出版社：Government of Western Australia / Department of Fisheries
摘要：This report documents the preliminary design and testing of a hull camera for assessing
biofouling on recreational vessels less than 12 m in length. There were two aims: firstly,
to establish a preliminary design for an easy to use camera system which would allow less
accessible areas of a vessels hull to be viewed, and secondly, to undertake preliminary testing
of its usefulness. The hull camera was tested on four different vessel hull types: round, deep
vee, tunnel and yacht. An assessment of the degree of biofouling on these different hull types
was initially made with waterline inspections then repeated using the hull camera. These
results were then compared. The hull camera was found to provide a clearer picture of the
real level of biofouling of these vessels, which was underestimated by waterline inspection.
The hull camera was shown to be useful for the assessment of recreational vessel less than
12 m long and to have the potential to become a useful tool in the monitoring of non indigenous
marine species in the recreational sector.
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