Simrad ES60
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857-160970 / Rev.H
Size distribution
Purpose
If your ES60 is equipped with a splitbeam transducer, this
procedure will provide you with the means to establish size
distribution of anchovies and other pelagic schooled fish such as
herring, capelin, sardines, horse mackerel, pilchard and tuna.
Procedure
Observe the following procedure to enable size distribution.
1 Set up two echo frames.
2 Right-click in each echo frame to open the Echogram
dialogue box, and observe the following settings:
a Top frame:
- Echogram: Surface-Manual
- Bottom: White line
- Variable depth: On
- Range other: On
- Gain: School
- Ping filtering: Medium
b Bottom frame:
- Echogram: Surface-Manual
- Bottom: White line
- Variable depth: On
- Range other: Off
-Gain:Fish
- Ping filtering: Medium
3 Right-click on top of the mode and frequency information
in the Header view to open the Transceiver Settings
dialogue box. Make the following settings:
- Pulse length: 0,1 ms (or shortest)
- Transmit power: 1 kW (or maximum)
4 Right-click on the depth value in the Header view to open
the Bottom Detector dialogue box. Make the following
settings:
- Minimum depth: 0 m
- Maximum depth: 500 m (If the current depth is deeper
than 500 m, det the maximum depth to 50% more than
the current depth.
- Alarms and warnings: Off
- Backstep minimum level: -50 dB