tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post8571028777083227773..comments2024-03-28T13:58:37.846-04:00Comments on The Passionate Foodie: Roger Berkowitz and OAWRSRichard Auffreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03948647697847819742noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post-32637154963826114172011-05-16T12:59:20.335-04:002011-05-16T12:59:20.335-04:00Two things - the scallop industry did partner with...Two things - the scallop industry did partner with science on HABCAM to study the scallop beds, and as a result, with the collaboration of Northeast Fisheries - areas were opened based on new video recording information.<br /><br />Second - the video plankton recorders are able to identify plankton in the water column at micron size. The advantage to an autonomous vehicle is that it can continuously cover what no previous sampling system could do. <br /><br />If you tow a plankton recorder for 260 hours of continuous recording, as it travels from depth to surface, undulating as it goes -- it can capture 6 images per second, and with the 4,000,000 images taken in those hours - image libraries are built. Then a pattern recognition system is built into the system that can recognize shapes, forms, identities, etc.<br /><br />There are also autonomous systems, environmental samplers that sample and count according to DNA assays.<br /><br />So is the technology there? I would say yes...it may be crude but it is existent and being developed. So in answer to who should pay for it - I'm with Jacqueline when she said it should be a partnership. If the government is charged with regulation of the species stocks, and is required to do so with the best science, then they should do so, WITH the help of fishermen who have been on the water.<br /><br />I know too many fishermen who have worked to further along efforts who have not been paid, or recognized for their contributions. Somehow the system is going to have to find a way to unite fishermen and scientists to understand they have much in common. Alienating fishermen is the worst conceivable way for that to happen.<br /><br />Merimerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015137512204425025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405633513402883204.post-50783654556484489872011-05-16T12:39:50.656-04:002011-05-16T12:39:50.656-04:00I am dubious when anyone claims to have "the ...I am dubious when anyone claims to have "the answer" as we heard at this dinner. Also the demonizing of NOAA gets us no where and there was plenty of that, too. Maybe Roger could host a roundtable of NOAA, Woods Hole, fishermen and conservation staff to explore this issue and technology? It does seem that enough people have a strong interest in finding out if this can be a tool in arsenal that maybe some joint funding could work.JacquelineChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731070890266962010noreply@blogger.com