Location

Agriculture Production Theater, Oregon State University

Start Date

27-6-2013 11:05 AM

End Date

27-6-2013 11:25 AM

Description

Since 2004 the Juvenile Salmonid Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) cabled array and autonomous node systems have been deployed in the Columbia River Basin to provide survival estimates and understand fish passage. Autonomous nodes provide presence/absence while cabled arrays provide 3D fish position estimates. Cabled array deployments consist of over 100 acquisition systems continually collecting data through the juvenile salmonid migration season. Raw data volumes are approaching petabytes. Real-time software processing reduces decode acoustic micro transmitter (AMT) signals surgically implanted in juvenile salmonids. Given the distance between and number of systems, cellular modems notify a central monitoring system of potential system issues. Project management receives system alerts in efforts to proactively fix faulting equipment. System downtime and fish detections are coordinated with dam operations data, run at large estimates, environmental measurements, and fish condition data. Fish condition helps estimate the run of the river and is collected throughput the season. This data includes photographing each fish used in the study. In 2012, approximately 65,000 photographs were taken. Images are archived and used for reporting to management agencies. We present a fisheries information management system for large studies that can facilitate future spatiotemporal meta-data analysis to support management of hydropower systems.

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Mark Weiland is a senior research scientist at PNNL. His main focus is evaluating passage of juvenile salmon through the Columbia and Snake River hydropower system using Juvenile Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS), hydro acoustics and acoustic imaging to provide support for decisions to improve hydropower facilities for fish passage survival. He has been a key player in the development and implementation of the JSATS for the US Army Corp of Engineers and managed the research and development of the JSATS dam-face cabled array. In addition to acoustic telemetry, he uses hydro acoustics and acoustic imaging technologies as part of fish passage research. Mark is also experienced in installation and monitoring of sensors in harsh environments.

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Jun 27th, 11:05 AM Jun 27th, 11:25 AM

Concurrent Sessions B: Case Studies - A Fisheries Information Management System (FIMS) for Petabyte Acoustic Telemetry

Agriculture Production Theater, Oregon State University

Since 2004 the Juvenile Salmonid Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) cabled array and autonomous node systems have been deployed in the Columbia River Basin to provide survival estimates and understand fish passage. Autonomous nodes provide presence/absence while cabled arrays provide 3D fish position estimates. Cabled array deployments consist of over 100 acquisition systems continually collecting data through the juvenile salmonid migration season. Raw data volumes are approaching petabytes. Real-time software processing reduces decode acoustic micro transmitter (AMT) signals surgically implanted in juvenile salmonids. Given the distance between and number of systems, cellular modems notify a central monitoring system of potential system issues. Project management receives system alerts in efforts to proactively fix faulting equipment. System downtime and fish detections are coordinated with dam operations data, run at large estimates, environmental measurements, and fish condition data. Fish condition helps estimate the run of the river and is collected throughput the season. This data includes photographing each fish used in the study. In 2012, approximately 65,000 photographs were taken. Images are archived and used for reporting to management agencies. We present a fisheries information management system for large studies that can facilitate future spatiotemporal meta-data analysis to support management of hydropower systems.