Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (BRUVS) Surveys of Fish in the Hawaiian Archipelago from 2012 to 2014

Description

A type of remote video system used by NOAA's Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) at the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) is the baited remote underwater video station (BRUVS). The BRUVS was developed and several have been used widely by Euan Harvey, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Western Australia and the Australia Institute of Marine Science. BRUVS are similar to existing BotCam technology, but are more suitable for deployment on coral reef systems because they are smaller, lighter, and can be deployed closer to the substrate. Supported by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CRCP), ESD uses BRUVS to conduct fish surveys to depths of ~100 m.

Each BRUVS uses high-definition video cameras mounted 0.7 m apart on a base bar that is inwardly converged at 8°, set up as a stereo-video system. The video images from the cameras are subsequently analyzed to identify fish species and to determine fish sizes. The use of bait attracts a wide diversity of fish species into the field of view of the cameras, but ESD is also experimenting with unbaited deployments.

The data provided in this data set—including fish species, counts, and lengths—were generated from the analysis of video footage from BRUVS surveys conducted during PIFSC missions in the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) in September 2012 and November 2013, and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) in May and September 2014. Targeted fishes for measurement in the MHI included: all large-bodied predatory species, including sharks (Carcharhinidae), jacks (Carangidae), snappers (Lutjanidae), and the Hawaiian grouper (Cephalopholis argus. Select parrotfishes (Scarinae), goatfishes, chubs (Kyphosidae), and surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae) were also identified by PIFSC as species of interest. Targeted fishes for measurement in the NWHI included: all large-bodied predatory species, including sharks (Carcharhinidae), jacks (Carangidae), and the snapper Aprion virescens.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
Fish 250, A survey of fish around Guam and the CNMI to 250 meters: BRUVs HTML Blog post, BRUVS operations in Guam (2010) Open resource
BRUVS_NWHI_data_2014.csv Unknown BRUVS data from surveys in the Northwestern Hawaiian islands in 2014. Open resource
BRUVS_MHI_data_2012_2013.csv Unknown BRUVS data from surveys in the Main Hawaiian islands in 2012 and 2013. Open resource
BRUVS_NWHI_GPS_2014.csv Unknown Coordinates of BRUVS surveys conducted in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in 2014 Open resource
BRUVS_MHI_2012_2013_Lengths.csv Unknown BRUVS length data from surveys in the Main Hawaiian islands in 2012 and 2013. Open resource
BRUVS_NWHI_2014_Lengths.csv Unknown BRUVS length data from surveys in the Northwestern Hawaiian islands in 2014. Open resource
BRUVS_MHI_GPS_2012_2013.csv Unknown Coordinates of BRUVS surveys conducted in the Main Hawaiian Islands in 2012 and 2013 Open resource
GCMD Keyword Forum Page Unknown Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords Open resource
Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (BRUVS) Unknown Information about BRUVS on the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center website Open resource
Study of Fishery-Independent Sampling Methods Aimed at Assessment of Coral Reef Fish Populations Unknown Information about the BRUVS operations in 2012 Open resource
Small Boat, Little Room, Big Water: Deploying BRUV’s on an AVON on the Outside Reef at French Frigate Shoals Unknown Blog post, BRUVS operations in French Frigate Shoals (2014) Open resource
Exploring Reef Fish Abundance, Mobile Predator Presence, and Unexplored Mesophotic Habitats around Guam using Baited Remote Underwater Video Stations (BRUVs) Unknown Blog post, BRUVS operations in Guam (2014) Open resource
Full Metadata Record Unknown View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. Open resource
NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) PDF NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. Open resource
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Website Unknown Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage Open resource

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