Canada’s eSonar Inc, an underwater sonar service, development and manufacturing company, has been developing state-of-the-art sonar equipment for a diverse market.
Since its formation in 2008 eSonar has been conducting an aggressive R&D program and is now poised to launch an entirely new product line this year. This new line will include a monitoring system, known as SeineVue, for the purse seine industry, an advanced trawl monitoring system, known as TrawlVue, and a state-of-the-art monitoring system, known as AquaVue, for the aquaculture industry.
eSonar’s goal is to service, develop, manufacture and market electronic and acoustic products for the aquatic and ocean technology markets. eSonar’s leading edge technologies have, in the past, been geared towards the trawl fishery and research markets. By expanding into the aquaculture and purse seine sectors, the company has broadened its horizons.
eSonar’s first product development was a Trawl Monitoring system, which has been very successful in the fishing industry worldwide. This system also happened to be compatible with the Netmind Trawl Monitoring System. Over the years, eSonar has significantly improved the reliability and functionality of the trawl monitoring system to the point where it has produced the new TrawVue.
The company says that there are many advantages this new system has over traditional trawl monitoring systems, such as multi-function capabilities. Users of the new TrawlVue system will have the option of having individual sensors provide more than one basic function. For example, the door spread sensors can also provide pitch and roll data, or the headline sensor can provide depth or temperature data in addition to the standard data provided by the sensor.
