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Identify individuals with Local Feature Matching

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In this post, we will explore a powerful technique widely used for identifying individuals across various species. This method leverages unique physical markings that remain relatively stable throughout an organism’s lifetime, making it effective for species with distinct patterns. For instance, whale sharks, trout, turtles, and seals all possess unique spot or scale patterns that lend themselves well to this computer vision approach.

Tracking the Journey: How to Monitor Wild Salmon Migrations

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In this post, we will dive into the development of a wild salmon monitoring system, currently deployed at 8 sites in British Columbia.

We must take every step in our control now as climate-change related trends will make things more difficult for salmon populations in the years ahead. This demands urgency for Pacific salmon and for the 130+ species, including grizzlies, orcas and eagles, that depend on Pacific salmon.

– Pacific Salmon Foundation

How to build a benthic coral reefs analyser

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In this post we explore the development of a benthic coral reef analyzer, built in partnership with ReefSupport to improve the tools for monitoring coral reefs and marine environments.

For the full picture, here is the coral analysis pipeline — tap through for the project:

Capture → segment → classify → measure coral cover over time

Leveraging computer vision for the segmentation of coral reefs in benthic imagery holds the potential to quantify the long-term growth or decline of coral cover within marine protected areas