Fisheries
Built for fishing first.
Birdview was founded to bring maritime drones into the search for fish — biomass information gathered ahead of the vessel, in conditions that ground everything else. Launch and recovery from a ship under way, high autonomy, and control software a crew actually uses.
Know what is in the water before you shoot the net.
Species
The split-beam return is classified on board — herring, mackerel, blue whiting — before the net is wet.
Size
Target strength gives the size distribution, so an undersized school is a school you never shoot.
Depth and density
Where the school sits in the column and how hard it marks — the difference between a set and a search.
of the revenue on a landed catch goes to fuel — most of it burned before the net touches water.
of CO₂ a year from the world’s fishing fleet. Searching less is the cheapest cut there is.
from the hull, the probe is in the water reading the school — hours before the vessel could be.
Send us your fuel bill.
Tell us the vessel and the grounds, and we will run the calculation on your numbers.