A unique service to the fishermen community for locating PFZ in the seas

INDIAN MARINE FISHERY ADVISORY SYSTEM

Nimit Kumar Scientist (Advisory Services and Satellite Oceanography Group)

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India

Workshop for

OSF Trainers & Operators November 27, 2014

INCOIS Ground Station

•Chlorophyll, TSM (Oceansat-2)

•SST (NOAA-18/19, MetOp-A/B)

JPL -PO.DAAC

•SST (OSTIA GHRSST)

INCOIS-OSF Lab

•Wind/Current Vectors •MLD, D20 •High Wind-wave

INCOIS-PFZ Lab

•Potential Fishing Zones •Bathymetry •Landing Centers •Coastal Districts •EEZ boundaries •Fishing-Restriction Zones

PFZ Maps

Indian Marine Fishery Advisory System

•Landing Center (LC) •Direction (with angle) •Distance from LC •Bathymetry •Position (Lat/Long)

PFZ Text

Inputs & Processing Products Information Dissemination

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Chlorophyll, Kd490 [Daily & 3d roll] (MODIS-Aqua)

Direct

Fax

Phone

Email

Web-GIS

Mass-comm.

Web-text

EDBs

DEAL

University projects

SMS/Mobile-Apps

NGOs

IVRS/Helpline

Community Radio

TV/Radio

Newspapers

ENVI, ArcMap, ERDAS Imagine

Part – 1 : Science & Process

Challenges

Locating and catching fish, as stocks dwindle and move further offshore

Increase in searching time for shoals, fuel cost and human effort in fishing operations

Increase of atmospheric Carbon Dioxide by burning of fossil fuels

A reliable and timely forecast on the potential zones of fish

aggregation, helps reduce time and effort spent in

searching fishing grounds

Fishing Heritage - Fishermen

Kaladu (a kind of smell)

Muddy and oily water and calm Sea

Bird Congregation

Reflection in the Night

Bubbles breaking on Surface

Colour

Fish Availability

Type Quantity

Remote Sensing

Use of balloons and aircraft to detect the fish schools by eye

Detection of pelagic fish schools by highly skilled spotter pilots from aircraft

Their experience and intuition are not immediately transferable

Depth limit of detection that depends on illumination, sea state, and the skill of the individual spotter

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Phytoplankton is an index of Primary productivity

Phytoplankton

Secondary consumers

Primary consumers

Food Chain

Higher trophic level e.g. Fishes

Remote Sensing

Fish Aggregation PFZ

OCM / MODIS NOAA AVHRR /

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Upwelling Boundary

Food

SST

Phytoplankton Nutrients

Ocean Color

Processes

Fish Finding -The Remote Sensing Approach

Eddies, Rings, Meanders

Tongue/Mushroom features

Upwelling ,Thermal Fronts

Integrated PFZ (SST + Chlorophyll)

Methodology

Potential Fishing Zones – The Keys

Daily operational forecasts from INCOIS

using real-time satellite data

(non-monsoon, non-ban season)

Details PFZ Non PFZ

Name of the Boat HCV JANV

Type of Boat Purse-Seine Purse-Seine

Duration of Total Trip 12 Hrs 30 Min 24 Hrs

Number of fishing hours

01 1.5

Number of Hauls 01 01

Number of Fishermen Engaged

28 23

Total Catch (Kgs) 3500 2000

Major Species Caught Indian Mackerel Horse Mackerel

Approximate cost of total catch (Rs)

1,75,000 (@ 50 Rs /Kg)

1,20,000 (@ 60 Rs /Kg)

Total Expenditure in Fishing Operation (Rs)

51,340 (Fuel: 11,340) (Wage: 25,000) (Other : 15,000)

49,980 (Fuel: 18,480) (Wage: 19,500) (Other : 12,000)

Net Profit 1,23,660 70,020

Quantitative results of validations

Details of Simultaneous Fishing Operation by Two Vessels (PFZ & Non PFZ) on November 13,

2010

PFZ Forecast based on SST & CHL Issued: Nov 12, 2010

Valid up to: Nov 15, 2010

Area: Karnataka & Goa Sector

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•Tuna Potential of the Indian EEZ: 2, 78, 000 MT

•Annual Catch: 40, 000 MT •Forecast started with RS and in-situ data on experimental Basis

•Developed methodology based on Hind-cast Experiments •503 catch details from 12 vessels

•Dissemination in similar lines to PFZ

•Operationalised from November 2010 onwards

•Dedicated web pages for dissemination of the advisories (Feb 2011)

Tuna Fishery Advisories (Map & Text)

Species Specific advisories for Tuna

Sea Surface Height

Date of PFZ advisory: 26th July Boat owner: Mr. Rajkumar, Nagoor Pattinacherry, Nagapattinam District Fishing boat: Gill Netter Fishing Date: 29th July Catch: 7.5t Tuna Boats in ground: 100

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Proof of Concept

SATELLITE TELEMETRY STUDIES ON MIGRATION PATTERNS OF TUNAS IN INDIAN SEAS (SATTUNA)

Background

Multi institutional project on in collaboration with CMFRI, FSI and CMLRE

Objective: To develop the baseline database on the environmental and biological parameters influencing the tuna migration and breeding

Major Component of the Project is Tagging Tunas (with main focus on Yellowfin Tuna) with Pop-up Satellite Tags – which is first of its kind in the country

Proposed to Tag 25 Nos. with Pop-up Standard Archival Tags of Model name X-Tag

Tagging operations were planned off Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Mumbai, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands

Popular Tags Available

Mainly four types of tags :

1. Conventional plastic tags ( Tag recovery: Fishery dependent)

2. Archival tags (Tag recovery: Fishery dependent)

3. Acoustic Tags

4. Satellite Tags

• Smart Positioning or Temperature Transmitting (SPOT)

• Pop-up satellite archival tags (Tag recovery: Fishery independent)

Plastic Fish Tags Archival Fish Tags Pop-up Satellite Archival Fish Tags

HOW IT WORKS

Sources: www.microwavetelemetry.com http://swfsc.noaa.gov/textblock.aspx?Division=PRD&ParentMenuId=212&id=12682 http://home.earthlink.net/~horizon18/npoess.htm

Description :

1. Antennae

2. Float with pressure sensor

3. Tag body

4. Light sensor

5. Nosecone with corrosional link,

6. RD1500 guillotine

7. Stainless steel thimbles

8. Stainless steel wire encased in tubing

9. Conventional plastic tag.

DIFFERENT PARTS OF A PSAT

RETENTION PERIOD OF DIFFERENT TAG HEADS

By Musyl et.all. 2007

OPTIMAL PLACEMENT OF PSAT HEAD

• In Tuna or Tuna like species optimal

place to put the tag head is base of the

dorsal fin and in-between space of the

interneural and neural spines .

Calculating Geolocations

Calculating Geolocations

Geolocations

More at http://www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/MamVisAD/HowTos/

An Example of Advanced Techniques

The Journey has just begun…

DESERT STAR SYSTEMS

Ref. : Popular Science - May 2013

Future Plans

Inclusion and utilization of additional parameters for

supporting un-interrupted PFZ advisories

Altimeter Data for detection of Eddies, Fronts and

Surface Currents

Model derived products Thermocline Information

Mixed Layer Depth

Surface Currents

Sea Surface Temperature

Chlorophyll-a

Ecosystem Modelling

Part – 2 : Dissemination Scopes

INCOIS Ground Station

•Chlorophyll, TSM (Oceansat-2)

•SST (NOAA-18/19, MetOp-A/B)

JPL -PO.DAAC

•SST (OSTIA GHRSST)

INCOIS-OSF Lab

•Wind/Current Vectors •MLD, D20 •High Wind-wave

INCOIS-PFZ Lab

•Potential Fishing Zones •Bathymetry •Landing Centers •Coastal Districts •EEZ boundaries •Fishing-Restriction Zones

PFZ Maps

Indian Marine Fishery Advisory System

•Landing Center (LC) •Direction (with angle) •Distance from LC •Bathymetry •Position (Lat/Long)

PFZ Text

Inputs & Processing Products Information Dissemination

Fo

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PFZ

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es INCOIS-ChloroGIN

Chlorophyll, Kd490 [Daily & 3d roll] (MODIS-Aqua)

Direct

Fax

Phone

Email

Web-GIS

Mass-comm.

Web-text

EDBs

DEAL

University projects

SMS/Mobile-Apps

NGOs

IVRS/Helpline

Community Radio

TV/Radio

Newspapers

ENVI, ArcMap, ERDAS Imagine

Marine Fishery-The Indian Scenario

Several Species - Pelagic and Demersal Classes

Potential: About 3.921 MT per annum (D-2.02; P-1.67; O-0.24)

Harnessing: About 3.32 MT per annum

About 7 Million Fishing population spanning 3,202 Marine Fishing Villages

1.25 Million Active Marine Fishermen

2,38,772 Non-mechanised / Motorised / Mechanised/ DSVs

70 % Catch from West Coast

Gross Earnings at last sales: Rs. 36, 964 Cr

Marine Products Export Value: Rs. 12, 000 Cr (8 lakh tonnes)

Source: CMFRI

Total users statistics of PFZ advisory

Workshop /Awareness Campaigns

More than 242 User Awareness Campaigns / Workshops have been organized

INCOIS First User Interaction Workshop 2010 at INCOIS on February 04, 2011

In addition to small to medium level awareness campaigns, INCOIS has been conducting

1. National Level User Interaction Workshop Annually

2. Technological Trainings to other Countries: Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Sultanate of Oman. Further Requests from IOR-ARC Countries

User Interaction in Danavaipet, E G Dist, Andhra Pradesh

Website with Web GIS Facility

Phones & Faxes

Location Based

New Generation E.D. Boards

News Papers

E.D. Boards

Doordarshan

Fishermen Community

2007 1999 2002 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006

E - mails

2008 and FURTHER

SMS, IVRS, Help lines, Voice Messages, Information Kiosks, etc.

Dissemination of PFZ Advisories

Web-based Dissemination Unique website for multi-lingual advisories.

Provides information in eight local languages (Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya, Bengali) as well as in Hindi and English

Web GIS Facility without any commercial package installation.

Retrieve PFZ information pertaining to any area in the Indian EEZ of their interest by doing simple GIS operations. No need for GIS package at the users end.

Facility for measurements by individual users from any landing centre/ light house.

Facility for view and print of information and composed PFZ Maps.

Availability of near-real time SST and Chlorophyll Images on every Forecast day for own interpretation by users.

PFZ Text Page PFZ Web-GIS Page

Electronic Display Boards

State-wise Installations Year-wise Installations

Total EDBs Installed: 96 + 04 planned

Mobile Applications

Liaising with the following service providers for disseminating the PFZ, OSF and Tsunami warnings through their Mobile Networks

Handygo (F-Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) - PAN India level – Behtar Zindagi - Interactive Voice Response (IVR) in regional language – MoU signed (Call to Behtar Zindagi (Better Life) short code“55678 and 556780,” which is

available for Airtel & Tata subscribers PAN India, and is available on Idea & Uninor in limited regions)

Spice Digital Limited – SMS, IVRS – regional language – MoU Signed – Designing is in progress

Fishermen Help lines in Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu in collaboration with MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai

Help line numbers :

Andhra Pradesh – 7569059856, 7569079047;

Tamilnadu – 9282442311, 9282442312

Expert Consortium

Centralized Help Line (24x7)

INCOIS Services Tsunami Early warning Potential Fishing Zone Ocean State Forecast

Queries from Fisher folks

Tablet computing PFZ – GIS

Ocean State Forecast models Early Warning

Analysis

INCOIS

Generic Fisheries related Queries

Anna University

Fisheries Dep.

Individual experts

CAS

CMFRI

Academic Institutions

INCOIS-MSSRF Knowledge Management

System

Phone in Program

(Once in every month)

Architecture of Help Line Services (INCOIS-MSSRF)

Andhra Pradesh – 7569059856, 75690 Tamil Nadu – 9282442311, 9282442312

THANK YOU