REDUCING MORTALITY OF BYCAUGHT HALIBUT
Halibut are caught inadvertently by factory trawlers. By law they must be released back to the ocean. APL-UW researchers developed an automated system to determine halibut size quickly, without human intervention, using a camera and measurement algorithms on a control computer. The system speeds required measurements, lessens the time halibut are out of the water, and thereby reduces mortality.
