Planning research of whale sound detection system

Abstract

In maritime countries such as the United States and European countries, studies on cetacean resource distribution, vocalization characteristics, auditory characteristics, and habitat environment are actively being conducted in order to permanently preserve cetacean resources. It is necessary to establish a real-time buoy-type marine life observation system for the surrounding waters of the Korean Peninsula, and the components of the real-time buoy-type marine life observation system that can observe the underwater acoustic environment require a line-type underwater acoustic sensor, a large-capacity file real-time transmission system, and a high-capacity battery. Planning contents for the development of the whale sound detection system include realizing scientific whale tourism by combining marine science technology (MT + ICT), presenting a plan for constructing a real-time buoy-type observation system for whales based on ICT, and presenting an analysis algorithm for identifying whale ecology through observation and analysis of radioactive sound characteristics and acoustic characteristics of whales in real time. These research results can be developed as new tourism contents in the southeast sea of Korea, contribute to expanding the base of whale-watching tourism business, and provide information on migratory routes and resource distribution by identifying the sonic characteristics of cetaceans.