Monday 8 April 2002 1st session: Passive Listening for fish — what has been done. Tuesday 9 April 2002 2nd session: Future developments and applications. 3rd session: Acoustic technology Special session: Demonstrations of hardware and software. Wednesday 10 April 2002 Working groups — production of summary papers *speaker Day 1 Monday 8 April 2002 | April 9 | April 10 8:50 am Opening remarks by Hawkins, Rountree and Goudey Session 1: Passive listening for fishes — what has been done Review of programs that have applied passive acoustics to research on fish ecology and fisheries issue 9:10-9:30 "Applications of underwater acoustics data in fisheries management for spotted seatrout, C. nebulosus, in estuaries of South Carolina" Roumillat* and Brouwer 9:30-9:50 "Locating sciaenid spawning aggregations in anticipation of harbor modifications, and reactions of spotted sea trout spawners to acoustic disturbance" Collins*, Callahan, Post, and Avildsen 9:50-10:10 "Characterization of sounds and their use in two sciaenid species: weakfish and Atlantic croaker" Connaughton*, Lunn, Fine and Tayor 10:10-10:30 Break 10:30-10:50 "Detection and characterization of yellowfin and bluefin tuna using passive acoustical techniques" Allen and Demer* 10:50-11:10 "Acoustic competition in the gulf toadfish Opsanus beta: Crepuscular changes and acoustic tagging" Fine* and Thorson 11:10-11:50 "Passive acoustic transects: Mating calls and spawning ecology in East Florida Sciaenids" Gilmore* 11:50-1:30 Lunch 1:30-1:50 "The use of passive acoustics to identify a haddock spawning area" Hawkins* 1:50-2:10 "Using a towed acoustic array to survey drum spawning sites in the Gulf of Mexico" Holt* 2:10-2:30 "Fish courtship and mating sounds" Lobel* 2:30-2:50 "Use of passive acoustics to identify essential fish habitats in North Carolina" Luczkovich* and Sprague 2:50-3:10 Break 3:10-3:30 "Passive acoustics field research on Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua L. in Canada" Fudge* and Rose 3:30-3:50 "Soniferous fishes of Massachusetts" Rountree* and Juanes 3:50-4:10 "The mating behavior of Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua)s " Rowe* and Hutchings 4:10-4:30 "Is acoustic calls a premating reproductive barrier between two north-east Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) groups? A review" Nordeide* and Finstad Day 2 Tuesday, 9 April 2002 | April 8 | April 10 Session 2. Future developments and applications 9:00-9:10 Opening remarks 9:10-9:50 "Potential of passive acoustics applications for coral reef ecology and management" Brainard, Wong*, Luczkovich, and Sprague 9:50-10:10 "Passive detection and localization of transient signals from marine mammals using widely spaced bottom mounted hydrophones in open ocean environments)" Jarvis* and Moretti 10:10-10:30 Break 10:30-10:50 "Acoustic sensing with autonomous ocean sampling networks" Schmidt* 10:50-11:10 "Creating a web-based library of underwater biological sounds" Bradbury and Bloomgarden* 11:10-11:30 "Spotted seatrout spawning requirements & essential fish habitat: a microhabitat approach using hydrophones" Baltz* 11:30-11:50 "Potential for coupling of underwater TV monitoring with passive acoustics" Barans and Brouwer* 11:50-1:10 Lunch Session 3. Acoustic technology Review of current state of the art and future developments for underwater acoustic technology, underwater video-acoustic recording technology, analysis techniques and software 1:10-1:30 "Quantifying species specific contributions to the overall sound level" Sprague* and Luczkovich 1:30-1:50 "Passive- and active - acoustical monitoring of marine life using multi-instrumented buoys" Demer*, Needham, and Conti 1:50-2:10 "Application of passive acoustic methods for automatic detection, location and tracking of whales " Clark* 2:10-2:30 "New technologies for passive acoustic detection of fish sound production" Mann* 2:30-2:50 "A remote-controlled instrument platform for fish behavior studies and sound monitoring" Totland, Svellingen, and Ovredal* 2:50-3:10 Break 3:10-3:30 "Classifying fish sounds using wavelets" Wood* 3:30-3:50 "Use of ROVs as a platform for passive acoustics: characterization of ROV noise generation" Rountree, Blue*, and Juanes 3:50-4:10 "Multihydrophone localization of low frequency broadband sources" Forsythe* 4:10-4:30 "Synchronized underwater audio-video recording" Lobel* 4:30-6:00 Special Session — Demonstratons of acoustic/video hardware and software Clark - Pop-up recorders Canary and Raven software Signal software Hawkins - Avisoft and other software Mann - hardware, data logger and software 7:00-10:00 Buffet Dinner and Vendor demonstrations Day 3 Wednesday, 10 April 2002| April 8 | April 9 Working groups — production of summary papers 9:00-11:00 Working group - Biology, Luczkovich - facilitator 11:00-1:00 Working group — Technology and software, Mann - facilitator 1:00-2:30 Lunch 2:30-5:30 Working group - Summing up 2:30-3:30 Future development: Technology and software 3:30-4:30 Potential for passive acoustics, possible joint research projects 4:30-5:30 Bringing it all together, closing remarks (Hawkins, Rountree and Goudey) Return to Top