Influence of depth, time and human activity on detection rate of acoustic tags: a case study on two fish farms

J Fish Biol. 2016 Mar;88(3):1229-35. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12886. Epub 2016 Feb 4.

Abstract

The detection rates of stationary acoustic transmitters deployed at three depths on two Atlantic salmon Salmo salar cage farms for c. 2 months were investigated. Deployment depth, time of day, day of the year and specific incidences at the farm substantially affected the rate of signal detection by the receiver.

Keywords: Vemco; fish behaviour; sentinel tags; telemetry.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Fisheries* / instrumentation
  • Fisheries* / methods
  • Human Activities*
  • Noise / adverse effects
  • Salmo salar / physiology*
  • Telemetry / instrumentation
  • Telemetry / methods
  • Telemetry / veterinary*
  • Time Factors
  • Water Movements
  • Weather