Potential Applications of GOES-R

data to NOAA Fisheries Potential Applications of GOES-R

data to NOAA Fisheries

Cara Wilson & R. Michael LaursNOAA/NMFS Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory

David G. FoleyJoint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, U. Hawaii

3rd GOES-R User Workshop10-13 May 2004Broomfield, CO

Cara Wilson & R. Michael LaursNOAA/NMFS Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory

David G. FoleyJoint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, U. Hawaii

3rd GOES-R User Workshop10-13 May 2004Broomfield, CO

ContributorsContributors

Robert Bernstein Sea Space Corporation

Peter Cornillon URI

Jefferson Hinke JIMAR, U. Hawaii

Lucas Moxie NOAA CoastWatch, Hawaii node

Andrew Thomas U. Maine

Rick Wahle Bigelow Laboratory

George Watters NOAA/NMFS PFEL

Robert Bernstein Sea Space Corporation

Peter Cornillon URI

Jefferson Hinke JIMAR, U. Hawaii

Lucas Moxie NOAA CoastWatch, Hawaii node

Andrew Thomas U. Maine

Rick Wahle Bigelow Laboratory

George Watters NOAA/NMFS PFEL

NOAA Fisheries MissionNOAA Fisheries Mission

• Stewardship of the Nation’s living marine resources through science-based conservation and management

• Promotion of healthy ecosystems

• Stewardship of the Nation’s living marine resources through science-based conservation and management

• Promotion of healthy ecosystems

Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs)Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs)

NOAA/NMFS is involved with defining LMEs, and is working towards developing guidelines for their stewardshipNOAA/NMFS is involved with defining LMEs, and is working towards developing guidelines for their stewardship

US Exclusive Economic ZoneUS Exclusive Economic Zone

Economic BenefitsEconomic Benefits

• Landings by US commercial fisheries average 4.3 million metric tons, valued at about $3.4 billion

• US recreational fisheries provide food and recreation to over 17 million Americans, who spend $20 billion per year on angling

• Landings by US commercial fisheries average 4.3 million metric tons, valued at about $3.4 billion

• US recreational fisheries provide food and recreation to over 17 million Americans, who spend $20 billion per year on angling

Rationale For Satellite Remote Sensing In Fisheries

Rationale For Satellite Remote Sensing In Fisheries

• Understanding the changing ocean

• Variations in marine environmental conditions affect

–Distribution, abundance, and availability of living marine resources (LMRs)

–Influence the vulnerability and catchability of fish stocks

• Understanding the changing ocean

• Variations in marine environmental conditions affect

–Distribution, abundance, and availability of living marine resources (LMRs)

–Influence the vulnerability and catchability of fish stocks

Ocean Features Importantto Fisheries

Ocean Features Importantto Fisheries

• Ocean ‘fronts’, boundaries, ‘edges’• Mesoscale circulation patterns, e.g.,

eddies, meanders, ‘loops’• Convergence zones• Subsurface thermal structure, e.g. MLD,

thermocline• Ocean surface winds• Ocean currents• Wave heights

• Ocean ‘fronts’, boundaries, ‘edges’• Mesoscale circulation patterns, e.g.,

eddies, meanders, ‘loops’• Convergence zones• Subsurface thermal structure, e.g. MLD,

thermocline• Ocean surface winds• Ocean currents• Wave heights

Temporal Events Important to LMRsTemporal Events Important to LMRs

• Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs)

• Oil Spills

• El Niño events

• Regime Shifts (PDO)

• Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs)

• Oil Spills

• El Niño events

• Regime Shifts (PDO)

3 day composite of GOES SST

3 day composite of AVHRR SST

3 day composite of GOES SST

3 day composite of AVHRR SST

New Sensors for Near-Shore Observations

New Sensors for Near-Shore Observations

• Ingest basic data

• Generate derived products

• Distribute to users

• Archive locally

Fisheries Applications of Satellite data

Fisheries Applications of Satellite data

• Optimizing sea-going fisheries activities

• Satellite SST currently being used by NOAA Fisheries to mitigate interactions between endangered sea turtles and longline fisheries

• Defining essential habitats for incorporation into an ecosystem approach to management

- Lobster fishery- Salmon habitat

• Potential applications with GOES-R

• Optimizing sea-going fisheries activities

• Satellite SST currently being used by NOAA Fisheries to mitigate interactions between endangered sea turtles and longline fisheries

• Defining essential habitats for incorporation into an ecosystem approach to management

- Lobster fishery- Salmon habitat

• Potential applications with GOES-R

LobsterManagement

• Lobster fishery is the most valuable fishery on the Atlantic Coast, with annual landings of ~ $300M

• In the past 15 years lobster landings have more than doubled

LobsterManagement

• Lobster larvae are planktonic and their distribution and recruitment are highly dependent on oceanographic temperatures and currents

• There is currently a NOAA/NESDIS funded project (A. Thomas) to use satellite data to better understand lobster populations in the Penobscot Bay, to help sustain the fishery

July Climatology

SST Interannual Variability - Gulf of Maine

1985

1990

19952000

Data from A. Thomas, a NOAA/NESDIS funded project

0 months lag 1 month lag

2 months lag 3 months lag

Satellite SST – Lobster Larvae(September lobster # vs prior SST)

Data from A. Thomas, a NOAA/NESDIS funded project

Product Development to Define Salmon Ocean Habitat

Product Development to Define Salmon Ocean Habitat

Along-track data from tagAlong-track data from tag

Refining Definitions of Salmon Ocean HabitatRefining Definitions of Salmon Ocean Habitat

Satellite SSTs

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CA CA

Density of fish’s temperature experience at the surface

“Contours of utilization” – likely places the fish may have been

Probability Density

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Chinook Potential Habitat Derived from GOES-10

Chinook Potential Habitat Derived from GOES-10

Chinook Potential Habitat

Derived from GOES-10

Chinook Potential Habitat

Derived from GOES-10

Potential Fisheries Applications of GOES-R

Potential Fisheries Applications of GOES-R

• Ocean color used in conjunction with SST will be an important component in defining and monitoring essential fish habitat (EFH)

• The temporal resolution of existing satellite-derived products used in marine resource managementcan be improved to better account for regional ocean dynamics

• Higher temporal and spatial resolution satellite data will enhance the development and implementation of new products for management of coastal fisheries (e.g. Pacific Salmon and Atlantic Lobster fisheries)

• Ocean color used in conjunction with SST will be an important component in defining and monitoring essential fish habitat (EFH)

• The temporal resolution of existing satellite-derived products used in marine resource managementcan be improved to better account for regional ocean dynamics

• Higher temporal and spatial resolution satellite data will enhance the development and implementation of new products for management of coastal fisheries (e.g. Pacific Salmon and Atlantic Lobster fisheries)