http://www.ices.dk/community/groups/Pages/WGFAST.aspx
This repository hosts code and documents associated with the FAST working group.
It also previously contained the source documents for two conventions developed by WGFAST, but which now reside in their own repositories:
This repository also contains a directory of help files on how to contribute to both conventions.
ICES Working Group on Fisheries Acoustics, Science and Technology (WGFAST) focuses on the development and application of science and technology used to observe the marine environment (i.e. acoustic and other sensors).
WGFAST holds state-of-the-art expertise in advanced acoustic-trawl survey techniques, and employs these techniques on a wide range of platforms including research vessels, ships of opportunity, and observatories.
The working group was created in 1984 following a recommendation from the ICES Fish Capture Committee in 1982. It has been a key group internationally in developing acoustic trawl surveys, and throughout its lifetime the focus has shifted from solving the technical challenges of reliable acoustic measurements to the use of acoustics to observe key biological parameters such as biomass indices, behavioural metrics, and acoustic species classification. The group has recently expanded its core activities to include the use of acoustics to study marine ecosystems on a wide range of observation platforms.
At approximately 5-7 year intervals, WGFAST organizes a symposium to facilitate information exchange among fisheries acousticians, physicists, engineers, biologists, and ecologists. Eight previous symposia have been held:
The published proceedings from these conferences reflect the historical development from acoustic-trawl surveys to addressing broader interests in applied aquatic observation systems.
In addition to these symposia, WGFAST has met yearly since 1984:
Year | Dates | Location | Note | Chair | No. attendees | Symposium attendees | Source |
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2024 | 9-12 April | Brest, France | Online and physical, 85 in person, 115 registrations | Anne Lebourges-Dhaussy | 85 | ||
2023 | 31 March | Portland, Maine, USA | Symposium 27-30 March | Anne Lebourges-Dhaussy | 47 | 150 | |
2022 | 25-28 April | Somone, Senegal | Online and physical, 16 in person, 114 online | Michael Jech | 130 | ||
2021 | 19-23 April | Bergen, Norway | Joint session on 21 April, online | Michael Jech | 156 | ||
2020 | 22-Apr | Bergen, Norway | Online | Michael Jech | 120 | ||
2019 | 29 April-2 May | Galway, Ireland | Richard O'Driscoll | 93 | |||
2018 | 20-23 March | Seattle, USA | Richard O'Driscoll | 91 | |||
2017 | 4-7 April | Nelson, New Zealand | Joint session 3 April | Richard O'Driscoll | 63 | ||
2016 | 19-22 April | Vigo, Spain | Verena Trenkel | 67 | |||
2015 | 29-May | Nantes, France | Symposium 25-28 May | Verena Trenkel | 43 | 214 | |
2014 | 6-9 May | New Bedford, USA | Joint session?? | Verena Trenkel | 66 | ||
2013 | 16-19 April | San Sebastian, Spain | Nils Olav Handegard | 75 | |||
2012 | 24-27 April | Brest, France | Nils Olav Handegard | 69 | |||
2011 | 10-13 April | Reykjavik, Iceland | Joint session 9 April | Nils Olav Handegard | 68 | ||
2010 | 27-30 April | San Diego, USA | Rudy Kloser | 68 | |||
2009 | 19-22 May | Ancona, Italy | Rudy Kloser | 62 | |||
2008 | 23-Jun | Bergen, Norway | Symposium 16-20 June | Rudy Kloser | 40 | 322 | |
2007 | 23-27 April | Dublin, Ireland | Joint session 23 April | Rudy Kloser | 73 | ||
2006 | 27-30 March | Hobart, Australia | David Demer | 71 | |||
2005 | 19-22 April | Rome, Italy | Joint session | David Demer | 83 | ||
2004 | 20-23 April | Gdynia, Poland | Joint session 22 April | David Demer | 71 | ||
2003 | 18-21 June | Bergen, Norway | Yvan Simard | 75 | |||
2002 | 17-Jun | Montpellier, France | Symposium 10-14 June | Yvan Simard | 51 | 303 | |
2001 | 24-27 April | Seattle, USA | Yvan Simard | 61 | |||
2000 | 10-14 April | IJmuiden/Harlem, The Netherlands | Joint session 12 April | François Gerlotto | 41 | ||
1999 | 20-22 April | St John's, Canada | Joint session 23 April | François Gerlotto | 43 | CM 1999/B:2 | |
1998 | 21-23 April | La Coruña, Spain | François Gerlotto | 36 | |||
1997 | 18-19 April | Hamburg, Germany | François Gerlotto | 42 | |||
1996 | 17-19 April | Woods Hole, USA | John Simmonds | 36 | |||
1995 | 17-Jun | Aberdeen, Scotland | Symposium 12-16 June | John Simmonds | n/a | 267 | CM 1995/B:5. No author list in report |
1994 | 28-29 April | Montpellier, France | John Simmonds | 54 | |||
1993 | 21-22 April | Gothenburg, Sweden | John Simmonds | n/a | CM 1993/B:3. No author list in report | ||
1992 | 17-18 June | Bergen, Norway | Jim Traynor | n/a | CM 1992/B:5. No author list in report | ||
1991 | 24-27 April | Ancona, Italy | Joint session 25 April | Jim Traynor | n/a | CM 1991/B:29. Author list missing in report | |
1990 | 26-27 April | Rostock, Germany | Joint session 25 April | Jim Traynor | 49 | ||
1989 | 27-28 April | Dublin, Ireland | Jim Traynor | 46 | |||
1988 | 20-22 April | Ostend, Belgium | Joint session 20 April | Kjell Olsen | 33 | ||
1987 | 26-28 June | Seattle, USA | Symposium | Kjell Olsen | 28 | 250 | Symposium number is participants and senior authors |
1986 | 14-16 May | Hull, UK | Kjell Olsen | 32 | |||
1985 | 22-24 May | Tromsø, Norway | Joint session | Kjell Olsen | 37 | ||
1984 | 2-4 May | Hirtshals, Denmark | First meeting | Kjell Olsen | 24 | CM 1984/B:41 |