Assistant Professor Sara Beery is using automation to improve monitoring of migrating salmon in the Pacific Northwest.
MIT's Sara Beery is leading a project to automate salmon population monitoring using computer vision and machine learning. Salmon are crucial ecologically and culturally in the Pacific Northwest, but traditional manual counting is inefficient. Beery's team employs sonar systems and automated data analysis to improve accuracy and reduce human effort. Deployed on the Klamath River post-dam removal, the technology, including a "Fishbox" for real-time data processing, enhances monitoring efficiency. Collaborating with Indigenous communities and stakeholders, the project aims to balance ecological, cultural, and economic needs.
