Title :
Development on advanced whale migration tracking system
Author :
Nakahara, H. ; Ohsumi, S. ; Maeda, H. ; Hayashi, T.
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. for Ocean Econ., Japan
Abstract :
The Japanese Research Institute for Ocean Economics (RIOE) is researching whale tracking systems using “the state of art” which is “kind” to living bodies in cooperation with the Japanese Fisheries Agency. Attention is focused on the blue whale. The vital pivot technology is the battery life for the radiotransmitter. Instead of a battery, the authors are trying to apply an automatic power generation system which was recently developed by a wrist watch manufacturer. It will be put into a probe, a kind of towing fish, and will generate power due to the oscillatory motions induced by towing. The second key technology is how to attach this probe on the skin of the whale
Keywords :
aquaculture; data acquisition; electric power generation; oceanographic equipment; radiotelemetry; satellite telemetry; tracking; Japan; Japanese Fisheries Agency; Japanese Research Institute for Ocean Economics; RIOE; battery life; blue whale; electric power generation; fisheries management; marine animal; marine biology; marine equipment; migration tracking system; ocean; oscillatory motion; power supply; radiotransmitter; sea; skin attachment; towing fish; underwater equipment; whale; wrist watch; Aquaculture; Batteries; Marine technology; Oceans; Power generation; Power generation economics; Probes; Watches; Whales; Wrist;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '95. MTS/IEEE. Challenges of Our Changing Global Environment. Conference Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-933957-14-9
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1995.526785
