Peter Esselman

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The future is now: Autonomous vehicles enable enhanced views of fish and mysids in the Great Lakes

24/7 drones uncover new insights into Great Lakes fishes & mysids.

Research Brief

Regional fisheries agencies collaborate to improve prey fish assessments through adoption of advanced survey technologies

USGS and partner agencies are using Saildrones and autonomous underwater vehicles to correct biases in sonar surveys, improving the accuracy of prey fish abundance estimates for Great Lakes fisheries.