Ocean Color for Sustainable Fisheries

HOW DOES SRS-Technology WORK for Fisheries?

A satellite cannot detect the location of fish. Instead it detects the possible location of fish food. Find their food and you have potential fishing grounds.

3-ways of finding fish food (phytoplankton):

By COLOR
- primarily measuring the dominant phytoplankton pigment, chlorophyll a.The remotely sensed data that is currently being researched in the Philippines for COLOR detection of the open ocean is SeaWiFs Data is downloaded with permission from ORBImage at 1 km resolution.

By TEMPERATURE
- primarily to delineate thermal fronts since fish food congregates where cold and warm water meet.The remotely sensed data that is currently being researched in the Philippines for TEMPERATURE detection of the open ocean is AVHRR. Data is downloaded daily at UP MSI at 1 km resolution.

By OCEANOGRAPHIC & COASTAL FEATURES
- primarily to delineate areas of turbulence, regions with internal waves and eddies since these tend to be the main mode of transport and/or concentrating features of fish food. At the same time highlight areas of mangrove, seagrass and coral reefs since some economically important fishes are highly associated with specific coastal cover. The remotely sensed data that is currently being researched in the Philippines for OCEANOGRAPHIC FEATURE detection of the open ocean is LANDSAT.

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UP Marine Science Institute (UPMSI)
Ocean Color for Sustainable Fisheries (OCSF) Project
Supported by the Bureau of Agricultural Research - Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (BAR-AFMA)

By COLOR - primarily measuring the dominant phytoplankton pigment, chlorophyll a.The remotely sensed data that is currently being researched in the Philippines for COLOR detection of the open ocean is SeaWiFs Data is downloaded with permission from ORBImage at 1 km resolution.
	By TEMPERATURE - primarily to delineate thermal fronts since fish food congregates where cold and warm water meet.The remotely sensed data that is currently being researched in the Philippines for TEMPERATURE detection of the open ocean is AVHRR. Data is downloaded daily at UP MSI at 1 km resolution.
By OCEANOGRAPHIC & COASTAL FEATURES - primarily to delineate areas of turbulence, regions with internal waves and eddies since these tend to be the main mode of transport and/or concentrating features of fish food. At the same time highlight areas of mangrove, seagrass and coral reefs since some economically important fishes are highly associated with specific coastal cover. The remotely sensed data that is currently being researched in the Philippines for OCEANOGRAPHIC FEATURE detection of the open ocean is LANDSAT.