Trawling 4 PACE

Mapping fishing zones using PACE optical data

Collaborators

Name	Github username
Mary Kate Munley	MMunley2
Justine Whitaker	jwhitaker-cgl
Punya Puthukulangara	punyaravichandran
Victoria Abunaw	opisthoproctus
Haley Synan	hsynan
Leandro Machado	leandrometeoro
Frederic Bonou	FREDERICBONOU

Research question

• Can we predict silver hake abundance using optical data?
• How do performance of different models compare (random forest and boosted regression tree)

Datasets

• NOAA NEFSC Bottom Trawl Survey Catch data from Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025
• PACE Rrs
• AVISO Finite Size Lyapunov Exponent (FSLE)
• Copernicus sea surface wind and stress

Planning

Initial idea:

• Brainstorming google doc
• Ideation Presentation: Add link
• Slack channel: proj-fishing-zones
• Final presentation: trawling4PACE.pptx
• Code: Trawling4PACE_FINAL.ipynb

Folder Structure

• contributor_folders (optional) Each contributor can make a folder here and push their work here during the week. This will allow everyone to see each others work but prevent any merge conflicts.
• final_notebooks When the team develops shared final notebooks, they can be shared here. Make sure to communicate so that you limit merge conflicts.
• scripts Shared scripts or functions can be added here.
• data Shared dataset can be shared here. Note, do not put large datasets on GitHub. Speak to the organizers if you need to share large datasets.