. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Japan, the USSR, and Canada agreed that it would be necessary to establish limits for their respective countries for the North Pa- cific for 1969. Underwater Research Vehicle RUFAS Makes Debut The remotely controlled underwater re- search vehicle named RUFAS, a cooperative effort of BCF's Pascagoula (Miss.) Base and the General Electric Co., Bay St. Louis, Miss., was scheduled to make its debut in June 1969. It will survey the Cape Kennedy calico scallop beds first delineated in the early 1960s by BCF. Useful Tool This equipment, designed t
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. Japan, the USSR, and Canada agreed that it would be necessary to establish limits for their respective countries for the North Pa- cific for 1969. Underwater Research Vehicle RUFAS Makes Debut The remotely controlled underwater re- search vehicle named RUFAS, a cooperative effort of BCF's Pascagoula (Miss.) Base and the General Electric Co., Bay St. Louis, Miss., was scheduled to make its debut in June 1969. It will survey the Cape Kennedy calico scallop beds first delineated in the early 1960s by BCF. Useful Tool This equipment, designed to observe ocean-bottom conditions, makes it possible for scientists to predict availability, loca- tion, and patterns of scallop occurrences. Broader application of this new concept in fishery search and assessment will allow rapid and accurate visual evaluation of under- water objects, harvesting equipment, bottom topography, fauna, and flora. RUFAS is suited for monitoring many different subsurface biological activities. The Vehicle The Mark I model of RUFAS has an op- erational depth range to 300 feet at a 5-knot towing speed. It will have diving vanes con- trollable by cable from a tow vessel. This will enable it to dive, rise, and hold its alti- tude at any position above bottom. Under- water lights, vertical sounder for bottom reference, 16-mm. sequence camera, and underwater TV camera connected to a video- tape recording system will be installed to provide visual-assessment Remote underwater fishery assessment system (RUFAS) developed at BCF Exploratory Fishing and Gear Re se arch Base, Pascagoula, Miss., with General Electric engineers of Bay St. Louis, Miss,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. National Marine Fisheries Service; U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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