Integrated ocean mapping technologies

海洋是加拿大文化、环境、卫生和经济的一个组成部分。海洋部门的工业对海洋系统的压力越来越大，因此，越来越需要开发技术来帮助保护我们海洋的健康。其中许多行业与海底环境有关或直接相互作用。迫切需要改进传感器技术，以改善我们绘制海底地图的方式，以满足这些行业的监管要求，促进其经济增长，同时确保可持续的资源开发和健全的环境管理。 NSERC在新斯科舍省社区学院的综合海洋测绘技术学院工业研究主席将解决更好的海底科学和应用研究的需要。 这可以使区域工业受益，并在这样做时加强加拿大在可持续海洋活动方面的经济发展。这项工作最初将侧重于海底测绘技术在支持近海渔业方面可发挥的作用。该项目将以多波束回声测深仪测绘技术和水下摄像系统及海底勘测平台为中心。合作研究将有助于改进现有的海底传感器技术，开发新系统，并改进互补传感器系统的数据整合方式，以制作有利于渔业的海底地图。 预计这项研究还将使其他依赖综合海洋测绘技术来满足其业务要求的区域和国家海洋部门行业受益，例如近海石油和天然气，潮汐能和水产养殖领域。最终，主席将提供在综合测绘技术的NSCC专业知识的本地重点，提供研究支持，在加拿大大西洋地区经营的当地海洋部门的公司，对该地区和加拿大经济的整体潜在的长期利益。

Oceans are an integral part of Canada's culture, environment, health and economy. There are growing pressures from industries within the ocean sector on marine systems and, therefore, a growing need to develop technologies to help protect the health of our oceans. Many of these industries are associated with, or directly interact with the seafloor environment. Improved sensor technologies to improve the way we can map the seafloor are urgently needed to meet the regulatory requirements of these industries to facilitate their economic growth, while ensuring sustainable resource exploitation and sound environmental stewardship. The NSERC Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Integrated Ocean Mapping Technologies at Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) will address the need for better ocean-floor science and applied research. This can benefit industry regionally, and, in doing so, strengthen Canada's economic development in sustainable ocean activity. The work will focus initially on the role that seafloor mapping technologies can play in supporting offshore fisheries. It will centre on multi-beam echo sounder mapping technology and underwater camera systems and platforms for seafloor surveys. Collaborative research will help improve available seafloor sensor technologies, develop new systems, and refine the way that data from complementary sensor systems can be integrated to produce ocean floor maps of benefit to the fishing industry. It is anticipated the research will also benefit other regional and national ocean sector industries that depend on integrated ocean mapping technologies to meet their operational requirements, such as the offshore oil and gas, tidal energy, and aquaculture fields. Ultimately, the Chair will provide a local focus of expertise at NSCC in integrated mapping technologies, providing research support to local ocean sector companies operating in Atlantic Canada, with potential long-term benefits to the region and Canadian economy overall.