Continuous, continental-shelf-scale monitoring of fish populations and behavior
CA 2611205 C · Owner: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology · Inventors: Makris, Nicholas C.; Ratilal, Purnima
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Areal population density and detailed behavior of fish schools and their interaction are continuously monitored over continental-shelf-scale areas spanning thousands of square kilometers by ocean acoustic-waveguide remote sensing. In some embodiments, the capacity of certain geophysical environments, such as contininental shelves islands, etc. to behave as , acoustic waveguides is utilized; sound propagates over long ranges via trapped modes that suffer only cylindrical spreading loss rather than the spherical , loss suffered in conventional sonar approaches.
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- Filed June 7, 2006 and granted November 25, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 7, 2026.
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