Applications of Passive Acoustics to Fisheries

Dear Colleagues,

Sound is the most efficient means for fishes to communicate underwater, and they have evolved over millions of years to utilize underwater sound as a primary means of communicating and assessing their environment. Sound plays an essential role in critical activities for fishes, such as migration, spawning, foraging, avoiding predation, and schooling. Fishery scientists have used acoustics to estimate fish biomass and abundance (stock assessment), evaluate spatial and temporal distributions, and measure school size, distributions, and population structure.

Many recent technical advancements in recording equipment, advanced algorithms (such as acoustic indices), and analysis software are making the application of passive acoustics an increasingly effective tool for better understanding the habitat preferences of key fish species, providing a better focus for their conservation and studying spawning populations of soniferous fishes.

Fishery acoustics has continued to evolve and support a range of research and monitoring objectives. The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect the latest innovative research results in the field of fish communication, their vocalization phenology, and behavioural responses to climatic and anthropogenic factors. We also welcome topics on any acoustic fishery measurements with oceanographic data leading to ecosystem-based fishery management.

Prof. Dr. Chi-Fang Chen
Dr. Kwang-Tsao Shao
Guest Editors

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• fish call types
• fish call production mechanisms
• fish call feature extraction
• passive monitoring
• active monitoring
• acoustic cameras
• marine ecology
• noise impact
• acoustic indices
• fish population
• fishery stock assessment