Some operational uses of satellite remote sensing and marine GIS for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture

Abstract

Saitoh, S-I., Mugo, R., Radiarta, I N., Asaga, S., Takahashi, F., Hirawake, T., Ishikawa, Y., Awaji, T., In, T., and Shima, S. 2011. Some operational uses of satellite remote sensing and marine GIS for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68: 687–695. An overview of satellite remote-sensing (SRS) operational applications in fisheries is presented, and includes two case studies illustrating the societal benefits of SRS. The first describes the use of satellite-based vessel monitoring systems (VMS) and SRS data in a skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) fishery, including a simple algorithm for determining fishing activity from vessel speed. The second case study illustrates the application of remotely sensed information in determining the impact of climate change on site suitability for scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) aquaculture. Global warming simulated according to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scenarios had a significant impact on sites with the greatest suitability for scallop aquaculture. Some challenges in the field of fisheries information systems are also discussed.

Spatial distribution of southern brown shrimp (Farfantepenaeus subtilis) on the Amazon continental shelf: a fishery, marine geology and GIS integrated approach

“…However, relatively few studies have been published to describe the use of GIS to map the activity of industrial fishing and its relationship with geological characteristics and oceanographic processes in continental shelf regions (WALUDA et al, 2001). Hence, this paper used the spatial ecology address to integrate geosciences and fishery engineering data in a GIS approach to jointly examine geographical science and ecological information (SAITOH et al, 2011;SKIDMORE et al, 2011;LAFFAN et al, 2012). Knowledge of the spatial distribution of fishing resources is very important for fishery planning.…”

The regional impacts of climate change on coastal environments and the aquaculture of Japanese scallops in northeast Asia: case studies from Dalian, China, and Funka Bay, Japan

“…Several studies have used GISs to develop suitable aquaculture site selection models (SASSMs; Radiarta, Saitoh, and Miyazono 2008;Saitoh et al 2011;Liu et al 2013Liu et al , 2014, because the evolving capabilities of GISs and remote sensing provide powerful tools for efficient and cost-effective management of sustainable aquaculture. Therefore, by combining information from satellite remote-sensing data, weather observations, and SASSMs, we provide a comprehensive assessment of the influences of climate variability on Japanese scallop aquaculture in Dalian, China, and Funka Bay, Japan.…”

Space allocation for coastal aquaculture in North Africa: Data constraints, industry requirements and conservation issues

“…to study site-suitability for scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) and kelp (Laminaria japonica) aquaculture in Japan. On a similar basis Saitoh et al (2011) evaluated the response of scallop aquaculture to climate change scenarios. With respect to these studies, the present work differs in the set of SRS products used.…”

“…To this regard, Satellite Remote Sensing (SRS) data could represent, at least at a screening level, a low-cost alternative for supporting the application of site selection model. The use SRS data in aquaculture applications has received much attention in recent years, and a number of works has been published on the subject (Kapetsky and Anguilar-Manjarrez, 2007;Aguilar-Manjarrez et al, 2010;Saitoh et al, 2011;Stuart et al, 2011).…”