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Groundfish Assessment ProgramFiber-Optic Habitat-Mapping System Tested by FISHPAC ![]() Figure 1. Subsea electronics that support multiplexed data communications
between submerged instruments and topside computers. Photo by Karna McKinney. A prototype system was tested during the week 31 January – 4 February 2005. Bench testing in Seattle confirmed general capabilities of the system, while sea trials in Puget Sound aboard the 57-m U.S. Navy vessel Battle Point evaluated performance with a Klein 5410 sidescan sonar and a revamped towed automatically compensating observation system (TACOS) video system (Fig. 2 below). ![]() Figure 2. Sidescan sonar being prepared for launch during sea trials
in Puget Sound. Photo by Doug Swain. Technical support was provided by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (Keyport, WA), as well as DWS International Inc. (Corpus Christi, TX), L-3 Klein Associates (Salem, NH), MacArtney Underwater Technology A/S (Esbjerg, Denmark), and the University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH). Additional Puget Sound sea trials will occur later this year. Operational deployment in the eastern Bering Sea is planned for summer 2006. By Bob McConnaughey ![]() |
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