Acoustic sampling has long been a standard survey tool for estimating the abundance and distribution of fish, zooplankton, and their seabed habitat (Kimura, 1929; Sund, 1935; Holliday, 1972a; Nielson et al., 1980). ...

Data are collected from a variety of acoustic systems in many countries to address a range of ecosystem monitoring and stock management objectives. A key step in the analysis of fisheries acoustics ...