Standard Operating Procedures for Fisheries Acoustic Surveys in the Great Lakes.

摘要

The Study Group on Fisheries Acoustics in the Great Lakes (hereafter, Study Group) was formed in 2002 through a grant from the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC). Members of the Study Group were from agencies and institutions associated with all the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain, as well as experts working with marine acoustics. The Study Group had two primary tasks. The first task was to hold workshops on acoustics in the Great Lakes to introduce agency biologists and scientists to the advantages of acoustic-survey methodology. The second Study Group task, which resulted in this document, was to develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) for collecting, processing, and analyzing acoustic data collected in the Great Lakes. At present, many of the procedures used in fisheries acoustic surveys vary among the Great Lakes.