BRAVO System Information

LIVE STREAMING | ARCHIVE

SCREENSHOTS | ANIMATIONS
 

We design, build and supply underwater fish and wildlife monitoring systems. These units are designed for long-term, semi-permanent or permanent installation. Our combined and fully integrated hardware, software, firmware and service systems:

1)  See - 580 lines of color high resolution video with infrared illumination at night
2)  Remember - biological data are algorithmically filtered and stored internally
3)  Communicate - video and all sensor data are continuously uploaded live to the internet and to our central BRAVO server for secondary biological analysis such as species surveys, fish counts, abundance estimates,  behavioral trend analysis, interannual ecological relationships, thermal shifts in activity and abundance etc.
4)  Hear - system can detect and log signals from electronically-tagged fish and can receive and transmit sound from each node
5)  Feel - water temperature is stored every 30 seconds and continuously uploaded
6)  Smell (coming soon) - water quality including pH, DO, ammonia, turbidity etc.
7)  Detect- underwater radio transmitters with a frequency between 148 - 152 MHz onsite with external telemetry receiver

SEMI-PERMANENT UNDERWATER STREAMING VIDEO, TEMPERATURE AND TELEMETRY SYSTEM

MOBILE UNDERWATER VIDEO MONITORING SYSTEM

Typical hardware and software configurations consist of 1- 4  live underwater streaming (with night infrared) 580 line color high-resolution video camera/sensor pack systems that automatically filter, collect and transfer novel and interesting fish activity for education and research.  The system operates automatically using a DSL internet connection, AC/DC power and secure ventilated compartments.   Applications include scientific research, agency-based fish and wildlife monitoring, marine biological applications, underwater surveillance, education and basic fun.  The underlying premise is that if you look, you will find!  It's like having a graduate student collecting the best detailed underwater observations reliably, around the clock, throughout the year, at a variety of depths during all kinds of weather conditions.

This underwater fish monitoring network can be used to achieve long-term research objectives related to inter-annual variation in fish migration patterns, migration timing and habitat utilization on a global scale.  The system has been proven to be useful for monitoring endangered freshwater mussels, crayfish, diving ducks, turtles and a wide variety of fishes and marine and freshwater invertebrate species (see our archives).

EXAMPLE SCREENSHOTS:

Please contact us directly for prices of various custom node designs - all of which are hosted free and streamed live through Biotactic.com