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Open-Access: Data Prep Strategies for Echosounder Data for Machine Learning

An open-access paper was just published in Fisheries Research entitled “Evaluation of echosounder data preparation strategies for modern machine learning models,” by A. Ordonez and colleagues (abstract below). Check it out online: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165783622001886?via%3Dihub  Thanks to our CFT partner Echoview for the share! Check out their products here. By the way, Echoview also just announced new... Read More

June 2022 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes                                                       June 9, 2022 Attendees: Kayla, Tiffany, Patrick Old Business Membership Dues (Kayla) No updates Changes to bank account (Kayla) No updates Potential section rebranding (Tiffany) Survey was sent out via membership listserv in May and was shared on FITS facebook page. Only 15 responses.... Read More

Surface Temperature Mapping in BioBase

Did you know BioBase can also pull water temperature? Today’s your lucky day, because they have a simple tutorial on how to do so. Check it out here: https://blog.biobasemaps.com/2022/05/26/biobase-tips-tricks-mapping-water-temperature-data/ BioBase is part of the Center for Fisheries Technology. Check out their products today! Read More

Eureka Mantas in the Allegheny River system

In order to provide continuous water-quality information for watersheds in the Allegheny River Basin, the Evergreen Conservancy collaborated with the Indiana County Emergency Management Agency in Indiana, Pennsylvania to install and maintain a Eureka Manta cellular telemetry water monitoring system in Indiana County. The telemetry systems are located at five sites to alert staff in... Read More

May 2022 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes                     May 12, 2022  Attendees: Kayla, Tiffany, Patrick, Chelsea, Paul Old Business Mail poet: Impact of the list cleanup actions (Chelsea) No updates Manually editing and updating members Current subscribers 962 Membership Dues (Kayla) Membership dues... Read More

Preventing Biofouling on Probes: An Example from Eureka

Bio fouling (or biological fouling) is the accumulation of microorganisms, plants, algae, or animals on wetted surfaces. Ajman Municipality, Environment Department, Natural Resources Conservation Section (ELARD), had installed six water quality monitoring stations using Eureka‘s technology. ELARD faced a myriad of problems to maintain and operate the water quality monitoring stations due to the extensive... Read More

Recent Hydroacoustic Highlights from Echoview

Here are some cool studies highlighted recently by Echoview: A pilot study on the application of environmental DNA to the estimation of the biomass of dominant species in the northwestern waters of Jeju Island A pilot study on estimating the biomass of chub mackerel and jack mackerel in the northwestern sea of Jeju Island using... Read More

BioBase Now Offers Single Waterbody Subscription

BioBase now offers a single waterbody subscription, it includes unlimited uploads to a single waterbody for 30 days and up to 10GB of storage for $399. This feature now allows occasional, project-based users the ability to purchase a short-term full-featured plan on one waterbody without the commitment to a full unlimited subscription. You can purchase... Read More

April 2022 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

AFS Fisheries Information and Technology Section Executive Committee Meeting Minutes                      April 21, 2022 Attendees: Kayla, Tiffany, Patrick, Paul Old Business Mail poet: Impact of the list cleanup actions (Chelsea) Update next meeting  Potential section rebranding (Tiffany) Changes to bank account. (Kayla) Narrowed down to 4... Read More