Fisheries Acoustics Research

Our acoutic research activities can be divided in two categories: estimating backscatter for any species of interest, and using backscatter models to examine and test assumptions of acoustic methodologies. Backscatter models allow us to quantify magnitudes and variances of reflected sound from individuals or aggregations of fish. We use backscatter predictions to create fish schools in attempts to improve acoustic survey techniques. The following pages can be perused as a tutorial using the forward and back arrows at the bottom right corner of each page, or viewed independently by topic.