Fish, Fur Seals, and Saildrones: A Test of Unmanned Surface Vehicles to Conduct Focal Follow Studies of a Marine Predator

Carey Kuhn1, Jeremy Sterling1, Alex De Robertis2, Mike Levine3, Calvin W. Mordy4, Heather M. Tabisola5, Noah Lawrence-Slavas6, Christian Meinig7 and Richard Jenkins8, (1)NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattl, WA, United States, (4)Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Seattle, United States, (5)Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Seattle, WA, United States, (6)NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, (7)NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, United States, (8)Saildrone Inc., Alameda, United States