SBIR Phase II: Fisheries Geographic Information Systems

* 9530617辛普森 在过去的三十年里，美国商业渔业经历了巨大的增长，现在为GNP贡献了500亿美元。 然而，尽管美国在1990年的全球渔业上岸量中排名第五，但进口的渔业产品价值为90亿美元，超过出口34亿美元。 在认识到海洋不是无限资源的情况下，为了维持这种经济增长和减少贸易赤字，健全的渔业管理至关重要。 它受到个人捕捞配额（IFQ）和有限的进入的限制，必须涉及资源可持续性，减少兼捕和综合生态系统模型的发展战略。 这个小企业创新研究第二阶段项目来自科学渔业系统公司。将实施和现场测试一个商业上可行的软件产品，名为渔民的协会。 渔民协会是一个地理信息系统，它将整合特定捕鱼区域内的所有可用数据，包括渔业、水深、海洋学、大气和导航数据。 基于Windows的软件将用于创建、分析、操作、打印和存储地图。 渔民将使用由此产生的地图来确定在一年中的特定时间哪些地区是最好的捕鱼地。 通过雇用渔民协会，商业渔民或渔业管理人员将有可能减少副渔获物，增加目标渔获量，降低运营成本，并最大限度地提高各自的利润。 The Fisherman's Associate的一个固有好处是完全利用了国家海洋渔业服务局、国家大气研究中心和国家海洋学数据中心等调查组织收集的数据。 此外，在第二阶段，将开发基于神经网络的自动模型生成能力，并将其纳入渔民协会。 包括自动生成模型以生成季前预报将扩大该产品的吸引力，并将吸引渔业管理人员也使用该系统。 科学渔业系统将与两个渔业集团在开发和现场测试的渔民协会。 第一个小组，F/V辛普森夫人号，已同意提供数据和测试系统，用于阿拉斯加湾的延绳钓大比目鱼捕捞和白令海/阿留申群岛的帝王蟹和opilio蟹捕捞。 第二个渔业集团是泰森海鲜集团。 泰森已同意提供数据，协助开发，并为他们在白令海捕捞鳕鱼，鳕鱼和唯一的30艘拖网渔船的船队提供测试。 该产品将有助于提高产量和恢复枯竭资源的能力，从而为减少美国渔业产品贸易逆差提供了巨大的潜力。 该产品的商业潜力非常大。 对该产品的初步市场分析已经完成，表明到2000年估计销售额为1 250万美元，累计利润为1 030万美元。 ***

*** 9530617 Simpson Over the past three decades, US commercial fisheries have experienced tremendous growth and now contribute $50 billion to the GNP. However, although the US ranked fifth in worldwide fishery landings in 1990, imported fishery products valued at $9 billion exceeded exports by 3.4 billion. In order to sustain this economic growth and reduce the trade deficit in the face of the realization that the ocean is not an unlimited resource, sound fisheries management is essential. It is constrained by individual fishing quotas (IFQ's) and limited entry, and must involve strategies for resource sustainability, bycatch reduction, and the development of comprehensive ecosystem models. This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project from Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc. will implement and field test a commercially viable software product entitled The Fisherman's Associate. The Fisherman's Associate is a Geographic Information System (GIS) that will integrate all of the available data within a given fishing region including fishery, bathymetric, oceanographic, atmospheric, and navigational data. Windows-based software will be used to create, analyze, manipulate, print, and store maps. The resulting maps will be used by fishermen to determine which areas are the best to fish during a specific time of the year. By employing The Fisherman's Associate, it will be possible for commercial fishermen or fisheries managers to reduce bycatch, increase target catch, decrease operational costs, and maximize their respective profits. An inherent benefit of The Fisherman's Associate is the complete utilization of data collected by survey organizations such as the National Marine Fisheries Service, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and the National Oceanographic Data Center. Also during Phase II, an automatic model generation capability based on neural networks will be developed and integrated into The Fisherman s Associate. The inclusion of automatic model generat ion to produce pre-season forecasts will broaden the appeal of this product and will lure fisheries managers to utilize this system as well. Scientific Fishery Systems will be working with two fishing groups during the development and field tests of The Fisherman's Associate. The first group, the F/V Lady Simpson, has agreed to provide data and test the system for longline halibut fishing in the Gulf of Alaska and king crab and opilio crab fishing in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands. The second fishing group is Tyson Seafood Group. Tyson has agreed to provide data, assist in the development, and provide testing for their fleet of 30 trawlers that fish for cod, pollock, and sole in the Bering Sea. This product will contribute to the capability of improving yields and recovering depleted resources thus representing significant potential for facilitating the reduction of the US trade deficit in fishery products. Commercial potential for this product is excellent. The preliminary market analysis has been completed for this product indicating estimated sales by the year 2000 at $12.5 M with a cumulative profit of $10.3 M. ***