2017
PBS’s NOVA Next profiles video survey that may help manage cod fishery
Live video camera designed by scientists at ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ may present a more accurate count of Atlantic cod fishery
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A ground fish video survey system collaboratively developed by Professor Kevin Stokesbury at ÁñÁ«ÊÓÆµ’s School for Marine Science & Technology, graduate students, and fishermen may provide real-time visual information as well as more accurate measurements of the Atlantic cod population.
Stokesbury and his research team – including graduate students Travis Lowery and Nick Calabrese – designed the system so they could identify the species in every image and help regulators manage the fishery.
recently featured the team’s latest work using the ground fish survey system. .