SBIR Phase I: Broadband Fish Tracker

随着河流和溪流中的鱼类数量减少，受到威胁、濒临灭绝或灭绝，我们看到当地社区越来越关注这一问题，并得到了越来越多的资金和政治关注。河岸环境需要更好的鱼类监测工具。河流声纳界的领导者已经发现了当前系统的几个缺陷。科学渔业系统公司提议开发一种用于浅水环境的宽带声纳鱼类跟踪系统。该系统将解决当前的许多缺陷，从而使宽带鱼类跟踪系统的距离分辨率提高10倍，目标的信噪比至少提高6db。环保署估计有68,000座水坝。国家公园管理局估计有75000座水坝。据《华尔街日报》估计，中国有8万座水坝。在水坝附近三维追踪鱼类以确定鱼类行为的问题是许多水坝的主要问题，特别是在哥伦比亚河流域，受到威胁和濒临灭绝的鲑鱼和钢头最近受到了总统办公室的关注。假设只有5%的水坝需要对鱼类进行监测，而SciFish只能占据10%的市场份额，保守地说，这代表着3400万美元的市场。

As the number of fish in rivers and streams diminishes and become threatened, endangered, or extinct, we see a growing concern from the local communities that is being met with increased funding and political attention. There is a need for better fish monitoring tools for the riverine environment. Leaders in the riverine sonar community have identified several deficiencies in current systems. Scientific Fishery Systems, Inc.proposes to develop a broadband sonar fish tracking system for use in shallow water environments. The proposed system will address many of the current deficiencies, resulting in a broadband fish tracking system with 10 times better range resolution and at least 6 dB improvement in the signal to noise ratio for targets. EPA estimates that there are 68,000 dams. The National Park Service estimates that thereare 75,000 dams. The Wall Street Journal estimates that there are 80,000 dams. The problems of tracking fish in three dimensions near dams to determine fish behavior is a major issue for many of these dams, especially those in the Columbia River Basin where the threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead have recently received the attention of the Office of the President. Assuming only 5% of these dams require fish monitoring, and that SciFish is able to capture only 10% of that market, this conservatively represents a $34 M market.