OCEAN COLOR CONTRIBUTION TO GEO - Ocean color remote sensing for fisheries and marine ecosystem

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Ocean color remote sensing provides global observation of ocean biological and biogeochemical parameters from space, supporting management of fisheries and coastal environments while improving understanding of the marine carbon cycle and ecosystem dynamics. The document outlines GEO pilot initiatives including SAFARI and ChloroGIN, describing their roles in coordinating research, advancing new applications, and integrating chlorophyll-a information with associated ocean processes for sustainable operational use.

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SAFARI

CHLOROGIN

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science, Volume XXXVIII, Part 8, Kyoto Japan 2010 OCEAN COLOR CONTRIBUTION TO GEO J Ishizaka a, *, S. Sathyendranathb, T. Platt b a Hydrsosperic Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University, Furo-Cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8601, Japan -[jishizak@hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp](jishizak@hyarc.nagoya-u.ac.jp) b Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK -[ssat@pml.ac.uk and tplatt@pml.ac.uk](ssat@pml.ac.uk and tplatt@pml.ac.uk) Commission VIII, GEO Special Session KEY WORDS: Ocean, Coast, Ecosystem, Colour, Primary Production, Fishery ABSTRACT: Ocean color remote sensing is the only means of global observation of ocean biological and biogeochemical parameters measurable from space. The information is useful to manage fisheries and coastal environment as well as to understand carbon cycle and marine ecosystem. SAFARI (Societal Application in Fisheries & Aquaculture using Remotely Sensed Imagery, AG-06-02) and ChloroGIN (Chlorophyll Globally Integrated Network, EC06-07) are two pilot studies for GEO related to ocean processes and applications. 1. INTRODUCTION Ocean color remote sensing is presently only means of global observation of ocean biological and biogeochemical parameters measurable from space. The information is useful to manage fisheries and coastal environment as well as to understand carbon cycle and marine ecosystem. SAFARI (Societal Application in Fisheries & Aquaculture using Remotely Sensed Imagery, AG-06-02) and ChloroGIN (Chlorophyll Globally Integrated Network, EC06-07) are two pilot studies for GEO related to ocean processes and applications. 2. SAFARI One of the most important applications of the ocean color remote sensing data is use for fisheries. Sea surface temperature has been used to find fishing ground by fisherman for a long time. Ocean color data is also known to be useful for detection of potential fishing zone (PFZ) . Narrowing down the PFZ is good for fisherman not only because large amount of fish catch but also efficiency of time and money for same amount of catch. It is further possible to reduce the amount of fuel use and CO2 release with the efficiency. Phytoplankton abundance (chlorophyll-a) and primary production estimated by ocean color remote sensing is now combined with knowledge of fish population dynamics, and way to help sustainable fisheries as ecosystem-based management are seeking. Furthermore, ocean color information can be use for aquaculture in many ways, including red tide detection and coastal management. Thus, in order to accelerate the use of earth observation data, including ocean color satellite data, into fisheries research and management, Societal Applications in the Fisheries and Aquaculture using Remotely-Sensed Imagery (SAFARI; [www.geosafari.org](www.geosafari.org)) project has been started on 2007 funded by Canadian Space Agency and became GEO Task AG-06-02 (Platt et al., 2007) . The objective of the project is 1) establish international forum for coordination and exchange of views on use of remotely-sensed data in fisheries, 2) stimulus for new research and operations for the direction, and 3) transfer knowledge from the research sector to operational sector. It is also expected to link to ChloroGIN, another GEO project described in next section International workshop on Remote Sensing and Fisheries was held on 26-28 March 2008 in Halifax, Canada. The results of the workshop were published as IOCCG report 8, Remote Sensing in Fisheries and Aquaculture (Forget et al., 2009a) . Broacher was also published on 2008 and possible to download from website. On 2008, another international workshop was held during SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing conference in Neumea, New Caledonia on 2008 (Forget et al., 2009b) . Community white paper was accepted in OceanObs’09 21-25 September 2009 Venice, Italy. “Homage to David Cushing: Applic

FAQs

What key capability does ocean color remote sensing provide for GEO-related ocean observation?

It enables global measurement from space of ocean biological and biogeochemical parameters that are measurable remotely.

How does SAFARI relate to fisheries and aquaculture applications?

SAFARI targets societal applications by coordinating international use of remotely sensed data for fisheries and aquaculture, including research and operational direction.

What is the purpose of ChloroGIN in the document?

ChloroGIN aims to integrate in situ chlorophyll-a data with remote sensing observations and related products into a single global network for ecosystem-focused uses.

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