Classification of pelagic fish using wideband echosounders

The landing obligation for pelagic fisheries was introduced in January 2015 by the European Commission and will gradually be extended to all fisheries in 2019. This regulation follows the trend for sustainable fisheries in Europe and states that all catches must be landed and counted against the quotas. Pre-catch acoustic fish classification can remotely provide information about fish school composition in terms of species and size distribution....