Repellence Effect of the New Sound for Underwater Speaker of Hydrofoil | Zendy

Tatsunori Nakashima | Zendy; Nozomi Kobayashi | Zendy; Hiroko Yamada | Zendy; Tatsuya Katsumata | Zendy; Rintaro Yoshida | Zendy; Hidehiro Kato | Zendy; Haruna Okabe | Zendy; Isao Kawazu | Zendy; Y. Yanase | Zendy; Masaki Omine | Zendy; Masashi Terada | Zendy; Hiroko Sugioka | Zendy; Masanori Kyo | Zendy

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Repellence Effect of the New Sound for Underwater Speaker of Hydrofoil

Author(s) -

Tatsunori Nakashima,

Nozomi Kobayashi,

Hiroko Yamada,

Tatsuya Katsumata,

Rintaro Yoshida,

Hidehiro Kato,

Haruna Okabe,

Isao Kawazu,

Y. Yanase,

Masaki Omine,

Masashi Terada,

Hiroko Sugioka,

Masanori Kyo

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

transnav the international journal on marine navigation and safety of sea transportation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.253

H-Index - 5

eISSN - 2083-6481

pISSN - 2083-6473

DOI - 10.12716/1001.09.02.07

Subject(s) - sound (geography) , underwater , whale , humpback whale , marine engineering , acoustics , computer science , aeronautics , oceanography , fishery , geology , engineering , biology , physics

In order to prevent hydrofoil colliding with cetaceans, the underwater speaker (UWS) has been installed to repel cetaceans. Yamada et al. (2012) analyzed and devised the UWS sound as it fits the cetaceans' acoustic properties to prevent the collision furthermore. The new UWS sound was devised and synthesized by Yamada et al. (2015) with expectation of avoiding collision with large cetaceans (Patent applied for, JP2014-171411). In this research project, the new UWS sound was investigated by the playback experiment on humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and by sighting survey in the actual hydrofoil shipping service route. As a result, a physiological and behavioral change of the humpback whale was observed in the playback experiment of the new UWS sound, and the chance of hydrofoil encountering cetaceans of the new UWS sound was smaller than that of the previous UWS sound. Therefore, the improvement of the new UWS sound was confirmed. Lastly, the authors wish this research project would contribute toward the safer cruise of hydrofoil in the future.

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