BioSonics offers training for all levels of user experience. You can choose to attend one of our Hydroacoustic Assessment Workshops, or we can bring the training to your location – either in the classroom or on the job. If you’re interested in advanced training for a particular hydroacoustic application, please Contact Us.
Fisheries & Aquatic Habitat Assessment Workshop
Workshops are held at our company headquarters in Seattle, Washington. The course content includes a review of basic hydroacoustics, as well as practical training and tips for echosounder operation, field calibration, and transducer mounting. Combining lecture, demonstrations, laboratory exercises, and a mobile survey on Lake Washington, our workshops provide an overview of the latest techniques for hydroacoustic data collection and processing.
Topics covered can include:
- Echosounder Setup and Operation for mobile and fixed location projects
- Principles of Basic Hydroacoustics
- Fisheries and Plankton Assessment
- Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV), Bottom Classification, Bathymetry Assessment, and Mapping
- Survey Design and Case Studies
- Automated Data Analysis and Reporting
- Software Overview, Data Processing, Analysis, and Reporting Techniques
Contact us to discuss your project goals and training needs!
Consulting & Technical Services
We’re committed to your success in using hydroacoustics and we offer a variety of flexible approaches to providing consulting and technical services. Our Technical Services staff is uniquely qualified and have conducted many hydroacoustic projects throughout the world in lake, riverine, estuarine, and marine environments. We take the time to listen to our clients and we strive to meet the unique criteria of each project’s goals through our services, which include:
- Feasibility Studies
- Study Design and Site Assessment
- Equipment Installation
- Data Collection and Project Operation
- Automated Data Analysis and Reporting
- Unmanned Project Operation through Remote Access & Control
- System Design, Research and Development