proved to be robust considering the statistical results obtained: mean relative error (MRE) of 0.03% and a root-mean-square error (RMSE) of 1.62 ships. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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