SEADETECT: developing an automated detection system to reduce whale-vessel collision risk

• Published in: Research Ideas and Outcomes
• Main Authors: Paoletti, Silvia, Rumes, Bob, Pierantonio, Nino, Panigada, Simone, Jan, Romain, Folegot, Thomas, Schilling, Anita, Riviere, Nicolas, Carrier, Vincent, Dumoulin, Antoine, van Hamme, David, Marquis-Laisné, Gildas, Bruliard, François-Antoine, Petitpierre, Félix, Demoor, Damien
• Other Authors: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique = Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (IRSNB / RBINS), Tethys Research Institute ITALIE, Quiet-Oceans, DOTA, ONERA, Université de Toulouse Toulouse, ONERA-PRES Université de Toulouse, DIADES, IMEC (IMEC), Catholic University of Leuven = Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), SIREHNA Atlantic, Naval Group, European Project: 101070722,LIFE21-NAT-FR-LIFE-SEADETECT
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: marine traffic; whale-vessel collision; cetaceans; endangered species; conservation; mitigation measures; Trafic maritime; Collision baleine-navire; Cétacé; Espèces menacées; [PHYS]Physics [physics]; [SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics]; Balaenoptera physalus; Physeter macrocephalus
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04424217; https://hal.science/hal-04424217/document; https://hal.science/hal-04424217/file/RIO_article_113968.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.9.e113968

International audience With the continuous intensification of marine traffic worldwide, whale-vessel collisions at sea (or “ship strikes”) have become one of the primary causes of mortality for cetaceans and a widely recognised cause of concern for human safety and economic losses. The Mediterranean...