Detection and Characterization of Fish Spawning Aggregations using a Novel, Persistent Presence Robotic Approach

Laurent M Cherubin1, Fraser Dalgleish2, Ali Ibrahim3, Hanqi Zhuang3, Michelle T Schärer Umpierre4, Anni KAISA Vuorenkoski5 and Bing Ouyang1, (1)Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce, FL, United States, (2)Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Ft. Pierce, FL, United States, (3)Florida Atlantic University, Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Boca Raton, FL, United States, (4)University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Department of Marine Sciences, Mayaguez, PR, United States, (5)Florida Atlantic University-HBOI, United States