#Boat Depth Sounders Industry

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Description: LUCKY FF918-180S Wired Fishfinder 540ft/180m Depth Sounder Fish Detector Monitor echo sounder for fishing from a boat. By Pinned to News on Pinterest Found on: https://ift.tt/31650IZ via Blogger https://ift.tt/39LlBWj

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Boat Depth Sounders Market Leaders ,New Revenue Pockets & Research Insight Report 2022

Global Boat Depth Sounders Market is expected to rise at a positive CAGR in the forthcoming period. Fishermen and divers readily invest in high tech sonar equipment to catch fish and undersea structures. Conceptually, depth sounders and fish finders are identical terms and both are active forms of SONAR. A SONAR comprises four basic components, transducer, transmitter, display unit and a receiver. The only difference between a SONAR and depth sounder is, SONAR exhibits the sound frequency back to the receiver whereas a depth sounder determines the level of depth. The transducer is the same for depth sounder and fish finder. Display monitors possess a better resolution than others and a basic monochrome display is reasonably expensive to produce.

Commercial driving factors responsible for the growth of boat depth sounders market includes the demand for novel fish finding techniques and also the growth in fishing activities across the globe. However, price constraint, poor resolution and difficult viewing act as a major hindering factor for the growth of boat depth sounders market.

Based on segmentation by product, the boat depth sounders market includes multi-beam and dual-frequency. Based on segmentation by end-user, the boat depth sounders market includes boats and ships.

Geographically, boat depth sounders market spans North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle-East and Africa. APAC market gains a positive CAGR growth in the forthcoming period owing to growth in marine technology and increase in fish finding techniques. North America and Europe are also expected to gain a positive CAGR growth. MEA regions are also expected to grow significantly owing to growth in fish finding techniques and marine technology.

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The key players in the boat depth sounders market include Actisense, B&G, EchoPilot, Cruzpro, Faria, Gaffrig, Garmin, Hondex, Humminbird, JRC USA, Koden Electronics, Lowrance, McMurdo, MI Stimulators, Nasa Marine, Plastimo, Raymarine, Tecnautic and Wesmar.

Market Segment:

Geographically, this report is segmented into several key Regions, with production, consumption, revenue (million USD), market share and growth rate of Boat Depth Sounders in these regions, from 2012 to 2022 (forecast), covering • North America • Europe • China • Japan • Southeast Asia • India

Global Boat Depth Sounders market competition by top manufacturers, with production, price, revenue (value) and market share for each manufacturer; the top players including • Actisense • APM TECHNOLOGIES (Dongguan) • B & G • Cruzpro • EchoPilot • Faria • Furuno • Gaffrig • Garmin?(4) • Hondex • Humminbird • JRC USA • Koden electronics • Lowrance • McMurdo • MI Simulators • Nasa Marine • Navis USA LLC • Norcross Marine Products • Plastimo • Raymarine • Simrad Yachting • Tecnautic • Wesmar

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The DeviceNet standard defines levels of shielding, conductor size, weather resistance, and flexibility which are not necessarily met by other cabling solutions marketed as "NMEA 2000" compatible. Such cabling systems are permitted to be labeled "NMEA 2000 Approved". The only cabling standard approved by the NMEA for use with NMEA 2000 networks is the DeviceNet cabling standard, which is controlled by the Open DeviceNet Vendors Association. Typical NMEA 2000 Network Installation Cabling and interconnect The maximum backbone cable length is 250 meters (820 feet) with Mini cable backbone or 100 meters (328 feet) with Micro cable backbone The maximum distance for any device from the bus is six metres. (The resistors are in parallel, so a properly terminated bus should have a total resistance of 60Ω). The NMEA 2000 network, like the SAE J1939 network on which it is based, is organized around a bus topology, and requires a single 120Ω termination resistor at each end of the bus.

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Another improvement is that NMEA 2000 supports a disciplined multiple-talker, multiple-listener data network whereas NMEA 0183 requires a single-talker, multiple-listener ( simplex) serial communications protocol. It uses a compact binary message format as opposed to the ASCII serial communications protocol used by NMEA 0183. It has a significantly higher data rate (250k bits/second vs. NMEA 2000 ( IEC 61162-3) can be considered a successor to the NMEA 0183 (IEC 61162-1) serial data bus standard. NMEA 2000 devices and J1939 devices can be made to co-exist on the same physical network. NMEA 2000 is based on the SAE J1939 high-level protocol, but defines its own messages. NMEA 2000 connects devices using Controller Area Network (CAN) technology originally developed for the auto industry. However, enthusiasts are slowly making progress in discovering these PGN definitions.

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For example, the NMEA publicizes which messages exist and which fields they contain, but they do not disclose how to interpret the values contained in those fields.

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Although the NMEA divulges some information regarding the standard, it claims copyright over the standard and thus its full contents are not publicly available. The NMEA 2000 standard was defined by, and is controlled by, the US-based National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA). 5 Message format and parameter group numbers (PGNs).The interconnectivity among instruments in the network allows, for example, the GPS receiver to correct the course that the autopilot is steering. NMEA 2000 is meant to be "plug and play" to allow devices made by different manufacturers to communicate with each other.Įxamples of marine electronics devices to include in a network are GPS receivers, auto pilots, wind instruments, depth sounders, navigation instruments, engine instruments, and nautical chart plotters. It also allows the instruments to work together, since they share data. This allows one display unit to show many different types of information. The backbone powers each instrument and relays data among all of the instruments on the network. Various instruments that meet the NMEA 2000 standard are connected to one central cable, known as a backbone. The protocol is used to create a network of electronic devices-chiefly marine instruments-on a boat. Raymarine SeaTalk 2, Raymarine SeaTalk NG, Simrad Simnet, and Furuno CAN are rebranded implementations of NMEA 2000, though may use physical connectors different from the standardised DeviceNet 5-pin A-coded M12 screw connector, all of which are electrically compatible and can be directly connected. The higher-level protocol format is based on SAE J1939, with specific messages for the marine environment. Electrically, NMEA 2000 is compatible with the Controller Area Network ("CAN Bus") used on road vehicles and fuel engines. Communication runs at 250 kilobits-per-second and allows any sensor to talk to any display unit or other device compatible with NMEA 2000 protocols. NMEA 2000, abbreviated to NMEA2k or N2K and standardised as IEC 61162-3, is a plug-and-play communications standard used for connecting marine sensors and display units within ships and boats.

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They watch whales for a living and now plan to change the rules

Jim Donaldson - Apr. 19, 2018

An industry group of whale watching businesses has adopted new guidelines to keep endangered whales, including orcas and humpbacks, safer around commercial and private boats in the Salish Sea.

The Pacific Whale Watch Association has 32 members in Washington state and British Columbia, including San Juan Cruises of Bellingham, Victoria Clipper in Seattle, and Anacortes Kayak Tours.

"We spend more collective time on the water than another other group and we are committed to seeing whale populations thrive," said Jeff Friedman, president of the Pacific Whale Watch Association, in a press release.

The new guidelines include:

A "slow zone" of 7 knots within 1 kilometer of whales,

Staying 200 yards from Southern Resident killer whales, which are endangered,

Limiting viewing time to one hour in the vicinity of a group of whales

Or 30 minutes if three are 10 or more vessels within 1 kilometer.

The guidelines are more stringent than rules established by the U.S. and B.C. provincial governments, Friedman said.. The group also suggests boaters should travel in the same direction as the whales, and at the whale's speed or slower. Also, all sonar, depth sounders and fish finders should be shut off when the boats are near whales.

Studies have shown that noise pollution from commercial and military operations can have an adverse effect on many marine mammals, which rely on echolocation for socialization and food gathering.

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Hydrographic Equipment Market : Industry Outlook by 2019

Hydrographic survey is a process used to measure and describe the bodily features of oceans, seas coastal areas, lakes and rivers. The equipments which are required to do such surveys are known as hydrographic equipments. The main goal of hydrographic surveys is to ensure safe maritime navigation.

 Sometimes the term hydrographic surveys and maritime cartography are used synonymously; however maritime cartography is the final process of hydrographic surveys and is used to convert the raw data collected in hydrographic surveys to pull out some useful information. Hydrographic surveys are done under some rules which may vary according to the accepting authority. In hydrographic surveys measuring depth is not as difficult as compared to knowing how far the survey boat is from the coast when the depth is measured.

 The hydrographic equipment earlier consist primarily of a GPS (Global Positioning System) with a built in radio and Omni directional antenna, a Helmsman display for navigation, dual frequency depth sounder, a computer, a plotter, and a hydrographic system software for underwater data collection. An onboard generator is used to supply power for the equipment. The shore equipments include a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver of same type. The Global Positioning system and the antenna are placed over a survey tripod. Due to vast area of sea, radio boosters are used to boost the signal strength. The Global Positioning System is connected to the satellites for receiving information.

 The modern surveying relies more on the software than hardware. In shallow water areas echo sounders such as LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging) are used with equipments placed on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) to conduct hydrographic survey. Data collected is stored and processed in computer for use in navigational charts, digital terrain model, topographic measurements and bathymetry.

 Data collected should be free from errors and is displayed as the charts which are made by using special CAD (Computer Aided Design) software such as AutoCAD. The use of hydrographic surveys is to measure the information related to maritime navigation, marine construction, dredging, offshore oil exploration/drilling related activities, maritime engineering, and harbor management. In these surveys a strong emphasis is given to find information related to shorelines, tides, currents, seabed depth and submerged obstruction that may affect the maritime navigation.

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Increasing prices of oil and gas due to high demand, safety concerns among the sailors and shipping companies, government policies encouraging oil and gas explorations, advancements in hydrographic equipment technology are likely to drive the hydrographic equipment market in near future. Cost associated with carrying the hydrographic surveys and time taken to conduct hydrographic can act as the main restraint to the potential growth of hydrographic equipment market. Being an uncontested sector with high rewards the opportunities in hydrographic equipment markets are forecasted to be good in near future.

 Some of the key players in Hydrographic Equipment market are Valeport, Seafloor Systems, Kongsberg Maritime AS, Hydro International, Teledyne Marine and Raytheon Company.

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International Boat Show - Venebat at Finland(Helsinki) 2019-February

International Boat Show - Venebat at Finland(Helsinki) 2019-February

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Racing Trimaran Yacht for Sale View Larger Image

It’s obvious that the boating industry is fast appreciating the direction of multihulls after years of being ignored and prejudiced.

Catamarans are selling today in their thousands as are trimarans. Despite the impressive performance of the catamarans, for some yacht enthusiasts, three hulls are still better than one, or two.

We’ll be discussing the 2006 Racing Trimaran currently known as Tantrum Too.

The yacht is available at the moment by online boat auction. For those actively searching for a trimaran yacht for sale, this particular yacht makes a truly compelling case as one of the best performing multihulls of the modern day.

Here, let’s see!

Tantrum Too Racing Trimaran Yacht for Sale: A Brief Background and Overview

The Tantrum Too is a competitive seaworthy racer designed to be an offshore cruiser.

Built as Krysalid in 2006 by the then Auriga Yachts in France, the frighteningly fast trimaran yacht was meant to be a concept fast ocean racer cum cruiser trimaran.

Auriga Yachts went into bankruptcy sometime after but Krysalid was not about to leave so soon.

The yacht was bought out of bankruptcy by the very first owner, after which it was then sold to the chairman of the multihull association of France. It was after this time that Tantrum Too, known then as Krysalid became available for a bout of competitive racing along the west coast of Brittany.

Trophy-laden past and a promising future

If you would be buying a trimaran, especially if it is a used, or pre-owned trimaran, it is important that you get detailed information about the history of such yachts.

The Tantrum Too was refitted in 2016 and today, it is still maintained at an excellent condition.

It’s had a past filled with glitz and glories, trophies, and prizes won from a host of competitive races around the world. As a testament to its superb speed and high-level performance, the Tantrum Too emerged just recently, as the Winner of 2018 Bintam Trophy, while also breaking the Around Bintam Record of 118 miles under 10 hours and 26 minutes.

The Tantrum Too averages a speed of 11kn with a maximum of 24.7kn.

With one gybe, two tacks, and lots of saltwater spray, the versatile and powerful racing trimaran is well-behaved even under the most challenging conditions.

Tantrum Too Trimaran Yacht: Design & Construction Overview

A powerful trimaran yacht, especially one with the pedigree of this 2006 Tantrum Too trimaran yacht for sale will be expected to have excellent design and construction brilliance.

As expected, the Tantrum Too ticked the boxes in the right places, the reason for which it has excelled, and won or placed in almost all the competitive races it has ever entered.

The design and construction level at launch were quite superb considering it was a concept yacht for a cruiser trimaran as well as a fast ocean cruiser.

The yacht built by Auriga Yacht, France had Naval Architect Bat Kare as the main behind its architectural brilliance. Tantrum Too features a main carbon epoxy construction. She has an LOA of about 12.7m as well as a beam and draft length of 10m and 0.5m respectively.

The yacht is powered by a Yanmar 3GM29HP Engine and features a sail drive with Gori 2 blade foldable propeller. With a 60-litre fuel capacity, the yacht has a range of 250NM. It has 2 bunks with headroom of 1.90m and comes fitted with a manual toilet.

2006 Racing Trimaran “TANTRUM TOO”

2016 Refitting and Rebranding

She was launched in 2006 despite having no interior built up preceding the events that marked her earliest days after production.

The yacht saw a total refitting in 2016 after her present owner shipped her to Asia.

It was at this point that Krysalid became Tantrum Too, refitted and rebranded for a life in cruising and racing in many long distance races from which it has come out a winner on many occasions.

In 2016, the yacht got a new dynema rig, carbon rudder, several carbon deck fittings, B & G racing instruments, Karverfurlers, and a new racing sail inventory from North, among a host of other things.

The hull at this point was also repainted to sport a beautiful orange and grey appearance.

2006 Racing Trimaran Yacht: Brief Engine & Mechanical Equipment Overview

Here are some important engine and mechanical equipment details that may interest you about the Tantrum Too;

60-litre fuel capacity

Sails; Main sail, Genoa 108%, Stay sail, Gennaker G-0, Asymmetric SPI, Delivery sail

Simrad Autopilot

B&G 3 in 1 Sounder, Speed, and Depth

B&G Zeus Plotter

B&G Wind Instruments

B&G H-5000 Racing Software

Harken Deck ware with Electric Winch

2006 Racing Trimaran “TANTRUM TOO”

Tantrum Too Racing Trimaran Yacht Marine Online Auction

The Tantrum Too is currently available by online auction and would soon become the prized possession of another lucky owner.

If you’ll like to be that special person who will find a new home for this amazing boat, you can easily register to make your bid at the online boat auction. This superb yacht has had a rich and amazing history.

More fortunately, it’s still in a superb condition and so it still guarantees the potential new owner lots of years of thrill and fun cruising the globe, ready to go anywhere the next voyage leads.

Tantrum Too Race Wins & Trophy Collections

Recall that this 2006 Racing Trimaran yacht for sale was intended to be a fast ocean racer and cruiser trimaran even from the initial stages?

A lot went into the design and construction to set an excellent foundation for this competitive racing trimaran.  This was even bolstered by a further refitting in 2016 which has further enhanced the integrity as well as the performance of this amazing yacht.

2006 Racing Trimaran “TANTRUM TOO”

Before the 2016 refitting, while she was still in the ownership of the previous buyer, Krysalid entered the Route due Rhum regatta to cruise the Atlantic. Unfortunately, a broken auto-pilot meant she had to retire, unable to compete in the single-handed yacht race.

Despite this, Tantrum Too has gone one to replicate the success and wins it has always been known to in many keenly contested races. Some of these include;

MULTI 2000 Class in the Tour de Belle-Ile à la Trinité sur Mer – Came out 1ST in the competition on May 2011.

MULTI 2000 Class in the Armen Race à la Trinité sur Mer –Came out 2ND in the June 2011 competition.

MULTI 2000 Class in the Record SNSM Saint Nazaire –Came out 2ND in the June 2011 competition

MULTI 2000 Class in the l’Estuaire Challenge Multi Port Médoc – Came out 2ND in the August 2011 competition.

Multi 2000 Challenge – Emerged joint 1ST in the October 2014 competition.

Route du Rhum 2014 – Started but unable to compete to finish due to broken autopilot

Moved to Asia and refitted in 2016. Since then, she has competed in;

Royal Langkawi International Regatta Multihull racing class 2017 – Emerged 1ST position

Royal Langkawi International Regatta Multihull racing class 2018 –Emerged 1ST position

Neptune regatta multihull racing class in 2018 – Emerged 1ST position

Winner of 2018 Bintam Trophy, and

Record holder of the Around Bintam Finished under 10 hours and 26 minutes

Over the past years, the Tantrum Too has performed excellently well to the admiration of most boat lovers who have made contact with it. What’s more?

The yacht excels and produces competitive performance in relatively light wind conditions, say under 6kn. As powerful and awesome as it looks and works, the trimaran yacht for sale is still very easy to handle especially when you’re sailing in a perfect weather.

Will you like to be the special person who would captain the Tantrum Too on some of her next future race and voyages?

Here is your opportunity! Register now, to find out more or how you can bid at the online auctions for this trimaran yacht for sale.

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Lowrance HDS-7 Gen3 Fish Finder with 200 KHz Transducer Review

Trying to find a quality fish that you can trust, and one that isn’t going to break your bank account into tiny little pieces is a lot tougher than most people expect right out of the gate.

The overwhelming majority of top options get very, very pricey in a hurry and while the technology utilized in more affordable options has certainly come a long way since the earliest days of fish finding solutions they still haven’t quite caught up with the “big dogs” of the industry.

And then you have the Lowrance HDS-7 Gen3 Fish Finder.

Sitting perfectly right there in the middle of price and performance, there’s a reason why some have called the Lowrance HDS-7 Gen3 Fish Finder the “Goldilocks” of the fish finding industry. It isn’t too expensive and it won’t overwhelm you with bells and whistles, but it is a quality unit that you can count on and depend to help you find a lot more fish than you would have been able to all on your own – and it’ll help you do exactly that 40 years and years to come!

This is a system that combines advanced fish finding technology with a high definition multitouch capable display unit, melding advanced technology in the fish finding world with advanced technology in the computing world to give you an all-in-one package that just plain works right out of the box.

The system also utilizes CHIRP Sonar, Broadband Sounder and Structure Scan HD technology, as well as Down Scan Imaging and Trackback Viewing. Each of those is incredibly advanced technologies, especially for a fish finding unit that is so reasonably priced – especially compared to the competition.

Important specifications

This unit has a 7 inch, LED backlit and multitouch widescreen display with full waterproofing protection

Dramatically simplified Lowrance interface includes touchscreen and keypad optioning for blazing fast access to all HDS feature sets

Utilizes CHIRP Sonar and Structure Scan HD technology at the exact same time to give you the best view possible of fish and structures, below into the side of your boat

Wireless connectivity utilizes the Lowrance Go Free Application and you’ll be able to link up your Lowrance HDS-7 Gen3 Fish Finder with a Wi-Fi hotspot from your mobile devices if you have available service

An internal 10 Hz GPS unit that provides incredibly accurate navigational information and records

Dual microSD card slots for expanded storage on top of the onboard memory

… And that’s just the tip of the iceberg!

Standout features of the Lowrance HDS-7 Gen3 Fish Finder system

Right out of the gate, the integration of the advanced CHIRP Sonar and Structure Scan HD technology guaranteed to give you the most accurate and in-depth information about EVERYTHING that is going on both underneath and to the side of your boat.

Think of this as underwater x-ray vision while you are out fishing. Both of these technologies work simultaneously and in conjunction with one another, utilizing the raw live feedback that they produce to complement the information that is related to you and all of the fishermen on board your boat on the fly.

You might not be able to get a complete picture of everything going on under the water then you’re able to get with these two systems working in conjunction with one another.

Of course, you’re obviously going to want to have the ability to fine-tune your Lowrance HDS-7 Gen3 Fish Finder system on the fly while you are out on the water. The effortless to use control scheme and connectivity options are going to make all of that possible.

As we highlighted above, you’re going to be able to flip between the touchscreen configuration or the keypad control system – and can even bounce back and forth between the two if you choose to do so – to always have complete control over your Lowrance HDS-7 Gen3 Fish Finder system.

Multitouch sensors are just as accurate as the ones that you have built into your smartphone or favorite template. Multitouch gestures are even included in this system, allowing you to effortlessly zoom in or zoom out (as well as enjoy a whole host of other controls with multitouch gestures) in a way that just isn’t possible with a lot of other fishfinding options on the market today.

Navigational Options

Lowrance HDS-7 Gen3 Fish Finder with 200 KHz Transducer Review

Of course, the odds are pretty good that you also want to utilize your Lowrance HDS-7 Gen3 Fish Finder as a navigational aid while you are out on the water.

Using the extensive mapping options in conjunction with the 10 Hz GPS positional updating system, you are going to be able to record incredibly accurate trails, enjoy a super smooth charting performance, and can take advantage of WAAS/EGNOS/MSAS corrections with no difficulty whatsoever.

The Lowrance HDS-7 Gen3 Fish Finder has built-in world background reference mapping but can also be combined with Insight Genesis, C-Map, and Insight mapping toolkit partners to give you a tremendous amount of flexibility in how you use the navigational aids, charting, and tracking systems built right into this fishfinder.

You’ll have the ability to view two charts simultaneously as well, and you’ll be able to do so in both 2-D or 3-D perspectives. Both of these viewing angles will have independent controls, range, and overlay capabilities at the exact same time, helping you to understand exactly where you are right now on the water, where you have been, and where you are headed – as well as where all the fish are, too!

Final Verdict

With so many different fishfinding options available to pick and choose from today, finding the perfect fishfinder for your specific needs can become a little bit of a challenge – unless of course, you’re looking into getting your hands on Lowrance HDS-7 Gen3 Fish Finder system.

Far and away one of the best-selling units available on the market right now, there’s nothing that can quite come close to matching the power, performance, and capabilities of the Lowrance HDS-7 Gen3 Fish Finder –, especially at this price point.

You’d have to be at least a little bit crazy not to consider getting your hands on everything that this system brings to the table. Certainly one of the most technologically advanced platforms available, you’ll fall in love with all the special features this fishfinder has in store for you!

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Boat Depth Sounders Market: Product Intelligence, Analysis, Opportunities and Forecast to 2022

Global Boat Depth Sounders Market is expected to rise at a positive CAGR in the forthcoming period. Fishermen and divers readily invest in high tech sonar equipment to catch fish and undersea structures. Conceptually, depth sounders and fish finders are identical terms and both are active forms of SONAR. A SONAR comprises four basic components, transducer, transmitter, display unit and a receiver. The only difference between a SONAR and depth sounder is, SONAR exhibits the sound frequency back to the receiver whereas a depth sounder determines the level of depth. The transducer is the same for depth sounder and fish finder. Display monitors possess a better resolution than others and a basic monochrome display is reasonably expensive to produce.

Browse Full Research Report @ https://www.millioninsights.com/industry-reports/boat-depth-sounders-market    

Commercial driving factors responsible for the growth of boat depth sounders market includes the demand for novel fish finding techniques and the growth in fishing activities across the globe. However, price constraint, poor resolution and difficult viewing act as a major hindering factor for the growth of boat depth sounders market.

Based on segmentation by product, the boat depth sounders market includes multi-beam and dual-frequency. Based on segmentation by end-user, the boat depth sounders market includes boats and ships.

Geographically, boat depth sounders market spans North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle-East and Africa. APAC market gains a positive CAGR growth in the forthcoming period owing to growth in marine technology and increase in fish finding techniques. North America and Europe are also expected to gain a positive CAGR growth. MEA regions are also expected to grow significantly owing to growth in fish finding techniques and marine technology.

The key players in the boat depth sounders market include Actisense, B&G, EchoPilot, Cruzpro, Faria, Gaffrig, Garmin, Hondex, Humminbird, JRC USA, Koden Electronics, Lowrance, McMurdo, MI Stimulators, Nasa Marine, Plastimo, Raymarine, Tecnautic and Wesmar.  

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The Complete Guide to Video Content Marketing on Social

There’s a reason why you can’t escape video.

From brands creating eye-popping product promos on Instagram to your embarrassing friend live-streaming their ghost pepper challenge on Facebook, social users are totally surrounded by video content.

We’re obsessed with it too. Perhaps that’s why approximately 80% of all web traffic is projected to be video-based by 2021.

And so the message for marketers is crystal clear: you can’t sleep on video anymore. Your fans and followers are consuming visual content like never before. Meanwhile, video is heralded by over half of marketers as having the highest ROI of any type of content.

The good news? There are more options than ever for marketers and video content marketing.

Despite popular belief, you don’t need a studio, complicated editing software or a director’s chair to get started. No budget? No problem. If you have a smartphone and an internet connection, chances are you’re good to go.

Below we’ve outlined the myriad of platforms and effective strategies for video content marketing regardless of your budget, background or marketing niche. These types of videos are fair game for creatives and non-creatives alike. That said, let’s dive right in!

Facebook Video Marketing

There’s just something compelling about live content, isn’t there?

Maybe that’s why Facebook Live is experiencing such a boom right now for marketers looking to get in front of their followers in real-time. In fact, Facebook themselves note that viewers stick around live videos three times longer than traditional video content, signaling huge opportunities for engagement.

From fashion to travel and beyond, brands of all shapes and sizes are finding ways to take advantage of live video.

For example, AirBnB takes their followers on a journey to exotic destinations via on-location interviews:

Meanwhile, this vertical Q&A session from Tim Ferriss proves that viewers don’t need perfect production value to appreciate live video:

Part of the beauty of Facebook Live is the fact that real-time video produces raw, unpolished content. Perfect for impromptu conversations or a back-and-forth with your followers, Facebook Live allows marketers to build a more personal rapport without having to worry about the finer details of video content marketing.

Facebook Live is the ideal platform for marketers:

Who are comfortable in front of the camera and don’t need a script to tell a story.

With limited time or little budget. After all, the videos are smartphone-friendly and require no editing.

Looking to establish one-on-one connections with their followers.

And since Facebook saves your live broadcast as a static video after it’s over, you can continue to promote that piece of content in the future.

Speaking of which, Facebook is still a hub for video content marketing beyond Live as well. For marketers, it’s common to see traditional commercial-style videos hosted on the platform such as those frequently put out by Dollar Shave Club:

Also common are “behind the scenes” videos for brands looking to show off their personality, such as this example of cuteness overload from Sprout Social:

Instagram Video Marketing

Despite Instagram’s dominant reputation as the go-to social photo platform, 25% of ads on Instagram are video.

For those with a creative edge, video content marketing via Instagram is a treasure trove of engagement opportunities. Often serving as a sort of a spiritual successor to the now-defunct Vine, it’s noted by Wistia that longer videos on Instagram receive less engagement.

This might explain why bite-sized, GIF style loop videos like this one from H&M are so popular:

Happy #internationalcatday from @hm_home! 🐱 #HMHome

A post shared by H&M (@hm) on Aug 8, 2017 at 12:20am PDT

Generally speaking, video content marketing on Instagram is:

Short, sweet and to the point. Rarely do you see many creators take advantage of Instagram video’s 60-second limit.

Bold, colorful and eye-popping, just like any Instagram photo should strive to be.

Typically humorous and playful, boasting a light hearted tone versus stuffier, more serious or “salesy” content.

This brief recipe how-to from Tasty is a prime example of how a potentially longer piece of video can be trimmed down specifically for Instagram:

Pork Chops Follow🔥 @tasty Follow🔥 @tasty

A post shared by Tasty (@tasty) on Aug 22, 2017 at 10:53am PDT

With a feed already filled with bold imagery, Adobe occasionally posts jaw-dropping, high-def loops to win over their followers.

Let work and reality wash away 🌊. 📹: @asenseofhuber and @ryanlongnecker

A post shared by Adobe (@adobe) on Aug 17, 2017 at 12:04pm PDT

Even traditional commercials are commonplace on Instagram, such as this humorous bit from Denny’s poking fun at the recent eclipse.

Mooncakes 8.21.17

A post shared by dennysdiner (@dennysdiner) on Aug 16, 2017 at 12:43pm PDT

As you can see, Instagram represents a sort of “anything goes” platform for video content marketing. If you’re looking to experiment with video minus extensive editing, this is the place for you.

Twitter Video Marketing

The “call-out” culture is real.#SproutSocialIndex: https://t.co/8efZD9PzMP pic.twitter.com/svW75Q4lJw

— Sprout Social (@SproutSocial) August 22, 2017

At a glance, Twitter may seem like a sort of “jack of all trades, master of none” when it comes to video. However, Twitter video is definitely worthy of your attention if you’re on the hunt for more replies, retweets and “likes.”

Other compelling reasons for brands to hop on Twitter for video marketing include:

Making your Twitter content seem more exclusive as videos only broadcast through the platform have a sort of “must-see” feel.

Standing out in your followers’ feeds. The occasional video is a welcome change from solely text-based Tweets, especially given how quickly the platform moves (to the tune of about 7,000 Tweets per second.)

Double-dipping your video from other platforms to squeeze the most out of each video you create on behalf of your brand.

More generous than the likes of Instagram, Twitter caps its videos at 2 minutes and 20 seconds. This is more than enough time for most marketers to get their messages across.

General Electric represents one of the more active companies using Twitter video, especially for their short-form “Did You Know?”style educational content.

In Norway, the world’s largest CO2 capturing facility is testing new ways to collect and repurpose CO2. https://t.co/WSV7k6GEl6 pic.twitter.com/lyTxovevWm

— General Electric (@generalelectric) August 11, 2017

Meanwhile, split-second loop-style videos like this one from Major League Soccer are yet another reminder of the ghost of Vine.

.@David_Ousted wasn't about to let Victor Rodriguez score his first #Sounders goal. #VANvSEA pic.twitter.com/shwN7qL5eE

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) August 24, 2017

The platform also boats long-form live video via Periscope, rivaling the likes of Facebook Live. Here’s Global News Canada‘s recent live Twitter broadcast of the solar eclipse which drew tens of thousands of viewers:

LIVE on #Periscope: #SolarEclipse17 live as it travels across the U.S. https://t.co/7sJAUqspCJ

— Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) August 21, 2017

LinkedIn Video Marketing

LinkedIn is relatively new to the game in regard to video content marketing, recently announcing its new platform-specific video.

According to LinkedIn themselves, their new video functionality will allow users the opportunity to:

Create tutorials and how-to’s related to your industry.

Go behind the scenes of your company and its day-to-day activities.

Share current projects and hype up new launches.

Users will be able to either record videos directly through LinkedIn or upload previously edited videos within the platform.

Of course, any of the previously noted types of video content could also be published to LinkedIn through YouTube as it currently stands. That said, only time will tell in terms of how much LinkedIn’s new system catches on in the coming months.

YouTube Video Marketing

Last but not least, let’s talk about the big kahuna of video content marketing.

The power of YouTube as a marketing platform really can’t be overstated. With a reach larger than any cable network in the US and users consuming billions of hours worth of video daily, we currently live in an era where your followers are probably more likely to watch a video versus stick with a traditional blog post.

For marketers, YouTube is no longer the wild, wild west. From attracting leads and showing off products to educating their audiences and building social proof, marketers certainly have their hands full in terms of options. Hubspot notes the four most common types of videos for marketing purposes to be:

Explainer videos

Product demos

How-to’s

Testimonials

So, what do these sorts of videos look like in action?

This in-depth webinar from Trello showcases an awesome way to teach your audience how to use your product. Oftentimes an explainer video is more effective than a seemingly endless tutorial on paper.

Another prime example of how-to content on YouTube is Moz‘s Whiteboard Friday series, delving into actionable advice for those looking to learn the ropes of SEO.

Video also provides a platform for creative marketers in seemingly “boring” industries to bring their products to life. This old-school example from Blendtec sits at over 12 million views and reminds us that product demos don’t have to be a total drag.

Finally, the storytelling element of video is a great way for brands to show off their heart as displayed in this video testimonial for ALDI.

Picking & Choosing Your Video Content Marketing Channels

Depending on your brand and its goals, there is no “right” channel to choose in terms of video content marketing.

As a rule of thumb, you should strive to start and scale your video strategy wherever your existing social audience is. The benefits of this approach to video are two-fold:

You already have a built in viewership and don’t have to build a channel on another platform from scratch.

You can use the existing videos from those social channels and repurpose them into a YouTube channel down the line.

Also, don’t use a lack of experience or equipment as an excuse to hold off on video. Phone cameras have proven to be more than enough for the majority of marketers today as displayed by Facebook Live. Besides, if you already create written content on behalf of your business, think of video as a supplement to your current content rather than an entirely new endeavor.

Even if you’re camera shy or don’t consider yourself to be tech-savvy, there are still options out there for you to begin creating video. Either way, the rise of video content marketing signals the need for marketers to get on board ASAP.

What Does Video Marketing Look Like for Your Brand?

Between an all-time low barrier to entry and so many options for creatives and non-creatives alike, there’s no reason not to hop on the video marketing bandwagon. Given video’s inevitable domination of web traffic and the variety of platforms out there, those on the fence about video should pick a side sooner rather than later.

What are some of your favorite brands killing it with video content marketing? Which types of videos typically catch your attention in the social sphere? Let us know in the comments below!

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2017-2022 Global Boat Depth Sounders Market Analysis : Actisense, APM TECHNOLOGIES (Dongguan, B & G, Cruzpro, EchoPilot, Faria

2017-2022 Global Boat Depth Sounders Market Analysis : Actisense, APM TECHNOLOGIES (Dongguan, B & G, Cruzpro, EchoPilot, Faria

Worldwide Boat Depth Sounders Market 2017presents a widespread and fundamental study of Boat Depth Sounders industry along with the analysis of subjective aspects which will provide key business insights to the readers. Global Boat Depth Sounders Market 2017 research report offers the analytical view of the industry by studying different factors like Boat Depth Sounders market growth, consumption…

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Charting Changes: NOAA’s plans for the future of charts (Poll)

Have you ever wondered why your depth sounder and chart do not agree on the suitability of a planned anchorage, or why all of the charts you have onboard show four mooring balls in that remote island cove you’ve chosen for the night and there are only two — both of them occupied? If so, you might be interested in the plans that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (or NOAA’s) Office of Coast Survey has for the future of coastal navigation. As it turns out, they are interested in hearing what you think as well.

First, a bit of rough history. If you have paper charts aboard (and the US Coast Guard recommends that you do), they were likely first drawn by NOAA in the 1940s, after World War II. Some of the information on your charts dates back to then. No problem, you say, I also have electronic charts aboard. In fact, I just updated them. The transfer from paper to electronic began in the 1980s. That electronic chart you just updated, in fact, likely carries a mixture of “raster” (converted paper) and “vector” (drawn from electronic data points) charts. As a result, much of the “updated information” displayed on your chartplotter came from those very same paper charts, drawn in the 1940s, modified along the way, in part. Further, your chartplotter/computer is designed to not show you the difference between what is drawn from paper and what is drawn from recent data points. There’s a lot more to understand about this, and an excellent book by Nigel Calder that does the explanation, but we’ll leave it there for now.

Back to your anchoring plans. What if, the week before, someone else had discovered the same 10 foot discrepancy, and had, with a few well-placed clicks and choice words, decided to let everyone else who uses charts know about it — in real time? And what if your chart auto-updated once a week — which is how often NOAA updates its chart information. Or as one recreational boater recently said, “What if NOAA had a plan to use the Internet?”

These kinds of questions were flying around a room in the basement of Seattle’s Hotel Monaco in mid-April, as the NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey held a panel discussion during a two-day stakeholder meeting designed to solicit input on their plans for the future of coastal charting. There were about 60 people in the room, most of them representatives of formal stakeholders, ranging from the United States Coast Guard to Rose Point Navigation Systems, who supply commercial vessels with proprietary chart-plotting software. The discussion was presided over by Rear Admiral Shepard “Shep” Smith, who as director of the Office of Coast Survey, is the Chief Hydrographer of the United States. That means he’s responsible for the nation’s charts.

OCS’ parent agency NOAA is itself an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, so it should come as no surprise that their main concern is commercial traffic. Since 90 percent of US trade is conducted on the sea, it follows that this traffic is also a concern of the Federal Government in general, especially (one might assume) under the current administration.

“We’re at a major pivot point at OCS,” Admiral Smith pointed out in a recent interview. “The paper era is finished.” For years, NOAA has focused on delivering accurate charts, ocean and wind forecasts to mariners. “We’re already out of the chart publishing business,” Smith elaborated, “we farmed that out to the private sector a while ago, when it became clear that we were losing money on the publication.” He fingered the polished corner of his iPad. “Now we have to decide if we are publishing data, or supplying it, and to whom. And the form of that data is changing. The draft plan presented at the meeting heralds the end of feet and inches — depth will now be measured and displayed in meters.” NOAA attempted to do this years ago. There was pushback. Now they declare, it’s really happening.

“We also have to decide what our best capabilities are. The world we are responsible to document is changing faster than we can survey it. Even when one includes our robotic surveying methods — underwater and surface drones using the latest bathymetric technology, it is impossible to keep up with rising water levels and shoaling in inland waterways. Here in the Pacific Northwest, you are well-served by recent surveys , but the East Coast and the Gulf Coast in particular, are not. The small craft charts for every region have to be re-thought.”

Smith went on to note that NOAA agencies have created some excellent tools using data from buoys and manned and unmanned vessels. “We have operational forecast systems that can give an individual user forecast data combining tide, current, water temperature and salinity.”

And these forecast tools are customized, based on user feedback. NOAA maintains partnerships with regional organizations such as the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observational Stations (NANOOS). The purpose of these partnerships is to provide regional datasets to NOAA, but also to create useful and user-friendly ways of delivering this data to local mariners and those concerned with the health of local waters. Jan Newton, the executive director of NANOOS and a professor at the University of Washington, presented a number of web-interface tools that NANOOS has created for local mariners. “We talked to people in the tuna fishery business,” she said during the panel discussion, “and discovered that water temperature is great predictor of the presence of tuna. So we created a forecast tool for fishermen that shows them when and where the ocean temperature in the Pacific Northwest will be favorable for tuna fishing.” But NANOOS’s work also serves the general goals of efficient and safe passagemaking. Dr. Newton displayed a web interface that makes it possible to plot a PNW course along a set of waypoints and calculate the most efficient way to use tides and currents along the course at a specific date and time. There’s also a link to a weather forecast probability map from the University of Washington.

A recreational boater who wants to know the most efficient way to travel from Seattle to the San Juan islands and back over a specific set of days could use this data now.

And all of this is already paid for. “We exist because we are funded by the US taxpayers,” Shep Smith points out, “All of the data we provide is free to the user.” NOAA does this in sharp contrast to its European counterparts, as Jeff Hummel, Marketing Director of Rose Point Systems, remarked to the gathering. European mariners, for instance, pay well for updated hydrographic information.

A number of people pointed to the problem of federal mandates and jurisdictions that did not seem to make sense. Mr Hummel mentioned that it became legal “only last week” for commercial ships to use (the more updated) electronic charts as their primary navigation tool. He added that the standards for electronic charting are set by the US Coast Guard. As the primary gatherer and aggregator of the information, he opined, “NOAA is the proper guardian of such standards.”

Active Captain’s Jeff and Karen Siegel.

But the speaker who created the most stir at the meeting was an invited guest from the recreational boating community: Jeff Siegel, a serial entrepreneur whose Active Captain (URL) is an online charting information add-on and boater network with 1.5 million members worldwide. In the process of creating and serving its community, the Active Captain team (Jeff and his wife Karen), discovered a large number of boaters who were very interested in creating and using crowd-sourced data for their navigation. The overlay created by that data is available in a wide variety of major chart-plotting software, for worldwide locations.

Thanks to these pro-active users, “We process 1800 updates a day, many of them providing information on hazards to navigation that do not appear or are not apparent on charts,” Siegel said, adding: “Three and a half years ago, at NOAA’s invitation, we began providing NOAA chart makers with that information.” And the data flow is not in a single direction. “We also post changes from the NOAA’s Notice to Mariners on Active Captain.” Smith had invited Siegel to present the value of real-time crowd-sourcing for charting in general, and Siegel did not disappoint. Nor did he stop there.

Siegel provided a provocative bombshell when he presented his recommendations to the meeting: “NOAA should signal that it is getting out of the recreational boating industry. It’s the only way to spark developers to create new private-sector products that use data developed by NOAA.” (The commercial users noted separately that the recreational boating industry was not NOAA’s main concern, anyway.) Siegel also tweaked the trunk of the elephant in the room: “Where is the Internet in NOAA’s long-term planning?” He had polled his user base before attending, and received replies from 450 users who said that the most important thing that NOAA could do for them was to provide more accurate depth information. The same users were willing to share what their own depth transducers were telling them, at specific waypoints, in real time.

“There’s a privacy issue,” in sharing that real-time data, Siegel commented later. ‘Not everyone is willing to let the world know that they are boating in Key West while their mansion in Boston sits unoccupied.” But Active Captain has the ability to verify the reliability of individual users while retaining their anonymity. It’s a small problem that is seemingly overcome. Siegel also sees no medium-term obstacle in having affordable, continuous Internet access aboard recreational boats: “Wait four years,” he predicted. There are well-heeled corporations who have a great deal of motivation to ensure that the entire globe can be connected, reliably and affordably.

What else does the future look like? NOAA is asking users for their opinion. A full text of their Office of Coast Survey draft plan is available here. You’ll find instructions on how to comment online or via snail mail here. Comments from the public are due by June 1st.

For those of you who are less inclined to tell a government agency what they should do, perhaps you’d like to tell Three Sheets Northwest. Fill out the survey below, and we’ll pass your anonymous opinions on.

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Charting Changes: NOAA’s plans for the future of charts (Poll)

Have you ever wondered why your depth sounder and chart do not agree on the suitability of a planned anchorage, or why all of the charts you have onboard show four mooring balls in that remote island cove you’ve chosen for the night and there are only two — both of them occupied? If so, you might be interested in the plans that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (or NOAA’s) Office of Coast Survey has for the future of coastal navigation. As it turns out, they are interested in hearing what you think as well.

First, a bit of rough history. If you have paper charts aboard (and the US Coast Guard recommends that you do), they were likely first drawn by NOAA in the 1940s, after World War II. Some of the information on your charts dates back to then. No problem, you say, I also have electronic charts aboard. In fact, I just updated them. The transfer from paper to electronic began in the 1980s. That electronic chart you just updated, in fact, likely carries a mixture of “raster” (converted paper) and “vector” (drawn from electronic data points) charts. As a result, much of the “updated information” displayed on your chartplotter came from those very same paper charts, drawn in the 1940s, modified along the way, in part. Further, your chartplotter/computer is designed to not show you the difference between what is drawn from paper and what is drawn from recent data points. There’s a lot more to understand about this, and an excellent book by Nigel Calder that does the explanation, but we’ll leave it there for now.

Back to your anchoring plans. What if, the week before, someone else had discovered the same 10 foot discrepancy, and had, with a few well-placed clicks and choice words, decided to let everyone else who uses charts know about it — in real time? And what if your chart auto-updated once a week — which is how often NOAA updates its chart information. Or as one recreational boater recently said, “What if NOAA had a plan to use the Internet?”

These kinds of questions were flying around a room in the basement of Seattle’s Hotel Monaco in mid-April, as the NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey held a panel discussion during a two-day stakeholder meeting designed to solicit input on their plans for the future of coastal charting. There were about 60 people in the room, most of them representatives of formal stakeholders, ranging from the United States Coast Guard to Rose Point Navigation Systems, who supply commercial vessels with proprietary chart-plotting software. The discussion was presided over by Rear Admiral Shepard “Shep” Smith, who as director of the Office of Coast Survey, is the Chief Hydrographer of the United States. That means he’s responsible for the nation’s charts.

OCS’ parent agency NOAA is itself an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, so it should come as no surprise that their main concern is commercial traffic. Since 90 percent of US trade is conducted on the sea, it follows that this traffic is also a concern of the Federal Government in general, especially (one might assume) under the current administration.

“We’re at a major pivot point at OCS,” Admiral Smith pointed out in a recent interview. “The paper era is finished.” For years, NOAA has focused on delivering accurate charts, ocean and wind forecasts to mariners. “We’re already out of the chart publishing business,” Smith elaborated, “we farmed that out to the private sector a while ago, when it became clear that we were losing money on the publication.” He fingered the polished corner of his iPad. “Now we have to decide if we are publishing data, or supplying it, and to whom. And the form of that data is changing. The draft plan presented at the meeting heralds the end of feet and inches — depth will now be measured and displayed in meters.” NOAA attempted to do this years ago. There was pushback. Now they declare, it’s really happening.

“We also have to decide what our best capabilities are. The world we are responsible to document is changing faster than we can survey it. Even when one includes our robotic surveying methods — underwater and surface drones using the latest bathymetric technology, it is impossible to keep up with rising water levels and shoaling in inland waterways. Here in the Pacific Northwest, you are well-served by recent surveys , but the East Coast and the Gulf Coast in particular, are not. The small craft charts for every region have to be re-thought.”

Smith went on to note that NOAA agencies have created some excellent tools using data from buoys and manned and unmanned vessels. “We have operational forecast systems that can give an individual user forecast data combining tide, current, water temperature and salinity.”

And these forecast tools are customized, based on user feedback. NOAA maintains partnerships with regional organizations such as the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observational Stations (NANOOS). The purpose of these partnerships is to provide regional datasets to NOAA, but also to create useful and user-friendly ways of delivering this data to local mariners and those concerned with the health of local waters. Jan Newton, the executive director of NANOOS and a professor at the University of Washington, presented a number of web-interface tools that NANOOS has created for local mariners. “We talked to people in the tuna fishery business,” she said during the panel discussion, “and discovered that water temperature is great predictor of the presence of tuna. So we created a forecast tool for fishermen that shows them when and where the ocean temperature in the Pacific Northwest will be favorable for tuna fishing.” But NANOOS’s work also serves the general goals of efficient and safe passagemaking. Dr. Newton displayed a web interface that makes it possible to plot a PNW course along a set of waypoints and calculate the most efficient way to use tides and currents along the course at a specific date and time. There’s also a link to a weather forecast probability map from the University of Washington.

A recreational boater who wants to know the most efficient way to travel from Seattle to the San Juan islands and back over a specific set of days could use this data now.

And all of this is already paid for. “We exist because we are funded by the US taxpayers,” Shep Smith points out, “All of the data we provide is free to the user.” NOAA does this in sharp contrast to its European counterparts, as Jeff Hummel, Marketing Director of Rose Point Systems, remarked to the gathering. European mariners, for instance, pay well for updated hydrographic information.

A number of people pointed to the problem of federal mandates and jurisdictions that did not seem to make sense. Mr Hummel mentioned that it became legal “only last week” for commercial ships to use (the more updated) electronic charts as their primary navigation tool. He added that the standards for electronic charting are set by the US Coast Guard. As the primary gatherer and aggregator of the information, he opined, “NOAA is the proper guardian of such standards.”

Active Captain’s Jeff and Karen Siegel.

But the speaker who created the most stir at the meeting was an invited guest from the recreational boating community: Jeff Siegel, a serial entrepreneur whose Active Captain (URL) is an online charting information add-on and boater network with 1.5 million members worldwide. In the process of creating and serving its community, the Active Captain team (Jeff and his wife Karen), discovered a large number of boaters who were very interested in creating and using crowd-sourced data for their navigation. The overlay created by that data is available in a wide variety of major chart-plotting software, for worldwide locations.

Thanks to these pro-active users, “We process 1800 updates a day, many of them providing information on hazards to navigation that do not appear or are not apparent on charts,” Siegel said, adding: “Three and a half years ago, at NOAA’s invitation, we began providing NOAA chart makers with that information.” And the data flow is not in a single direction. “We also post changes from the NOAA’s Notice to Mariners on Active Captain.” Smith had invited Siegel to present the value of real-time crowd-sourcing for charting in general, and Siegel did not disappoint. Nor did he stop there.

Siegel provided a provocative bombshell when he presented his recommendations to the meeting: “NOAA should signal that it is getting out of the recreational boating industry. It’s the only way to spark developers to create new private-sector products that use data developed by NOAA.” (The commercial users noted separately that the recreational boating industry was not NOAA’s main concern, anyway.) Siegel also tweaked the trunk of the elephant in the room: “Where is the Internet in NOAA’s long-term planning?” He had polled his user base before attending, and received replies from 450 users who said that the most important thing that NOAA could do for them was to provide more accurate depth information. The same users were willing to share what their own depth transducers were telling them, at specific waypoints, in real time.

“There’s a privacy issue,” in sharing that real-time data, Siegel commented later. ‘Not everyone is willing to let the world know that they are boating in Key West while their mansion in Boston sits unoccupied.” But Active Captain has the ability to verify the reliability of individual users while retaining their anonymity. It’s a small problem that is seemingly overcome. Siegel also sees no medium-term obstacle in having affordable, continuous Internet access aboard recreational boats: “Wait four years,” he predicted. There are well-heeled corporations who have a great deal of motivation to ensure that the entire globe can be connected, reliably and affordably.

What else does the future look like? NOAA is asking users for their opinion. A full text of their Office of Coast Survey draft plan is available here. You’ll find instructions on how to comment online or via snail mail here. Comments from the public are due by June 1st.

For those of you who are less inclined to tell a government agency what they should do, perhaps you’d like to tell Three Sheets Northwest. Fill out the survey below, and we’ll pass your anonymous opinions on.

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Charting Changes: NOAA’s plans for the future of charts (Poll)

Have you ever wondered why your depth sounder and chart do not agree on the suitability of a planned anchorage, or why all of the charts you have onboard show four mooring balls in that remote island cove you’ve chosen for the night and there are only two — both of them occupied? If so, you might be interested in the plans that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (or NOAA’s) Office of Coast Survey has for the future of coastal navigation. As it turns out, they are interested in hearing what you think as well.

First, a bit of rough history. If you have paper charts aboard (and the US Coast Guard recommends that you do), they were likely first drawn by NOAA in the 1940s, after World War II. Some of the information on your charts dates back to then. No problem, you say, I also have electronic charts aboard. In fact, I just updated them. The transfer from paper to electronic began in the 1980s. That electronic chart you just updated, in fact, likely carries a mixture of “raster” (converted paper) and “vector” (drawn from electronic data points) charts. As a result, much of the “updated information” displayed on your chartplotter came from those very same paper charts, drawn in the 1940s, modified along the way, in part. Further, your chartplotter/computer is designed to not show you the difference between what is drawn from paper and what is drawn from recent data points. There’s a lot more to understand about this, and an excellent book by Nigel Calder that does the explanation, but we’ll leave it there for now.

Back to your anchoring plans. What if, the week before, someone else had discovered the same 10 foot discrepancy, and had, with a few well-placed clicks and choice words, decided to let everyone else who uses charts know about it — in real time? And what if your chart auto-updated once a week — which is how often NOAA updates its chart information. Or as one recreational boater recently said, “What if NOAA had a plan to use the Internet?”

These kinds of questions were flying around a room in the basement of Seattle’s Hotel Monaco in mid-April, as the NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey held a panel discussion during a two-day stakeholder meeting designed to solicit input on their plans for the future of coastal charting. There were about 60 people in the room, most of them representatives of formal stakeholders, ranging from the United States Coast Guard to Rose Point Navigation Systems, who supply commercial vessels with proprietary chart-plotting software. The discussion was presided over by Rear Admiral Shepard “Shep” Smith, who as director of the Office of Coast Survey, is the Chief Hydrographer of the United States. That means he’s responsible for the nation’s charts.

OCS’ parent agency NOAA is itself an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, so it should come as no surprise that their main concern is commercial traffic. Since 90 percent of US trade is conducted on the sea, it follows that this traffic is also a concern of the Federal Government in general, especially (one might assume) under the current administration.

“We’re at a major pivot point at OCS,” Admiral Smith pointed out in a recent interview. “The paper era is finished.” For years, NOAA has focused on delivering accurate charts, ocean and wind forecasts to mariners. “We’re already out of the chart publishing business,” Smith elaborated, “we farmed that out to the private sector a while ago, when it became clear that we were losing money on the publication.” He fingered the polished corner of his iPad. “Now we have to decide if we are publishing data, or supplying it, and to whom. And the form of that data is changing. The draft plan presented at the meeting heralds the end of feet and inches — depth will now be measured and displayed in meters.” NOAA attempted to do this years ago. There was pushback. Now they declare, it’s really happening.

“We also have to decide what our best capabilities are. The world we are responsible to document is changing faster than we can survey it. Even when one includes our robotic surveying methods — underwater and surface drones using the latest bathymetric technology, it is impossible to keep up with rising water levels and shoaling in inland waterways. Here in the Pacific Northwest, you are well-served by recent surveys , but the East Coast and the Gulf Coast in particular, are not. The small craft charts for every region have to be re-thought.”

Smith went on to note that NOAA agencies have created some excellent tools using data from buoys and manned and unmanned vessels. “We have operational forecast systems that can give an individual user forecast data combining tide, current, water temperature and salinity.”

And these forecast tools are customized, based on user feedback. NOAA maintains partnerships with regional organizations such as the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observational Stations (NANOOS). The purpose of these partnerships is to provide regional datasets to NOAA, but also to create useful and user-friendly ways of delivering this data to local mariners and those concerned with the health of local waters. Jan Newton, the executive director of NANOOS and a professor at the University of Washington, presented a number of web-interface tools that NANOOS has created for local mariners. “We talked to people in the tuna fishery business,” she said during the panel discussion, “and discovered that water temperature is great predictor of the presence of tuna. So we created a forecast tool for fishermen that shows them when and where the ocean temperature in the Pacific Northwest will be favorable for tuna fishing.” But NANOOS’s work also serves the general goals of efficient and safe passagemaking. Dr. Newton displayed a web interface that makes it possible to plot a PNW course along a set of waypoints and calculate the most efficient way to use tides and currents along the course at a specific date and time. There’s also a link to a weather forecast probability map from the University of Washington.

A recreational boater who wants to know the most efficient way to travel from Seattle to the San Juan islands and back over a specific set of days could use this data now.

And all of this is already paid for. “We exist because we are funded by the US taxpayers,” Shep Smith points out, “All of the data we provide is free to the user.” NOAA does this in sharp contrast to its European counterparts, as Jeff Hummel, Marketing Director of Rose Point Systems, remarked to the gathering. European mariners, for instance, pay well for updated hydrographic information.

A number of people pointed to the problem of federal mandates and jurisdictions that did not seem to make sense. Mr Hummel mentioned that it became legal “only last week” for commercial ships to use (the more updated) electronic charts as their primary navigation tool. He added that the standards for electronic charting are set by the US Coast Guard. As the primary gatherer and aggregator of the information, he opined, “NOAA is the proper guardian of such standards.”

Active Captain’s Jeff and Karen Siegel.

But the speaker who created the most stir at the meeting was an invited guest from the recreational boating community: Jeff Siegel, a serial entrepreneur whose Active Captain (URL) is an online charting information add-on and boater network with 1.5 million members worldwide. In the process of creating and serving its community, the Active Captain team (Jeff and his wife Karen), discovered a large number of boaters who were very interested in creating and using crowd-sourced data for their navigation. The overlay created by that data is available in a wide variety of major chart-plotting software, for worldwide locations.

Thanks to these pro-active users, “We process 1800 updates a day, many of them providing information on hazards to navigation that do not appear or are not apparent on charts,” Siegel said, adding: “Three and a half years ago, at NOAA’s invitation, we began providing NOAA chart makers with that information.” And the data flow is not in a single direction. “We also post changes from the NOAA’s Notice to Mariners on Active Captain.” Smith had invited Siegel to present the value of real-time crowd-sourcing for charting in general, and Siegel did not disappoint. Nor did he stop there.

Siegel provided a provocative bombshell when he presented his recommendations to the meeting: “NOAA should signal that it is getting out of the recreational boating industry. It’s the only way to spark developers to create new private-sector products that use data developed by NOAA.” (The commercial users noted separately that the recreational boating industry was not NOAA’s main concern, anyway.) Siegel also tweaked the trunk of the elephant in the room: “Where is the Internet in NOAA’s long-term planning?” He had polled his user base before attending, and received replies from 450 users who said that the most important thing that NOAA could do for them was to provide more accurate depth information. The same users were willing to share what their own depth transducers were telling them, at specific waypoints, in real time.

“There’s a privacy issue,” in sharing that real-time data, Siegel commented later. ‘Not everyone is willing to let the world know that they are boating in Key West while their mansion in Boston sits unoccupied.” But Active Captain has the ability to verify the reliability of individual users while retaining their anonymity. It’s a small problem that is seemingly overcome. Siegel also sees no medium-term obstacle in having affordable, continuous Internet access aboard recreational boats: “Wait four years,” he predicted. There are well-heeled corporations who have a great deal of motivation to ensure that the entire globe can be connected, reliably and affordably.

What else does the future look like? NOAA is asking users for their opinion. A full text of their Office of Coast Survey draft plan is available here. You’ll find instructions on how to comment online or via snail mail here. Comments from the public are due by June 1st.

For those of you who are less inclined to tell a government agency what they should do, perhaps you’d like to tell Three Sheets Northwest. Fill out the survey below, and we’ll pass your anonymous opinions on.

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The Banana Prawn Run**

**IMPORTANT NOTE AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE**

  The term ‘banana prawn’ refers to two species: the white- and the red-legged banana prawns. Both species live in our local waters and are short-lived and fast growing. When banana prawns run in South East Queensland, it is a common sight to see many boats grouped together, casting nets, and hauling in an abundance of prawns.

  Prawning can be attempted in a few different ways. However, for our local waters, it is suggested to use a cast net from a boat. The technique is easy to learn and is a fairly inexpensive fun for the whole family.

  Here are the things you need to know.

  NET

  The best type of net to catch banana prawns is a monofiliment top pocket cast net, with 12ft drop and chain bottom. The prices for these nets start from $250, and can range up to $550.

  WHEN

  The best time of the year to catch prawns is between January and May. Prawn catching during the day is safer, with less chances of nasty by-catch, such as stonefish or bullrout.

  Some areas prove better for prawn catching on the high tide and others during the lower tides. The best time is usually an hour before or after the changing tides, as otherwise the current can be too strong to catch anything.

  The depth varies from place to place. It can be as shallow as 6 feet, but it will be hard to make the nets effective. And it can go far down to 60 feet deep. Prawns move into deeper holes on low tide, as there is no water over the banks and over shallow areas at the bottom of each tide.

  Water temperature is not a major factor during the prawn season.

  WHERE

  The best locations to catch banana prawns are from the Jacobs Well boat moorings to the Rudy Maas moorings, then north from the power lines at Rocky Point to the mouth of the Logan River. The areas of Redland Bay Channel, Karragarra Island, Lamb and Russell Island are also great locations for prawns.

  Hunting for prawns is very popular in these waters. The prawning pack can be as little as one boat, if you are lucky enough to find them on your own, or up to 100 boats all throwing nets.

  If you are a learner, the best way to catch prawns is by watching from a distance. Then, observe how the seasoned prawners work the area. Most prawners are easy to get along with, as they are all trying to catch a feed. Most times, you are working in close quarters with each other. Be aware of other’s boats and motors, as mistakes can be expensive.

  LIMITS

  Possession limit is 1 x 10-litre bucket of prawns per person at any time. This includes what you have in your boat, car, fridge and freezer at home at any given point in time. Certain areas of Moreton Bay have a green zone marine park status, so it is wise to acquaint yourself online of these important zones before heading off.

  HOW

  By using a fish finder, you will greatly improve your success rate. Any type of sounder will mark to locate prawns. It takes practice to know what they look like on your individual personal units. The prawns will show up anywhere from the surface right down to the bottom. Once located, be ready to cast your net using your preferred method (off the shoulder, wrist-grab, or other methods). Mastering your net cast prior to your fishing trip is essential to maximise the opportunity for a productive cast. (Ask your tackle shop to demonstrate, or go to youtube.com for details.)

  Once you catch the prawns, place them in an ice-slurry mixture (ice and salt water) in a cooler to keep them fresh. They can also be kept alive in a live bait well/tank with lots of water flow. However, ensure the lid is closed at all times, as prawns are able to jump and escape.

  COOKING

  In a pot, place salt water that comes from the area where the prawns were caught. Allow the water to boil before adding the raw prawns. Once they are red and begin to float, remove them from the pot and immediately place in an ice-water slurry to stop any further cooking. Overcooked prawns can be quite tough and chewy.

  AS BAIT

  Prawns make excellent bait, if you are not intending on eating them. Almost all fish will eat/attack live prawn bait. It simply depends on the size of the prawn. Smaller prawns are best for whiting and bream, while larger prawns produce better results for flathead, trevally, mangrove jack, mulloway (jewfish), and threadfin salmon.

  To rig a live prawn for fishing, place the hook in the second to last segment before the tail. This will allow the prawn to swim in a more natural manner, while also increasing the length of time with which it stays alive.

  By Luke Rafton

  **The Queensland government have issued statements regarding the recent “white spot disease” found in prawns in the Logan River and Moreton Bay. The disease is not known to be harmful to humans, but it is strongly advised to cook the prawns before consumption.

For up-to-date information, follow the link below.

https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/animal-industries/animal-health-and-diseases/a-z-list/white-spot-disease

The Banana Prawn Run** was originally published on Boat Gold Coast