Theme Session A – From echoes to ecology: The application of active acoustics beyond biomass estimates

Book of abstracts of theme session A:

From echoes to ecology: The application of active acoustics beyond biomass estimates

Conveners: Tracey Dornan (UK), Abigail Smith (Australia)

• CM 1182: Using active acoustics to deepen our understanding of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) distribution and ecology at South Georgia during austral winter
• CM 1135: Ex-situ target strength of California sardine (Sardinops sagax) and thread herring (Opisthonema libertate) in the Gulf of California, México
• CM 1112: Testing robust minimalist active acoustic sampling to capture variability of marine ecosystems with implications for offshore windfarm environmental monitoring
• CM 1109: Acoustic identification of demersal aggregations of North Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) in the Gulf of California
• CM 1108: Characterization of the frequency responses of three pelagic fish species in the Gulf of California
• CM 1103: Uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) for acoustic mapping of dolphins and their small pelagic preys
• CM 1069: Shellfish or selfish? Does shellfish aquaculture support pelagic fish?
• CM 1067: Using echosounders, multibeam, video cameras and telemetry to evidence fish stock and habitat benefits of offshore shellfish aquaculture and its connectivity to a nearby MPA to inform future management and policy
• CM 1064: Identifying size and behavior of Mueller’s Pearlside (Maurolicus muelleri) by combining measured broadband frequency responses with backscattering models and in-trawl observations
• CM 1060: Identifying and quantifying pelagic biomass around seamounts and atolls in the Chagos Archipelago in relation to local oceanographic processes
• CM 1045: Advancing the interpretation of fisheries acoustics with in-trawl cameras: a survey method for mesopelagic resources
• CM 1038: Large differences in the distribution of pelagic biomass as a result of sonar frequency choice
• CM 978: Distribution and behavioral monitoring in the Oslofjord – insights from moored echosounders
• CM 972: Using fisheries acoustics to map encounters between krill fishing vessels and air-breathing krill predators
• CM 908: Mapping wildlife behaviour around an operating tidal turbine using multibeam imaging sonar
• CM 898: Relevance of schooling behavior in small pelagics management
• CM 816: Connecting past and present knowledge to assess the future of our mesopelagic fish resources and ecosystem functioning
• CM 815: Under the ice: Observing spatial and temporal behaviour of an arctic ecosystem in a West-Greenlandic fjord using multiple acoustic moorings deployed for a year
• CM 813: Prediction modeling of catch using fish finders for Japanese set-net fishing
• CM 790: Long and short term variability in spatial patterns of Maurolicus muelleri in the North East Atlantic
• CM 771: Novel application of ARIS technology during mobile surveys of migrating salmon
• CM 720: Global characterization of modeled micronekton in biophysically defined provinces
• CM 715: Zooplankton vertical migration and light variability in a high latitude ecosystem studied with new autonomous surface vehicle with echosounder