PEX200101 Petuna Explorer ES60 Acoustic Data Trials, March 2001. Hobart to Devonport

Pilot data collection excercise to collect Simrad ES60 38kHZ vertical acoustic data from an industry vessel to assess the data management/quality issues and the suitablity of the vessel as an acoustic platform. A continuation of the 1999 acoustic survey of St Helens Hill where Southern Surveyor and the industry vessel Saxon Progress participated in acoustic surveying of orange roughy stocks (see Marlin record number 5545). 8 gigabytes of full sample rate ES60 data collected during the three day voyage.