Using sound waves to monitor snapper

2021-05-10T11:56:00

With active acoustics, beams of sound with specific characteristics are emitted from an instrument that reverberate from fish Photo: NOAA

NOAA scientists have been trialling active acoustics to see whether the method can be used to monitor snapper in the bottomfish fishing grounds off Hawaii.

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