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NOAA NMFS ROV Operations USE OF A REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE AS A FISHERIES SURVEY TOOL NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center Tim P. Lynch1, Deanna R. Pinkard2 and John L. Butler2 November 2004 1NSW Marine Parks Authority Jervis Bay Marine Park PO Box 89 Huskisson, New South Wales 2540 Australia tim.lynch@.au 2NOAA Southwest Fisheries Center 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive La Jolla, CA 92037 USA Deanna.Pinkard@ John.Butler@ Table of Contents List of Tables……………………………………………………………………….……3 List of Figures 3 1. Executive Summary………………………………………………………………….4 2. Introduction 5 2.1 ROV Project Management 5 2.2 Abalone research objectives and null hypotheses 5 3. Overview of the ROV System 7 3.1 The ROV 7 3.2 The ROV console and heads up display 7 3.2.1 Directional Hydrophone, Transponder and Trackpoint 8 3.2.2 Pitch and Roll Sensor 8 3.2.3 DGPS and GIS 8 3.2.4 Tracking and Data Processing Software- WinFrog Ribbit 9 3.3 The Tether 9 3.4 Vessel and Cranes 10 3.5 Clump weight and cable counter 10 4. Abalone survey techniques 11 4.1 Survey design 11 4.2 Habitat Mapping and Transects 11 4.3 Data collection 12 5. Analysis strategies 12 5.1 Determining transect area 12 5.2 Population estimates 13 5.3 Refinements to the base model 15 6. Project Management 15 6.1 Timing and Logistics 15 6.2 Team structure 15 6.3 OHS 16 6.4 NOAA Corps and Scientists on-board communications 16 7. Discussion 17 8. Acknowledgements 18 9. References 19 10. Tables 19 11. Figures………………………………………………………………………..…….24 12. Appendixes………………………………………………………………………...28 List of Tables Table 1. Summary statistics of 2002-2004 abalone cruises List of Figures Figure 1. Diagrammatic representation of the ROV console and placement of devices on the