FUSION (Fisheries information from using VMS and acoustics in combination) (KB-14-012-066)

Moving towards an ecosystem
approach increases the need for quantitative, direct, simple, and reliable
methods to assess the abundance of fish resour-ces and the impacts of fishing
activities on the ecosystem. Knowledge on estimating fish resource abundance
from simple analyses of VMS could suffice, but it requires understanding of
fisheries behavior related to fish biomass. This study links the understanding
of VMS fisheries behaviour to acoustically observed fish abundance and biomass during
fishing trips.