USING GIS TO IMPROVE FISHING SUCCESS IN SOUTH LOUISIANA

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USING GIS TO IMPROVE FISHING SUCCESS IN SOUTH
LOUISIANA
by Nathan Junius 12/6/01
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IMPACT OF SPORT FISHING

• Sportsmans Paradise
• 1996 1.5 billion dollar impact from gas to
  camps to bait-Wildlife and Fisheries
• Guide services
• Tournaments

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GENERAL EQUATION
CONSISTENCY

LUCK
MORE FISH
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GOAL GREATER CONSISTENTCY
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GPS-Collecting Data

• Handheld or Permanent
• 24 Satellites
• 7000 mph
• Connect to at least 3 satellites
• A 4th for altitude

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HARD AT WORK COLLECTING DATA
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CONVERT COORDINATES TO DECIMAL DEGREES

• Degrees and Decimal Minutes to Decimal
  Degrees

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CONVERT TO SHAPEFILE AND ADD ATTRIBUTES
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USING EDITOR, FILL IN TABLE

• DIFFERENT FIELDS
• VERY TEDIOUS

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FISHING SPOTS PLOTTED
NEW ORLEANS
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QUERIES

• Spots were I caught 25 or more trout
• Can use this for wind types, temperatures,
  different times of the yearetc

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ATTRIBUTES
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TROUT SPOTS
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MULTIPLE QUERIES

• Now the really cool stuff!!
• Set Day Month and Year
• View each trip
• Look for days with the same current conditions

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ATTRIBUTES
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11-28-200066 fish
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BIRD COLONIES

• Study of bird colonies by LSU
• Bird and fish share food source
• Fishing technique-fish under birds

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KNOWN BIRD SPOT

• Breton Island
• Great spot to fish under the birds

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EXPERIMENT?

• Deadman Island
• Tried this spot over Thanksgiving22 trout!!!
• Use this to find future spots

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CAN THIS IDEAWORK ON A LARGER SCALE???
PROBABLY NOT!!
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FUTURE POSSIBILITIES

• Eventually complete inputting all data
• Use editor to create centerline to help navigate?
  (GPS gives only straight lines)
• Pattern fish through seasons

MY VISION

• Something like this might replace log books

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DATA

• Louisiana's Geospatioal Metedata Catalog
• http//lagic.lsu.edu/datacatalog/
• Louisiana State University

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ANY QUESTIONS??