Automated measurement of species and length of fish by computer vision

D. J. White; C. Svellingen; N. J.C. Strachan

doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2006.04.009

Automated measurement of species and length of fish by computer vision

D. J. White^*, C. Svellingen, N. J.C. Strachan

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Abstract

Trials of a computer vision machine (The CatchMeter) for identifying and measuring different species of fish are described. The fish are transported along a conveyor underneath a digital camera. Image processing algorithms: determine the orientation of the fish utilising a moment-invariant method, identify whether the fish is a flatfish or roundfish with 100% accuracy, measure the length with a standard deviation of 1.2 mm and species with up to 99.8% sorting reliability for seven species of fish. The potential application of the system onboard both research and commercial ships is described. The machine can theoretically process up to 30,000 fish/h using a single conveyor based system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	203-210
Number of pages	8
Journal	Fisheries Research
Volume	80
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2006.04.009
Publication status	Published - Sep 2006

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Keywords

Computer vision
Fish
Fish species
Image processing
Sorting

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Aquatic Science

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White, D. J., Svellingen, C., & Strachan, N. J. C. (2006). Automated measurement of species and length of fish by computer vision. Fisheries Research, 80(2-3), 203-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2006.04.009

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