Evaluation of Vessel Detection System Use for Monitoring of Fisheries Activities
We present results from the use of a vessel detection system (VDS) which locates vessel positions in remote sensing imagery acquired by orbiting Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite sensors. The system, which is developed and maintained in house, has been tested in several vessel traffic situati...
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ftjrc:oai:publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu:JRC34453 2024-09-15T18:14:01+00:00 Evaluation of Vessel Detection System Use for Monitoring of Fisheries Activities LEMOINE Guido INDREGARD Marte THOORENS Francois-Xavier VAN WIMERSMA GREIDANUS Herman CESENA Christian DOERNER Hendrik 2006 CD-ROM https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC34453 eng eng ICES JRC34453 2006 ftjrc 2024-07-22T04:42:14Z We present results from the use of a vessel detection system (VDS) which locates vessel positions in remote sensing imagery acquired by orbiting Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite sensors. The system, which is developed and maintained in house, has been tested in several vessel traffic situations in European waters and international waters during the last 3 years. Our analysis focuses on 2006 results generated over the Redfish (S. mentella) fishing grounds over the Reykjanes Ridge, south-west of Iceland. The use of VDS in this case study is a practical example of the role it could play in support to surveillance operations and wide area vessel traffic pattern recognition. In particular we look at detection rates, correlation to known vessel Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) positions and explanations for the abundance of detected targets that are unmatched by VMS. The hypothesis that the latter relate to Illegal, Unreported and Illegal (IUU) vessels in the area is confirmed by sightings by the Icelandic Coastguard and Greenpeace. We conclude with a projection of future VDS developments. JRC.G.3 - Agriculture Other/Unknown Material Iceland Joint Research Centre, European Commission: JRC Publications Repository |
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We present results from the use of a vessel detection system (VDS) which locates vessel positions in remote sensing imagery acquired by orbiting Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite sensors. The system, which is developed and maintained in house, has been tested in several vessel traffic situations in European waters and international waters during the last 3 years. Our analysis focuses on 2006 results generated over the Redfish (S. mentella) fishing grounds over the Reykjanes Ridge, south-west of Iceland. The use of VDS in this case study is a practical example of the role it could play in support to surveillance operations and wide area vessel traffic pattern recognition. In particular we look at detection rates, correlation to known vessel Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) positions and explanations for the abundance of detected targets that are unmatched by VMS. The hypothesis that the latter relate to Illegal, Unreported and Illegal (IUU) vessels in the area is confirmed by sightings by the Icelandic Coastguard and Greenpeace. We conclude with a projection of future VDS developments. JRC.G.3 - Agriculture |
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LEMOINE Guido INDREGARD Marte THOORENS Francois-Xavier VAN WIMERSMA GREIDANUS Herman CESENA Christian DOERNER Hendrik |
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LEMOINE Guido INDREGARD Marte THOORENS Francois-Xavier VAN WIMERSMA GREIDANUS Herman CESENA Christian DOERNER Hendrik Evaluation of Vessel Detection System Use for Monitoring of Fisheries Activities |
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LEMOINE Guido INDREGARD Marte THOORENS Francois-Xavier VAN WIMERSMA GREIDANUS Herman CESENA Christian DOERNER Hendrik |
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LEMOINE Guido |
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Evaluation of Vessel Detection System Use for Monitoring of Fisheries Activities |
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Evaluation of Vessel Detection System Use for Monitoring of Fisheries Activities |
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Evaluation of Vessel Detection System Use for Monitoring of Fisheries Activities |
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Evaluation of Vessel Detection System Use for Monitoring of Fisheries Activities |
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Evaluation of Vessel Detection System Use for Monitoring of Fisheries Activities |
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evaluation of vessel detection system use for monitoring of fisheries activities |
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