Fish, Fur Seals, and Saildrones: A Test of Unmanned Surface Vehicles to Conduct Focal Follow Studies of a Marine Predator
Carey Kuhn1, Jeremy Sterling2, Alex De Robertis3, Mike Levine4, Calvin W. Mordy5, Heather M. Tabisola6, Noah Lawrence-Slavas6, Christian Meinig6 and Richard Jenkins7, (1)Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States, (4)NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattl, WA, 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)Saildrone Inc, Alameda, CA, United States