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1. Figure 3 7 Example of the guidelines in SONATE 3 1 6 Whale facts The WHALE FACTS tab is meant to support visual observers during exercises The tab shows detailed visual and behavioural information about the whales An example is shown in Figure 3 8 24 FFl rapport 2011 00685 SONATE 3 2 2011 File Options Language Help NE xen xm v FFI Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt summary sEGES FISHERY FISH FARMS GUIDELINES B ze Ive EE K 9 e IM i 3 Facts about whales in Norwegian waters Source Hvalguide veiledning i bestemmeise av hval i de Nord st Atlantiske havomr der temahefte 1 Norsk institutt for naturforskning Source Fiskeridepartementet Utenriksdepartementet og North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission NAMMCO BLUE WHALE Balaenoptera musculus Maximum size ca 30m 160ton Characteristics Baleen whale Common along the Norwegian coast Blue colour Clear blow The dark coloured tail is often seen when the whale dives Number some hundred animals in the North east of the Atlantic Ocean Reproduction One calf every 2 or 3 years from the 7 years old animals Quarry Krill 4 Blow Backside before diving vY Tail before diving These characteristics are difficult to see especially with bad weather FIN WHALE Balaenoptera physalus Maximum size ca 24m 75ton Characteristics Baleen whale Common along the Norwegian coast Dark back with dis
2. Location name rideli Location Reg no Gr tt y 168 26 7 N 14 49 2 E N H 0001 Sorlandsbukta 2 67 39 7 N 12 39 9 E N VR0004 Born y y 69 12N 16 29 1 E TEKOOIL S 169 5 8 N 15 59 8 E N A 0011 Figure 3 6 Example of the fish farms information in SONATE The capacity of fish farms can be given in numbers stk number is to be multiplied by 1000 tonnes tn DA decare 1000m kg I m or m 3 1 5 Guidelines The GUIDELINE tab will show the complete official guidelines see Figure 3 7 as implemented by the Chief of the Norwegian Navy GIS based on scientific recommendations from FFI The language of the guidelines can be changed by selecting another language in the menu bar Links to the GUIDELINE tab appears numerous places elsewhere in SONATE 3 2 for instance in the legend of the SUMMARY tab and in the Ref to guidelines columns under the SUMMARY tab and the SPECIES tab FFI rapport 2011 00685 23 SONATE 3 2 2011 07 FFI Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt J SUMMARY SPECIES FISHERY FISH FARMS GUIDELINES WHALE FACTS 2 Sonar guidelines The requirements for selection of an area and a period for execution of intense sonar exercises are stricter than for routine sonar exercises During planning and execution of sonar exercises the following applies 2 1 Sonar activity in an area can result in avoidance responses i
3. wx App wx Frame SonateDBCreationApp SonateDBCre ationFrame wx Notebook Sonate DBCreationNotebook Sonate DBCreationNotebook progressBar Figure 3 22 Object model of the SONATE DBMS application The following diagrams show the dataflow within the SONATE DBMS Figure 3 23 shows the creation of the speciesinfodb SQLite database and the corresponding distr h5 HDF5 file The creation process uses the Postgres Database distrinfo pql a large number of shape files species_ shp and a file describing the guidelines in combination with the related species art_2_regulations txt In the diagram also the tables in the database are shown 40 FFI rapport 2011 00685 act Creation of the species databases P Data Model distrinfo pql E column PK gid integer shapefile varchan256 id integer dataset varchan256 species varchar 255 period varchan256 filename varchar 256 mapinfo varchar 256 regulations varchar 256 Data Model Species frit shp 3 regimportance integer PK PK_distrinfo integer unique UQ distinfo gid integer UQ distrinfo id integer column PK id id shape varchar 50 PK PK distr h50 unique UQ disr h5 id T J column EF PK id INTEGER 0 E species VARCHAR 255 period VARCHAR 255 file area INTEGER Load mapinfo VARCHAR 255 species regulations VARCHAR 5U 7 database Load gid INTEG
4. PK id integer shape varchar 50 column PK id integer shape varchar 50 PK PK nordso h5 integer unique UQ nordsjo h5 id integer Data Model fishingdb E Data Model fisherydb PK PK ff integer unique UQ ff h5 id integer Data Model fishfarmsdb column PK id _INT EGER 0 species VARCHAR 255 period VARCHAR 255 area INTEGER mapinfo VARCHAR 255 regulations VARCHAR 50 gid INTEGER regimportance INTEGER PK n PK speciesinfo INTEGER unique m UQ speciesinfo id INTEGER column PK id INTEGER 0 area INTEGER location INTEGER iaj year INTEGER month VARCHAR 255 m fishing tool VARCHAR 255 fish_group VARCHAR 255 catch INTEGER vessels INTEGER column PK id INTEGER id INTEGER PK area INTEGER location INTEGER year INTEGER month VARCHAR 255 tot_catch DOUBLE tot vessels DOUBLE regulations VARCHAR 255 PK T unique PK_fishingdb INT EGER UQ_fishingdb_id INTEGER regulationstt 4 fishery txt 1 PK F unique _UQ_fisherydb_id INTEGER PK_fisherydb INTEGER m TE column PK unique id INTEGER 0 konsesjonsinnehaver VARCHAR 255 loknavn VARCHAR 255
5. http www wxpython org see vendorsrc for required patch wget http kent dl sourceforge net sourceforge wxpython wxPython2 8 win32 unicode 2 8 4 2 py25 exe wget http kent dl sourceforge net sourceforge wxpython wxPython2 8 win32 docs demos 2 8 4 2 exe py2exe http www py2exe org wget http kent dl sourceforge net sourceforge py2exe py2exe 0 6 6 win32 py2 5 exe Inno Setup http www jrsoftware org isinfo php current version 5 1 6 5 1 14 wget http www jrsoftware org download php is exe site 3 PostgreSQL http www postgresql org PostGIS http www postgis com wget http wwwmaster postgresql org redir ftp 3A 2F 2Fftp no postgresql org 2Fpub 2Fdatabases 2F postgresql 2Fbinary 2Fv8 1 2 2Fwin32 2Fpostgresql 8 1 2 1 zip wget http wwwmaster postgresql org download mirrors ftp file 2Fbinary 2Fv8 2 4 2Fwin32 2Fpostgresql 8 2 4 1 zip Python Imaging Library PIL http www pythonware com products pil wget http effbot org downloads PIL 1 1 6 win32 py2 5 exe Python xlrd package for extracting data from Excel files http www lexicon net sjmachin xlrd htm wget http www lexicon net sjmachin xIrd 0 6 1 win32 exe wget ftp ftp ncsa uiuc edu HDF lib external zlib 1 2 bin zlib122 windows tar gz pywin32 210 win32 py2 5 exe http sourceforge net projects pywin32 60 FFI rapport 2011 00685 Appendix D Track files support within SONATE GPX This is a standardised format used by many GPS syst
6. rt i parallell med at METOC WMS utvikles FFI er forn yd med retningen p utviklingen av SONATE og mener at beslutningen om jobbe mot SONATE WMS var et riktig valg 4 FFI rapport 2011 00685 Contents ZA 2 2 2 3 2 4 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 3 1 4 3 1 5 3 1 6 3 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 3 3 6 3 3 7 3 3 8 4 4 1 4 2 Preface Introduction Input data The distribution maps Fishing activity Fish farms The guidelines SONATE 3 2 2011 User interface description Summary maps Species maps Fishery maps Fishfarm maps Guidelines Whale facts For the data manager From input data files to a SONATE installation file Input to distribution maps Calculation of fishing activity Importing the fish farm locations Creating a new installation file and the different modes of SONATE For the programmer SONATE application Software architecture Software design of SONATE Implementation Testing Updating guidelines SONATE database creation application Software design of SONATE DBMS SONATE WMS User interface description For the data manager FFl rapport 2011 00685 5 10 10 12 13 14 15 15 17 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 29 31 32 34 34 35 35 38 39 39 39 40 43 44 51 4 3 A 1 A 2 B 1 B 2 B 3 B 4 E 1 E 2 E 3 E 4 F 1 For the programmer Status and future developments References Appendix A Files in src folder and
7. stated in our last report on SONATE Nordlund and Benders 2008 The Norwegian Defence have stated that they prefer tools that can be integrated in software they are already using so that they can avoid a large number of stand alone software During the last years we have worked on the SONATE WMS which is our attempt to solve these problems Even if we at the time being have not finished the SONATE WMS completely we are quite satisfied with the direction of the development and we believe that we with this solution can meet most of the earlier stated requirements to SONATE As mentioned above the speed of SONATE has been a problem since the first version but with the SONATE WMS we see that this is greatly improved This means that not only can the user display the typical SONATE data at a higher rate than earlier but also the background maps can have a much higher detail level without reducing the speed of the tool significantly Updating of the distribution data in SONATE WMS will not longer be a time consuming and complicated process as this is mainly done by the data owner Institute of Marine Research Some maintenance will also have to be done by FFI or any other responsible for the METOC WMS mainly if new species are added to the IMR database or if other major changes are made to the database or sonar guidelines SONATE WMS has a much more flexible user interface than SONATE 3 2 2011 where the user freely can select differe
8. 437123 A AS0701 RRET FERSKVANN 759 857369 0 437123 AF0001 LAKSEFISK SALTVANN 759 620653 0 649025 AND301 BL SKJELL SALTVANN 753808648 0 611528 ANI0701 RRET FERSKVANN 60 105207 0 870654 ANIO701 RRET FERSKVANN 60 105207 0 870654 AT nnna KRFPS FFRSKVARIKI en 103343fn ii 29N145 Figure 3 14 Example of fish farms input to SONATE DBMS Only some of the columns in the input file are shown In SONATE the guideline number which applies in the vicinity of fish farms are read from the file named fishfarms txt See Textbox 4 3 6 Textbox 4 The content of the file that defines guideline number that applies in the vicinity of the fish farms 3 2 4 Creating a new installation file and the different modes of SONATE A new executable installation file is made by means of the setup exe usage python setup py py2exe Depending on the mode defined in sonate ini the installations file will be in either of the modes described in Table 3 2 The sonate ini also gives the possibility to change some of the colours in the SONATE window and change the screen dimension The grid step is the intervals in degrees shown on the map display The sonate ini file is shown in Textbox 1 The USER_MODE controls which tabs to be visible in SONATE Table 3 2 gives an overview 32 FFI rapport 2011 00685 BACKGROUND_COLOR 144 180 255 LAND_COLOR 127 166 135 GRID_COLOR 0 0 0 GRID STEP 5 SELECTION_COLOR 0 255 2
9. 45 The METOC WMS service has several profiles designed for different user groups These profiles are found under the Profiles tab and the SONATE data are found under the profile SONATE See Figure 4 1 SONATE WMS METOC WMS have a number of standard tools for navigating in time and space that are visible for any profile See Figure 4 1 for description The time bar let the user jump through the year using the and signs The time bar will stop at each date where any of the selected maps are changing E g if the map of a species change at July 8 the time bar will stop at that date and show the corresponding map 23 43 49 70 E 80 12 55 60 N X 2641664 m Y 15678320 m Base Layer Bi O statkart Sj kart Mi O statkart Topografisk Norgeskart Vektor Mi O statkart Europa Oo Google Maps Google Mercator projection only o Google Hybrid Google Mercator projection only o Google Satellite Google Mercator projection only Vi metoc server world Figure 4 2 In SONATE WMS the user can choose between several background maps The figure shows an example The SONATE data are organized in 3 categories Guidelines Species Commercial activity fishery fish farms and safari activity e g whale watching Each category is divided in sub categories Under the Guideline category one finds one sub category for each guideline under Species one finds one sub category for each species in the dat
10. 7 1 5 3kHz 8 9 Safari Safari 2 2 Spermhval Beiteomr 2 1 Spermhval Middels tetthet 2 4 Spekkhogger H y tetthet 2 1 Spekkhogger Middels tetthet 2 4 Steinkobbe Koloni 2 4 Steinkobbe H rfelling 2 4 Steinkobbe Kasting 2 1 Hvalfangst Sporadisk aktivitet 2 3 Hvalfangst Lav aktivitet 2 3 Hvalfangst Sporadisk aktivitet 2 3 Hvalfangst Moderat aktivitet 2 3 V gehval Beiteomr 2 3 Textbox2 Example of art info 2 regulation txt file Species mapinfo and guideline number 3 2 2 Calculation of fishing activity The fishing activity input data is an MS excel file The fishing activity data holds information on catch period area location fishing tool species or groups of species catch in kg and number of boats which have reported catch from the area FFI rapport 2011 00685 29 If the content changes or column number changes the code of sonate_dbms py has to be changed See Chapter 3 3 For the programmer for closer description The guidelines recommend restrictions on use of sonar in areas with high fishing activity for vulnerable species or periods of vulnerability High fishing activity areas are defined as locations where the catch per km per month OR the number of boats per km per month is above a threshold value The catch and number of boats per area is calculated in sonate_dbms py under the Fishing tab See Figure 3 11 In addition to the fishing activity data as shown in Figure 3 12 a file containing the areas of
11. 883 5 Snurrevad Anna fisk 6 149 1 Line Anna fisk 3 33 1 Juksapilk Skalldyr og bloetdyr 88 072 961 720 1 Traal Torsk og torskeartet fisk 20 828 203 719 2 Line Torsk og torskeartet fisk 15 049 92 293 1 Garn Torsk og torskeartet fisk 12 372 190 814 5 Snurrevad Torsk og torskeartet fisk 1 727 20 005 2 Juksapilk Figure 4 8 Detailed information on one specific location and year will appear when clicking on one location using the I button at the lower left of the SONATE WMS window For the time being this information is available in Norwegian only 4 2 For the data manager The distribution map database used in SONATE WMS is held by Institute of Marine Research At FFI the distribution maps are fitted into the SONATE WMS but no changes are done to the data When IMR is updating their database a quality control might be necessary at FFI to assure that the data displayed in the WMS client are correct Problems can occur if new species are added to the database or if the attributes of the distribution map are changed e g behaviour abundance etc This must be fixed in cooperation with the responsible for maintenance of the METOC WMS Espen Messel or Atle Ommundsen metoc ffi no The fishery activity data are until further stored on an FFI server and has to be updated by requesting a yearly update from the Directorate of Fisheries See Chapter 0 Input data The fish farms information is as the fishery activity stored on an FFI server
12. DBMS sonate image png icon used in SONATE speciesinfodb species information table vestfjordendetalj h5 detailed map of Vestfjorden Can be imported when in track mode whaleinfo0 pd vey whale facts in Norwegian found under the Whale Facts tab in SONATE whaleinfol pd Xe whale facts in English found under the Whale Facts tab in SONATE whaleinfo2 pd whale facts in Dutch found under the Whale Facts tab in SONATE zoomfit bmp icon used in SONATE zoomin bmp icon used in SONATE zoomout bmp icon used in SONATE FFI rapport 2011 00685 57 Appendix B File examples B 1 fishery txt fishery txt defines the colours used in the fishing activity maps the intervals and text describing the guideline FF9FOO FF9F00 2 5 2000m sikkerhetsavstand 2 5 2000m safety dist 2 5 2000m veiligheidsafstand 90B4FF 0 90B4FF 1 99 C5DB8A 1 19 D7CSED 2 6 200m 2 6 200m safety distance fisheries 2 6 200m veiligheidsafstand 100 749 92AE49 20 84 9781AE 2 6 200m sikkerhetsavstand 2 6 200m safety dist 2 6 200m 750 999 748A3A 85 99 573773 2 6 200m sikkerhetsavstand 2 6 200m safety distance 2 6 200m 1000 566648 100 3E2E66 2 6 200m sikkerhetsavstand 2 6 200m safety distance 2 6 200m The text description is made short in this example B 2 fish info 2 regulation2 txt This file is use
13. Nordestarktisk C3 Klappmyss amp C3 Kn lhval amp C3 Kolmule amp C3 Kvitnos amp C3 Kvitskjeving m 2 1 44 14 objects Disk free space 20 3 GB Figure 3 10 The input files for distribution maps are organized after species month and mapinfo Beite means feeding ground gyte means spawning area 28 FFl rapport 2011 00685 mappings gyt Gyting NiseHoyTetthet u H y tetthet MiddelsTetthet u Middels tetthet beite Beiteomr egg Egg larve Larver yngle Yngling sild larve apr Larver apr u 4 rl4aar u 4 r og eldre voksen Voksen Textbox I The connection between the mapinfo given in the filename and the mapinfo that appears in the SONATE application is hardcoded In Norwegian Example in filename hoy tetthet high density gives mapinfo Hoy tetthet Translation to other languages is done elsewhere in the code Finnhval Beiteomr 2 4 Gr nlandssel H rfelling 2 4 Gr nlandssel Kasting 2 1 Havert Kasting 2 1 Havert H rfelling 2 4 Havert Koloni 2 4 Kn lhval Beiteomr 2 4 Klappmyss H rfelling 2 4 Klappmyss Kasting 2 1 Nebbhval Beiteomr 2 1 Nebbhval Utbredelse 2 4 Nise H y tetthet 2 4 Sild NorskV rGytende Larver mai 2 7 3 6kHz 5 Sild NorskV rGytende Larver apr 2 7 3 6kHz 4 Sild NorskV rGytende Larver jun jul 2 7 2 5kHz 6 7 Sild NorskV rGytende Larver aug sep 2
14. S A AH0701 BJORKELANGEN JFF BOKS 131 1940 BJORKELANGEN A AH0701 BJORKELANGEN JFF BOKS 1831 1940 BJ RKELANGEN TILL_NR ETABL_DATO MIDL_TILL TILL_KOMNR TILL_KOM A A 0001 03 10 1991 0214 AS A AH0701 21 09 1995 0221 AURSKOG H LAND A AH0701 21 09 1995 0221 AURSKOG H LAND TILL NR FORM L PRODUKSJON ART TILL KAP TILL MH LOK NR A A 0001 KOMMERSIELL MATFISK LAKSEFISK 6 50 TN 10362 A AH0701 KULTIVERING YNGEL RRET 130 00 STK 12826 A AH0701 KULTIVERING SETTEFISK RRET 140 00 STK 12826 TILL NR LOK NAVN LOK TYPE LOK KOMNR LOK KOM A A 0001 NERFJ SET PERMANENT 0214 S A AH0701 BJORKELANGEN PERMANENT 0221 AURSKOG HOLAND A AH0701 BJORKELANGEN PERMANENT 0221 AURSKOG H LAND LOK PL LOK TILL NR ASS LOK MILJ KAP LOK MH LOK MIDL N GEOWGS84 GEOWGS84 A A 0001 LAND FERSKVANN 100 00 M3 59 670232 10 759353 A AH0701 LAND FERSKVANN 270 00 STK 59 871073 11 595335 A AH0701 LAND FERSKVANN 270 00 STK 59 871073 11 595335 Table F 1 Example from fish farms input file The input file is in Norwegian Standard fields of the input file are permission no company ID owner address postal code post office established date temporary permission permission municipality ID permission municipality object commercial cultivation production edible fish hatchery capacity capacity unit tonnes number etc location ID location name location type permanent temporary etc location municipality ID location municipality name
15. according to one of the following two procedures depending on which is the most appropriate for the ongoing operation 1 Reduce speed to 5 knots examine a 100 m safety zone from the sonar source visually and using available passive acoustic sensors for presence of marine mammals before initializing transmission Check in particular for presence of bow riding dolphins 2 Start transmissions at a maximum source level of 200 dB a maximum of 1 s signal duration and a minimum 10 s signal interval Increase gradually to desired source level during the next 5 transmissions Adjust signal duration and interval to desired levels The maximum initial source level might be increased by 3 dB for every halving of the signal duration or decreased for every doubling For example a 206 dB initial source level is acceptable if signal duration is 250 ms but should be reduced to 194 dB if signal duration is 4 s Transmissions of long duration gt 10 s signals shall be initialized with transmissions of short duration signals e g 1 s and gradually increased If transmissions are interrupted for more than 5 min the start up procedure shall be repeated If visual conditions do not allow for visual control of the safety zone procedure 1 shall not be used If marine mammals appear within the safety zone transmissions shall be ceased or source level signal duration reduced to start up level until the animal is outside the safety zone Animals entering the safety zon
16. and has to be updated by downloading an excel files from Directorate of Fisheries See Chapter 0 Input data 4 3 For the programmer For changes to be made in the graphical user interface or other changes in the WMS client please contact Espen Messel or Atle Ommundsen metoc ffi no FFI rapport 2011 00685 51 5 Status and future developments SONATE have been in use by the Defence since 2006 FFI has experienced that SONATE are used regularly in connection to sonar exercises both prior to and during exercises SONATE with the sonar guidelines is a tool which the sonar operators are aware of and take into account in their daily tasks However our impression is that at the level of operational authorities and exercise planning NorTG FOH there is still a need to increase their awareness of the sonar regulations and SONATE and that they need to consider this when planning activities Users of SONATE 3 2 2011 will as earlier experience a relatively long response time of the software With the technology used it is difficult to improve this further SONATE 3 2 2011 and earlier versions have the disadvantage that different information are shown in different views or tabs The update procedures of distribution maps have been a labour intensive task mainly caused by the fact that FFI are holding a copy of the complete IMR database and have to maintain and adapt the database to the SONATE 3 2 2011 These are all drawbacks that we
17. appears in the SONATE application is hardcoded See example in Textbox 1 below The text marked in green is part of the filename the text marked in yellow is the mapinfo that will appear in SONATE FFI rapport 2011 00685 27 When a new species is added to the database or to the set of shapefiles this has to be added to the hardcoded list in sonate py where the dropdown menus for selecting species are defined In addition to the shape files a file is required that defines the connection between the species mapinfo and guideline number default file art_info_2_regulation txt See example in textbox 2 fr C Documents and Settings nno Desktop sonate trunk datagrunnlag havforskningsinstit DE File Edit View Favorites Tools Help ay Qu B search By Folder EJ Address C Documents and Settings nno Desktop sonate trunk datagrunnlag havforskningsinstituttet hyse lodd vi Go X amp nordsjohyse beite juvenil jan des dbf X E nordsjohyse beite juvenil jan des prj Es nordsjohyse_beite_juvenil_jan des sbn s nordsjohyse beite juvenil jan des sbx fl nordsjohyse beite juvenil jan des shp nordsjohyse beite juvenil jan des shp xml E nordsjohyse beite juvenil jan des shx t nordsjohyse gyte mar mai dbf E nordsjohyse gyte mar mai prj E nordsjohyse_ayte_mar mai sbn 3 nordsjohyse gyte mar mai sbx nordsjohyse gyte mar mai shp l nordsjohyse gyte 1 amp C3 Havert amp C3 Hyse
18. art VARCHAR 255 konsesjonskap VARCHAR 255 mh VARCHAR 255 geoeu89n1 FLOAT 0 geoeu8901 FLOAT 0 vann VARCHAR 255 PK fishfarmsdb INTEGER UQ fishfarmsdb id INTEGER UQ fishfarmsdb regnr VARCHAR Figure 3 20 Database model of the SONATE application 3 3 4 Implementation The SONATE application is written in Python version 2 4 and uses wx Python do create the graphical user interface In the implementation the standard python coding styles is used http www python org doc peps pep 0008 The application uses SQLite database http www sqlite org index html to retrieve the information from The geographical information is stored in HDF5 format a general purpose library and file format for storing scientific data http www hdfgroup org The default setting and user mode are selected in the sonate ini file This file is loaded during the start of the application and overrules the initial settings in the code The file format is written in the python language format The setup installation executable is created by means of the InnoSetup compiler and the py2exe script The script creates the SONATE executable and the compiler collects all relevant input files and executable and composes the installation file 38 FFl rapport 2011 00685 3 3 5 Testing Before a release of the software is distributed a large number of tests are performed The testing of the application is done o
19. data folder source folder data folder Appendix B File examples fishery txt fish info 2 regulation2 txt regulations txt art info 2 regulation txt Appendix C Installations needed Appendix D Track files support within SONATE Appendix E The sonar guidelines The letter accompanying the recommendations from FFI to Naval staff SST in Norwegian Letter from Chief of the Norwegian Navy GIS to military operational authority FOH in Norwegian The sonar guidelines in Norwegian The sonar guidelines in English Appendix F input file examples Fish farms information 51 52 54 55 55 56 58 58 58 58 58 60 61 63 63 66 68 74 80 80 6 FFl rapport 2011 00685 Preface The story of SONATE started in 2003 with the FFI Norwegian Defence Research Establishment project LFAS og Havmilj John Kenneth Grytten designed the first versions of SONATE in collaboration with Erik Sevaldsen and Petter Kvadsheim Nina Nordlund took over Grytten s work when he resigned from FFI in 2006 SONATE 2 0 was completed 2007 with the help of Frank Benders who was a visiting scientist at FFI from TNO in 2007 In 2008 SONATE 3 0 was completed and the latest version SONATE 3 2 2011 was completed in 2011 In parallel to the work with SONATE on the original platform development of an internet based version started in 2009 This work was carried out in cooperation with the Institute of Marine Research and the M
20. id INTEGER area INTEGER location INTEGER year INTEGER month VARCHAR 255 tot catch DOUBLE tot vessels DOUBLE regulations VARCHAR 255 Te EK PK PK fisherydb INTEGER unique UQ fisherydb id INTEGER Data Model havomraader h5 B column PK id integer shape varchan50 PK PK havomraader h5 integer unique UQ havomraader h5 id integer Data Model fishingdb G column PK id INTEGER 0 area INTEGER location INTEGER year INTEGER month VARCHAR 255 fishing tool VARCHAR 255 fish group VARCHAR 255 catch INTEGER vessels INTEGER cu PK PK_fishingdh NTEGER unique UQ fishingdb id INTEGER Figure 3 24 Activity diagram of the creation of the fishery databases The creation of the fish farms database fishfarmsdb and position file ff 5 is very simple and similar Figure 3 25 shows the activity diagram All information of the fish farms is read from the fishfarms xls file In the fish farms database no guideline numbers are stored since there is only one regulation that holds for all fish farms 42 FFl rapport 2011 00685 act Creation of the fishfarms database Data Model ff h5 column PK id integer T shape varchar 50 Database Infomation fishfarmsxls 3 PK PK ff integer 247 unique UQ ffh5 id integer Data Model fishfarmsdb
21. location placement land sea etc environment salt water fresh water etc location capacity location capacity unit m tonnes number etc location temporary coordinate latitude WGS 84 coordinate longitude WGS 84 80 FFl rapport 2011 00685
22. nasjonale kompetanse som finnes p dette omr det og den s kalte Ekspertgruppen p sonareffekter p marint liv har hatt rlige m ter og kommet med innspill til FFIs anbefalte retningslinjer Denne gruppen er nedsatt av FFI og har best tt av medlemmer fra de mest sentrale havforskningsmilj ene i landet Retningslinjene er en oppdatering av tidligere versjoner og oppdateringen er basert p ny kunnskap Prosjektet har i samarbeid med Havforskningsinstituttet gjennomf rt flere studier p effekter av milit re sonarer p fisk og fiskeri Vi kan n dokumentere at effektene av den aktuelle type sonarer er vesentlig mindre enn f rst antatt og vi foresl r derfor en liberalisering av de retningslinjene vi anbefalte for et r siden Dette inneb rer at anbefalte sikkerhetsavstander til fiskefart y reduseres betydelig pkt 2 5 i vedlagte dokument N r det gjelder kunnskap om effekter p sj pattedyr sel og hval har prosjektet sammen med internasjonale samarbeidspartnere gjennomf rt flere studier de senere r Vi har n relativt god kunnskap om direkte skadeeffekter som h rselskader o l og har derfor fokusert p atferdseffekter Det er samlet inn et stort datasett i norske farvann som n analyseres Det ser forel pig ut til at det er store variasjoner i hvordan ulike arter av hval reagerer p sonar og at v r kunnskap derfor fortsatt vil v re noe mangelfull Spesielt mangelfull er kunnskapen om hvordan de Vedlegg 2 norsk og en
23. once and show them on the map The Remove maps button will remove all areas from the map FFI rapport 2011 00685 17 Below the buttons a legend explains the colours and the corresponding guidelines The left column shows whether the guideline s are visualised followed by the colour corresponding to the guideline At the right side a small guideline description by means of keywords is given By clicking in the On off column a guideline can be visualised or removed By clicking in the colour column all guidelines with the same colour are selected The guideline column can be used to jump directly to the guideline description under the GUIDELINE tab When a guideline applies in the selected area the text in the Ref to guideline column is written in blue otherwise it will be grey italic SONATE 3 2 2011 FFI Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt SUMMARY species FISHERY FISH FARMS GUIDELINES WHALE FACTS Dataset all v Remove maps Areas with restrictions On off marine mammals all exercises whale safari all exercises whaling marine mammals procedure fisheries safety distance 500 200m fish farms safety distance 200m restrictions on CW transmissions juvenile herring no restrictions selection Map information Bottlenose whale Feeding area Sperm whale Feeding area Safari Safari Whale hunting Low activity Whale hunting Sporadic activity Fin whale Feeding area Gr
24. referanselydtrykk 1uPa middelverdi rms Kildeniv et i desibel er lik 20 log p p0 hvor p er kildens lydtrykk ved 1 m og pO er referanselydtrykket teksten brukes bare antall dB uten referanseangivelse NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization Nebbhval Hvalart Hyporoodon ampullatus i norske farvann Bottlenose whale pa Engelsk Nebbhvaler er ogsa betegnelsen pa en gruppe hvaler hvor Hyporoodon ampullatus inng r som en av 19 arter men hvor bare Hyporoodon ampullatus opptrer regelmessig i norske farvann Norske farvann Med norske farvann menes her norsk territorialfarvann inkludert Jan Mayen norsk konomisk sone vernesonen rundt Svalbard og tilstotende internasjonale farvann Side 3 av6 70 FFI rapport 2011 00685 Ping Utsending av en signalpuls fra en sonar Rutinemessig sonar velse velse hvor bare ett fart y driver sonarutsending i et omr de i inntil 12 timer pr d gn Signalintervall Tiden fra starten av utsendt signal til starten av neste signal Signalvarighet Varigheten av utsendt signal s Sildefisk Sild og brisling i norske farvann Sj pattedyr Sel og hval Sonar velser Bruk av aktiv sonar i fredstid Rutinemessige eller Intensive sonar velser SONATE SONATE er et UGRADERT planleggings og beslutningst tteverkt y for sonar velser i norske farvann se 2 1 VDS Variabel Dybde Sonar 2 1 Beslutningsst tteverkt yet SONATE SONATE er et planleggings og beslutningst tteverkt y for sonar velser i n
25. som ver i norsk territorialfarvann skal f lge denne bestemmelsen og vil bli gjort kjent med den i forbindelse med diplomatisk klarering og velsesordrer Utenlandske enheter som ver i norsk farvann utenfor territorialfarvannet men i en norsk kontrollert velse skal anmodes om f lge bestemmelsen Bestemmelsen dekker ikke effekter som skyldes andre typer p virkninger av milit r aktivitet Hensynet til dykkere er heller ikke ivaretatt gjennom denne bestemmelsen 2 Definisjoner og forkortelser ATAS Active towed array sonar aktiv tauet sonar CW signaler Enkelttonesignal CW continuous wave FM signaler Frekvensmodulert signal FM frequency modulation FN De Forente Nasjoner Fiskeriaktivitet Fiskeriaktivitet oppgis i SONATE b de som antall b ter som har levert fangst fra et omr det antall km2 per m ned og som fangst kg km2 per m ned fra et omr det HMS Hull mounted sonar skrogmontert sonar Intensiv sonar velse velse som inneb rer at flere fart yer bruker aktiv sonar i samme omr de eller at et fart y driver aktiv sonarutsending i et omr de i mer enn 12 timer i l pet av et d gn Sonartransmisjon under transitt regnes ikke som sonarintensivt Kildeniv Lydintensitetsniv som genereres av lydkilden der lydtrykket er m lt i fjernfeltet og referert til 1 m fra kildens senter Det gjennomsnittelige rms lydtrykket ved 1 m omregnes til lydtrykkniv i desibel dB i forhold til styrken av en plan lydb lge med
26. the different locations is needed AREA XLS and a file default fish_info_2_regulation2 txt which sets the threshold values for recommending restrictions on use of sonar SONATE DBMS Species i Fishery Fishfarms Map Area Input directory datagrunnlag fiskeridirektoratet Input file XLS TOTALSTATISTIKK SAMLET xls Guidelines file fish info 2 regulation2 txt Database file fishingdb HDF5 file fiskerilokasjoner Create DB HDF5 files Create AVG DB Figure 3 11 SONATE DBMS the fishery tab To perform the calculations of the fishing activity first press the Create DB HDF5 files button this will import the data from the input files Then press the Create AVG DB button to calculate the average values for the last three years This process updates the input files to SONATE and the file missing_areas txt The missing_areas txt lists all locations from the input file that are missing in the map default fiskerilokasjonerf_33N shp A missing location can be caused by the facts that some catches are reported to be delivered from a location that not exists or that the location number is not reported The fishing activity data from non existing locations are not used in the calculations When updating the fishery data with new data the code has to be changed to read and calculate data from the correct years In sonate_dbms py this is to be done in _create_fishing_average_database where end_ye
27. v re spesielt oppmerksom p sj pattedyr i fart yets fartsretning Dette for unng jage sj pattedyr med sonaren Sending i h y fart skal i st rst mulig grad unng s dersom visuell kontroll i fartsretningen er vanskelig 4 3 Sonarbruk i trange farvann Ved sonarbruk i trange farvann skal man v re spesielt oppmerksom p sj pattedyr i fart yets fartsretning for unng jage dem med sonaren Sonarutsending i trange farvann skal i st rst 72 FFl rapport 2011 00685 mulig grad unngas dersom visuell kontroll i fartsretningen er vanskelig Kombinasjonen trange farvann og h y fart skal unng s dersom visuell kontroll i fartsretningen er vanskelig 4 4 Bruk av helikopteroperert sonar og sonarb yer Dersom sj pattedyr ikke er observert i omr det er det ved bruk av helikopteroperert sonar VDS og sonarb yer med kildeniv over 200 dB tilstrekkelig at en 100 m sikkerhetssone rundt dropp punktet er visuelt unders kt f r sending starter Dersom sj pattedyr er observert i omr det eller sikten ikke tillater visuelle observasjoner skal sending starte med redusert niv 200 dB og kes til nsket niv i l pet av 5 signalsykluser 5 Dokumentasjon All bruk av aktive sonarer skal logges med starttid stopptid posisjon og anvendt sonarsystem HMS ATAS VDS slik at man i ettertid kan dokumentere at prosedyrene er fulgt Dersom det er praktisk mulig skal ogs type utsending logges CW FM frekvensb nd pulsintervall effe
28. whale Distribution Pilot whale Distribution Harp seal Distribution Grey seal Distribution Migration Walrus Distribution Beluca Distribution m 6935 4 N 57 37 7 E z Figure 3 3 The species tab distribution maps July month is selected and some marine mammal distribution maps are visualised The grey seal migration area map is selected and is shown with a cyan outline 3 1 3 Fishery maps The FISHERY tab gives information on fishing activity in the different fishing locations The fishing locations are areas used by the Directorate of Fisheries for reporting catches Fishing activity in SONATE is calculated from reported catch and number of vessels in each location The activity is calculated month by month and can be extracted from the database as values based on data from one year or an average of the last three years Current regulations on use of sonars 0 0 recommend a safety zone of 200m to fishing vessels in general and a safety zone of 500m to vessels fishing for herring or sprat Locations where herring or sprat catch is reported are shown with orange outline The dataset shown in the map can be either catch OR number of vessels which is selected by the dataset drop down menu above the table As default average number of vessels is selected The fishing activity can vary a lot from year to year this is the reason for including both yearly and three years average datasets Initially average catch and al
29. 5 export the data to the SONATE databases The Fishfarms tab is used to read information on fish farms from an MS excel file and import the data to the SONATE databases Finally the Map and Area tab are used to read background maps from shape files to the SONATE databases SONATE DBMS Species Fishery Fishfarms Map Area Input directory datagrunnlag havforskningsinstituttet hyse_lodde_sild_torsk Guideline file data art_info_2_regulation txt Database file speciesinfodb HDF5 file I distr Create DB HDF5 files Create reduced HDF5s Figure 3 9 sonate dbms py consists of different modules After exporting the data into the databases SONATE can be tested by running sonate py To make an executable installation file se chapter 3 2 4 3 2 1 Input to distribution maps The distribution maps are obtained from IMR as shape files ESRI format The coordinate system used in the shape files has been WGS84 or North Pole stereographic with WGS84 datum The input to SONATE must be North Polar Stereographic with WGS84 datum so some of the shape files have to be transformed prior to importing them to SONATE Normally the shape files are delivered with the fields shown in Table 3 1 but due to minor differences in the deliveries especially the early deliveries all shape files have been reduced to contain only FID Id INFO shape This is because the software sets the field of the SONATE databases equal
30. 55 SCREEN_DIMENSIONS 1024 768 USER MODE 1 1 normal 11 all 0 operational not all details about species 1 planning not facts about whales and fishfarms 2 track mode Textbox I The sonate ini file The track mode also gives the possibility to load a detailed map of an area or another map adjusted to the track data The map file must be on hdf5 format To load a new map select from the menu File Load map SUMMARY SPECIES FISHERY FISHFARMS GUIDELINES WHALE FACTS TRAGK USER_MODE 11 All SUMMARY SPECIES FISHERY FISHFARMS GUIDELINES WHALE FACIS Er nnn Normal SUMMARY FISHFARMS GUIDELINES WHALE FACTS USER MODE 0 Operational mode USER_MODE 1 SUMMARY SPECIES FISHERY GUIDELINES EE EE Ee Planning TRACK WHALE FACTS USER_MODE 1 Track Table 3 2 Overview of the different USER MODEs FFI rapport 2011 00685 33 3 3 For the programmer The SONATE software is developed using the object oriented software engineering Therefore the software description will be shown by means of Unified Modelling Language UML diagrams The application is developed by FFI Norwegian Defence Research Establishment for the Norwegian Defence The data on fish marine mammals fishing activities and fish farms is received from other institutions The software can be split in a number of software packages see Figu
31. E column PK id INTEGER 0 i regnr VARCHAR 255 konsesjondnnehaver V ARCHAR 255 loknavn VARCHAR 255 art VARCHAR 255 konsesjonskap V ARCHAR 255 mh VARCHAR 255 geoeu89n1 FLOAT 0 1 CreateiSonate fishfarms database 1 flow 1 Create 1 fishfarms position file Start Start conversion Create fishfarms database Finish conversion geoeu8901 FLOAT 0 vann VARCHAR 255 PK e PK fishfarmsdb INTEGER End unique UQ fishfarmsdb id INTEGER UQ fishfarmsdb regnr VARCHAR Figure 3 25 Activity diagram of the creation process of the fish farms database and position file 4 SONATE WMS SONATE WMS is a version of SONATE that is based on internet technology WMS Web Map Services It is developed in cooperation with the FFI project METOC II who delivers meteorological and oceanographic data to the Norwegian Defence through the METOC WMS service METOC WMS is an interactive service where you are able to select data and area of interest and show them in an internet browser of your choice The SONATE WMS and the METOC WMS is still under development and the user interface will go probably through changes soon after this report is issued The main components of the user interface will still be present and recognisable though At the time of writing the SONATE WMS is not completely finished This chapter gives a description of SONATE WMS as it is today October 2011 SO
32. ER Start 3 l guidelines flow regimportance INTEGER file Create y SQLite DB PK PK speciesinfo INTEGER unique UQ speciesnfo id INTEGER Figure 3 23 Activity diagram of the creation process of the species databases 1 The fishery databases fishingdb and fisherydb and shape file havomraader h5 are created by means of a similar process Figure 3 24 shows the activity diagrams of this creation process Within the Create Summary fishery database the total catch of each fish group is summed and divided by the fishing area size km In the Link guidelines activity the average catch of the last three years is determined and the appropriate guidelines are specified in the database The data is stored with year 9999 in the database FFI rapport 2011 00685 41 act Creation of the fishery databases J Database Infomation 345derl_S3N s7By T Database Infomation fiskerilokasj oner SSN 7 flow 2 i PK i Database Ino ation fishing actiityxls 3 nd Data Model fish info 2 regulationstxt 3 p 2 D E flow fl OW ij f 2 Fy a C E Cfeate Sonate fishery nm Ew flow flow p P Ecc 5 f l Create fishery database Start Create summary fishery database Start conversion Finish conversion lt 1 P T flow N Data Model fisherydb S flow s Y 3 column PK
33. ETOC project at FFI FFI rapport 2011 00685 7 FFI rapport 2011 00685 1 Introduction The Royal Norwegian Navy has purchased five new frigates equipped with 1 8 kHz active sonars Such sonars are potentially harmful to marine life Mass stranding of whales have been claimed to be caused by naval sonar exercises Furthermore the navy has been met with allegations that fish are also affected As a way to mitigate this potential problem the FFI The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment have developed SONATE for the Norwegian navy a decision aid tool that will help reduce the environmental impact of naval exercises The project is executed by FFI and funded by the Royal Norwegian Navy and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence SONATE is a decision aid tool for use during planning and execution of sonar exercises with the aim to minimize conflicts with sea based industry fisheries fish farms tourism and influence of marine life SONATE contains cartographic information on distribution maps fishing activity and fish farms SONATE also contains a set of guidelines that defines precautions to be taken towards vulnerable species and commercial activity when using sonar Combining the cartographic information with the guidelines SONATE defines which precautions to take in which areas SONATE comes in two different editions The first edition was finished in 2006 and the version called SONATE 3 2 2011 was released in 2011 This first editio
34. FFl rapport 2011 00685 SONATE 2011 a decision aid tool to mitigate the impact of sonar operations on marine life Nina Nordlund Frank Benders TNO and Petter Kvadsheim Norwegian Defence Research Establishment FFI 15 November 2011 FFI rapport 2011 00685 1199 P ISBN 978 82 464 1983 1 E ISBN 978 82 464 1984 8 Keywords Sonar Milj p virkning Fisk Hval Fiskeri Approved by Petter Kvadsheim Project Manager Elling Tveit Director of Research Jan Erik Torp Director 2 FFl rapport 2011 00685 English summary The Royal Norwegian Navy has five frigates equipped with 1 8 kHz active sonars Such sonars are potentially harmful to marine life Mass strandings of whales have been claimed to be caused by naval sonar exercises Furthermore the navy has been met with allegations that fish are also affected As a way to mitigate this potential problem FFI has developed a decision aid tool for the Norwegian Navy SONATE which will help reduce the potential environmental impact of naval exercises SONATE is a decision aid tool for use during planning and execution of sonar exercises with the aim to minimize influence on marine life and conflicts with activities such as fisheries fish farming tourism etc SONATE combines cartographic information on species distribution fishing activity and fish farms with a set of guidelines that defines precautions to be taken towards vulnerable species and commercial activity when usi
35. Fish group All E Sonar guidelines 2 5 200m safety distance fisheries 2 5 200m safety distance fisheries 2 5 200m safety distance fisheries 2 5 200m safety distance fisheries 2 5 500m safety distance herring sprat fisheries Location ID 0 10 For more details click on fish group in the table below only single year _ Cod fishes Other fish Figure 3 5 The fishery tab reveals catch per area As an example catch for July 2007 is shown with details for location ID 0 10 3 1 4 Fishfarm maps The FISH FARMS tab gives an overview of all concessions for fish farms in Norway The first time this map is selected all fishfarm information will be read from the fish farms database this will take some time Detailed information on a each fishfarm is obtained by clicking on the markers on the map Information of the selected fish farms will appear in the table at the right side with the most recent selection highlighted on top Selected fish farms in the map will change color to the selection color All fish farms can be unselected and removed from the table by clicking on the Remove selection button 22 FFl rapport 2011 00685 SONATE 3 2 2011 File Options Language Help Box o x o amp Forsvarets Ly He FE ess Fresh water Salt water Brackish water Fresh salt water SELECTED FISH FARMS
36. IMR delivers shape files ArcGIS Distribution data for the SONATE WMS are extracted from a postgis data base at IMR For more information on this please refer to the METOC project by Atle Ommundsen or Espen Messel at FFI The delivery from IMR includes 19 fish species and 19 marine mammal species see Table 2 2 for a complete list of species This covers the most important species in Norwegian waters In the North Sea Norwegian Sea most of the Greenland Sea and the Barents Sea this dataset gives a complete data coverage For some species the distribution maps cover a larger area In addition to geographical distribution of species these data hold information on time period for which the maps apply For some species the distribution varies with age class life stage feeding 10 FFI rapport 2011 00685 moulting spawning etc and this is reflected in the maps in SONATE For a more detailed description of the shape files see Chapter 3 2 1 Input to distribution maps Most distribution maps are originally delivered as valid for whole months but for a few species the validity period is given for another period At these few occasions the validity period in SONATE 3 2 2011 is extended to the beginning and end of month For SONATE WMS the original dates are kept In addition to the distribution maps SONATE also contains maps with information on safari activities e g whale watching and areas of whaling Figure 3 2 and Fig
37. NATE WMS reads species distribution data from a postgis database developed and maintained by IMR Institute of Marine Research Fishery data and fish farms information are stored on an FFI server For further information on this system please contact Espen Messel or Atle Ommundsen METOC project at FFI or email metoc Offi no There are several reasons for developing SONATE on a new platform One reason is to minimize the need for updates of database and platform after the end of project another is to improve the FFI rapport 2011 00685 43 user friendliness and to ease the access to the huge amount of data available from SONATE Until the SONATE WMS is complete we will continue to release SONATE on the old platform to be sure we deliver a fully usable product 4 1 User interface description As the SONATE 3 2 version the SONATE WMS version can be used by users with different points of view and requirements but it is mainly designed for planners of sonar operations and operational users sonar operators We have tried to mirror the functionality of the stand alone version of SONATE as much as possible since this is well tested by the users Hopefully little functionality got lost but some information may be available in another format than earlier and some of the most detailed information will not be available at least in the first versions SONATE WMS can as SONATE 3 2 be used to locate an area and time period suited to perform
38. PONSIBILITY EFFICIENT DATE 01 10 2011 LAST VERSION 19 06 2008 Content 1 Introduction 2 1 SONATE DECISION AID TOOL 3 Use of sonar 4 Procedures for sonar transmission in areas where marine mammals are expected to be encountered 4 1 PROCEDURE FOR START UP OF SONAR TRANSMISSIONS 4 2 TRANSMISSIONS AT HIGH SPEED 4 3 TRANSMISSIONS IN NARROW OR CONSTRICTED WATERS 4 4 USE OF HELICOPTER OPERATED SONAR AND SONAR BUOYS 5 Documentation ER 6 Page 2 of 6 FFI rapport 2011 00685 75 1 Introduction 1 1 Objectives The main objective of these regulations is to minimize the risk of negative effects on populations of fish individual marine mammals and on commercial activity related to fish and marine mammals while using military active sonars 1 2 Application These regulations apply to all foreign military units employing active sonar transmitting in the 1 10 kHz band in Norwegian territorial waters Units using active sonar in the frequency area below 1 kHz are requested to forward own policy to NJHQ Regulations for Norwegian units are basically the same but not restricted to Norwegian territorial waters Foreign units operating in Norwegian territorial waters must comply with these regulations and will be formally informed during diplomatic clearance process and exercise orders During Norwegian controlled exercises foreign participating units operating in Norwegian waters outside the Norwegian terri
39. Post 09 O b Retningslinjer for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann 1 Bakgrunn SST har fra FFI mottatt forslag til oppdaterte Retningslinjer for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann til erstatning for dokument med samme tittel av 19 juni 2008 Innholdet er ment beskytte marint liv mot potensiell skade fra anvendelse av aktiv sonar p milit re maritime enheter Retningslinjene er beskrevet p norsk og p engelsk Forslaget baserer seg pa FFIs senere studier i prosjektet Sonarer og Havmilj Resultatet av de siste studiene har medf rt lettelser i restriksjonene p bruk av aktiv sonar i forhold til marint liv GIS har fagmyndighet i Forsvaret i forhold til innholdet KNM Tordenskjold har fagansvar for anvendelse av aktiv sonar 2 Dr fting Dokumentet er tilpasset Regelverksdirektivet Hovedkonsekvensen av dette er at tittelen endres til Bestemmelse for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann og at GIS som fagmyndighet overtar ansvaret for dokumentet fra FOH Faglig innhold mht sonar og dyreliv er ikke endret men noen endringer er gjort mht beskrivelse av forholdet til utenlandske statsfart y GIS anmoder FOH om gj re bestemmelsene kjent for relevante utenlandske enheter ifm innvilgelse av diplomatisk klarering Sjef FOH anmodes i tillegg om sende et skriv i doculive til FST SEKR LSS Regelverksenheten som setter retningslinjer for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann ut av kraft fra 2011 10 01 GIS ber FST SEKR LSS Reg
40. Vektor O statkart Sj kart Figure 4 6 Example map showing fishing activity data in SONATE WMS The logic and colors from earlier versions are maintained FFI rapport 2011 00685 49 Metoc v 2 0 Windows Internet Explorer DoR vax n FE File Edit View Favorites Tools Help she Favorites 93 n welcome to Northernlightin i Free Hotmail E Web Slice Gallery Metoc v 20 E c A E dm paer Safety Tose Or 13 40 29 2 E 68 00 09 7 N map Tools Projections Profiles Vestv g y Steinsfjorden os Utaklelv Overlays Add more overlays 0000 00 10 middelverdi siste tre rs b ter MO Konsesjoner vi 00009060 Base Layer metoc server world O statkart Europa Statkart Topografisk Norgeskart vektor I O statkart Sj kart fjorden uo MIS Eg BI EJ 8 D 84 i i8 C 31 items remaining Downloading picture http fopencache statkart no gatekeeper ak ak open7TRA amp Qiintemet dar Ruo v Figure 4 7 Example map showing SONATE WMS with fish farm concessions on a detailed map In contrast to earlier versions of SONATE the positions of the fish farms can now be read reasonably accurate from the map 50 FFl rapport 2011 00685 Metoc information E3 Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt Fish group Catch Worth Vessel Fishing L kg NOK s tool m Anna fisk 31 964 424 919 2 Garn Anna fisk 5 213 69
41. abase The user can choose to show data from one or several categories and from one or several sub categories When the SONATE profile is selected the user will find all the available data categories listed under the Map Editor When the categories of interest are selected the user should turn on the Map Control In the Map Control the user can turn on and off the selected categories change drawing order change transparency or remove layers from the selection By clicking the button 66299 1 marked with an i a legend will be displayed in the map For a complete overview of all species in the database including those not connected to any guideline look under the category Species There might be several maps for each species depending on time of year behaviour life stage and density Detailed information on fishery activity is found under Commercial activity Fishery The user can choose to show either number of fishing vessels per area or catch per area in the different locations Further one can choose between single years or an average value from the last three years All fishing activity data are calculated month by month 46 FFI rapport 2011 00685 More detailed information on the location will pop up by using the T button at the bottom left of the screen CI co W mp o EY amey NGT op IS Sonat Return t trol E Hz onate eturn to map contro Map Editor P Map info show hide EI Oppdr
42. an exercise with a minimum of operational restrictions An operational user will probably use SONATE mainly to view details in the exercise area and to find information on critical frequency bands and start up procedures We have been assuming that the natural starting point for the typical user will probably be the Guidelines category Here the user can find an overview of areas with any restrictions recommended in the guidelines One or several guidelines can be selected and the different guidelines will be shown in different colours 44 FFl rapport 2011 00685 s r Favorites d WeIgprme Wo A Done Figure 4 1 The SONATE WMS window with main tools of the window marked The tabs to select profiles windows projections and tools Time Bar makes the user able to slide through a year of data Zoom Bar to set zoom level of map The position of the cursor is shown in the upper right corner of the window With the buttons at the lower left corner of the window the user can zoom in zoom to full extent and pan The button with an i gives information of a detail The remaining buttons are not meant for SONATE users but a short description of the function is displayed when holding the cursor on top of the button The SONATE WMS is found at the METOC WMS service at URL http metoc ffi no v2 and is password restricted Username and password can be obtained from metoc ffi no FFl rapport 2011 00685
43. aps Fisk_ vekt verdi far ar nasjon Homr Lok ar mnd r md gruppe gruppe ikg ikr t y 2007 NOR 42 14 2007 11 2007 11 Not Sild 2299981 4835681 6 2007 NOR 42 14 2007 11 2007 11 Not Anna pelagisk fisk 4738 2207 3 2007 UTL 43 83 2007 11 2007 11 Tr l Sild 9000 0 1 2007 UTL 43 83 2007 11 2007 11 Tr l Anna pelagisk fisk 1096489 9404331 2 2007 UTL 43 66 2007 11 2007 11 Tr l Sild 1500 0 1 2007 UTL 43 66 2007 11 2007 11 Tr l Anna pelagisk fisk 129816 1079497 1 2007 NOR 54 8 2007 11 2007 11 Line Anna fisk 173 4410 1 Torsk og 2007 NOR 54 8 2007 11 2007 11 Line torskeartet fisk 16808 318258 1 2007 NOR 61 0 2007 11 2007 11 Tr l Anna fisk 31085 452036 1 2007 NOR 68 0 2007 11 2007 11 Tr l Anna fisk 293139 4928261 1 Table 2 3 The table below shows an example from the fishing activity input file The file is in Norwegian The fields of the table are year nation area location no year of delivery month of delivery yr month fishing tool fish group species weight in kg value in NOK boats 2 3 Fish farms The fish farms data are obtained from the Directorate of Fisheries http www fiskeridir no akvakultur registre on an excel file and keeps concession holders name and address species production capacity geographic coordinates etc Be aware that the fish farm locations presented in SONATE are existing concessions Some companies have concessions on several locations and move the fish
44. ar shold be the most recent year in the database and in create fishing summary database where Year to be read from input file is given by the statement for j in range 6 10 This example will read data from the years 2006 2009 30 FFI rapport 2011 00685 Fangs Fart y Lev Lev Lev r Redskaps Rundvekt i iUtbetalt Antal t r nasjon Homr Lok r mnd md ruppe k iverdi i kr farte 2007 NOR 12 10 2008 2 2008 02 Line Anna fisk 7110 20994 1 2007 NOR 12 10 2008 2 2008 02 Line Torsk og torskeartet fisk 238393 1736714 1 2007 NOR 0 44 2008 1 2008 01 Garn Anna fisk 50 1166 1 2007 NOR 0 44 2008 1 2008 01 Garn Torsk og torskeartet fisk 438 5889 1 2007 NOR 0 0 2008 1 2008 01 Juksa pilk Torsk og torskeartet fisk 919 15645 1 2007 UTL 1 11 2008 1 2008 01 Tr l Skalldyr og bl tdyr 74011 5073005 1 2007 NOR 3 25 2008 1 2008 01 Line Torsk og torskeartet fisk 725 9887 1 2007 NOR 3 23 2008 1 2008 01 Line Anna fisk 990 5093 1 2007 NOR 3 23 2008 1 2008 01 Line Torsk og torskeartet fisk 30020 380888 1 2007 NOR 3 12 2008 1 2008 01 Tral Anna fisk 4555 25225 2 2007 NOR 3 12 2008 1 2008 01 Tral Torsk og torskeartet fisk 377985 6023160 2 2007 NOR 3 7 2008 1 2008 01 Tral Anna fisk 18424 170262 1 Figure 3 12 Input to the fishing activity calculations TOTALSTATISTIKK XLS This file is used by sonate_dbms py to set guidelines to the fishing activity data fish month catch km2 vessels km2 areas guideline Sild All 0 01 Brislin
45. are considered to be particularly sensitive also in known beaked whale areas Sonar activity in an area can result in avoidance responses in marine mammals and they might leave the exercise area However threshold of avoidance is still uncertain and will vary between species Therefore avoid as much as possible intensive sonar exercises in areas periods where whale safari activity can be directly influenced by use of sonar Sonar activity in an area can result in avoidance responses in marine mammals and they might leave the exercise area However threshold of avoidance is still uncertain and will vary between species Forces are therefore instructed to be aware of and consider whaling activity as much as possible including notification of planned sonar activity when operating in areas periods with whaling FFI rapport 2011 00685 77 To reduce the risk of inflicting direct injury to marine mammals special procedures for sonar transmission should be used during routine and intensive sonar exercises in all areas periods where marine mammals are expected to be encountered see section 4 In the area closest to a sonar source it is still uncertain if fish might respond to sonar transmissions In areas periods with fishery one should be aware of the fishing activity and always maintain a safety distance of 200 m from all fishing vessels actively engaged in fishing If the fishery involves herring or sprat the safety distance should be exten
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47. cted layers move them backwards and forwards in the set of layers modify transparency of the layers or remove them from the selection FFI rapport 2011 00685 47 2 Metoc v 2 0 Windows Internet Explorer Jj e l ffi no File Edit View Favorites Tools Help s r Favorites 983 n welcome to NorthernLightin Free Hotmail 28 i Hotmail ninanordiundGhot Metoc v 2 0 x de v Page Safety Toos 15 23 43 8 E 59 18 32 7 N geinn Overlays Add more overlays _ 15 06 JO Nebbhval N ringsvandring Forek i 29000400 vo Regelset 2 1 00004900 Base Layer statkart Sj kart O statkart Topografisk Norgeskart Vektor O statkart Europa O metoc server world 3 E nebbhval N ringsvandring Forekommer ofte froma X E Regelset 2 1 x Eg BE EZ RJ L o ag Done fa 100 Figure 4 5 Example map showing areas related to guideline 2 1 and feeding area for bottlenose whale Example of how one can show information from two different categories in one map The legend is displayed by clicking the button marked with an i in the Map Control 48 FFl rapport 2011 00685 Overlays Add more overlays El 0000590 O O ester 2008 V O middelverdi siste tre rs b ter Vi 9900590 OO konsesjoner niQgoooSQQ Base Layer O Metoc server world Oo Statkart Europa O statkart Topoarafisk Norgeskart
48. d by sonate dbms py to set guidelines to the fishing activity data fish month catch km2 vessels km2 areas guideline Sild All 0 01 0 0000001 All 125 Brisling All 0 01 0 0000001 All 2 5 B 3 regulations txt guideline number colour Norwegian keywords English keywords Dutch keywords 2 1 8 90000 alle velser sj pattedyr all exercises marine mammals vermijd alle oefeningen zeezoogdieren 2 2 7 FF5400 alle velser hvalsafari all exercises whale safari ermijd alle oefeningen safari 2 3 5 FF5400 hvalfangst sikkerhetsavstand whaling safety distance Walvisjacht veiligheidsafstand 2 4 6 FF9F00 prosedyre sj pattedyr procedure marine mammals procedure zeezoogdieren 2 5 4 FF9F00 sikkerhetsavstand fiskeri 500 200m herring sprat fisheries safety distance 500m 500m veiligheidsafstand haring sprotvisserij 2 6 2 FFE300 oppdrettsanlegg sikkerhetsavsand 200m fish farms safety distance 200m viskwekerij veiligheidsafstand 200m 2 7 1 FFE300 sildeyngel restriksjoner p CW signaler restrictions on CW transmissions juvenile herring restricties op CW uitzendingen volwassen vis B 4 art info 2 regulation txt Species name in Norwegian mapinfo guideline number and critical frequency band Finnhval Beiteomr 2 3 Gr nlandssel H rfelling 2 3 Gr nlandssel Kasting 2 1 Havert Kasting 2 1 Havert H rfelling 2 3 Havert Koloni 2 3 Kn lh
49. d when sonate is in track mode Reads track from track file setup py run to make installation file sonate py the main program sonatedbcreation py used in SONATE DBMS sonate dbms ini setting default paths for files in SONATE DBMS sonate dbms py tool for creating databases to SONATE sonate image png icon FFl rapport 2011 00685 55 A 2 data folder art_info 2 regulation txt defines the connection between the species mapinfo and guideline number distr h5 the geometry table distribution maps distr boundingbox h5 bounding box for distr distr small h5 reduced version of distr only one version of each polygon ff h5 fish farms table FFI logo bmp icon used in SONATE find bmp icon used in SONATE fishery txt defines the legend and intervals of fishing activity fisherydb the fishing actvity database table output from SONATE DBMS input to SONATE SQLITE fishfarms txt defines the guidelines number that applies in vicinity of fish farms see Textbox 4 page 32 fishfarmsdb the fish farms database used in SONATE DBMS to create input table to SONATE SQLITE fishingdb the fishing activity database table output from SONATE DBMS input to SONATE SQLITE fish info 2 regulation2 txt defines the threshold values for recommending restrictions fiskerilokasjoner h5
50. ded to 500m if transmissions include signals below 5 kHz This is connected to the sensitive hearing of herrings in this frequency band compared to most other species of fish In the area closest to a sonar source it is still uncertain if fish might respond to sonar transmissions During sonar transmission a 200 m safety zone from fish farms shall therefore be maintained At high sound levels tonal signals CW have a destructive impact on juvenile herring no sildelarver yngel if the transmitted frequency correspond to the swimbladder resonance frequency of the fish Therefore avoid as much as possible intensive sonar exercises involving extensive transmissions of CW signals at source levels gt 210 dB and signal duration gt 250ms in areas with high density of juvenile herring This restriction applies to specific frequencies within specific areas and time periods No restrictions on CW transmissions from stationary sources e g sonobuoys or helicopter operated VDS are necessary because the affected water volume is small 4 Procedures for sonar transmission in areas where marine mammals are expected to be encountered 4 1 Procedure for start up of sonar transmissions Direct injury of marine mammals is possible at sound levels approaching 200 dB depending on signal duration In areas periods where marine mammals are expected to be encountered and transmitted source level will exceed 200 dB sonar transmissions shall therefore be initialized
51. e exercise area However threshold of avoidance is still uncertain and will vary between species Therefore avoid as much as possible intensive sonar exercises in areas periods where whale safari activity can be directly influenced by use of sonar Sonar activity in an area can result in avoidance responses in marine mammals and they might leave the exercise area However threshold of avoidance is still uncertain and will vary between species Forces are therefore instructed to be aware of and consider whaling activity as much as possible including notification of planned sonar activity when operating in areas periods with whaling To reduce the risk of inflicting direct injury to marine mammals special procedures for sonar transmission should be used during routine and intensive sonar exercises in all areas periods where marine mammals are expected to be encountered see section 3 Procedures for sonar transmission in areas where marine mammals are expected to be encountered In the area closest to a sonar source it is still uncertain if fish might respond to sonar transmissions In areas periods with fishery one should be aware of the fishing activity and always maintain a safety distance of 200m from all fishing vessels actively engaged in fishing If the fishery involves herring or sprat the safety distance should be extended to 500m if transmissions include signals below 5 kHz This is connected to the sensitive hearing of her
52. e from astern or the safety zone of stationary sonar sources can be ignored 4 2 Transmissions at high speed If the vessel speed and the transmission interval imply that the vessel covers more than 200 m between two succeeding transmissions pings or the speed exceeds 15 knots one must at all times during transmissions have a strong focus on presence of marine mammals in the travelling 78 FFI rapport 2011 00685 direction of the vessel This is to avoid chasing marine mammals with the sonar Transmission at high speed should be avoided as much as possible if visual control is difficult 4 3 Transmissions in narrow or constricted waters During transmissions in narrow or constricted waters one must have a strong focus on the presence of marine mammals in the travelling direction of the vessel to avoid chasing them with the sonar Transmissions in such waters should be avoided as much as possible if visual control is difficult The combination of high speed and narrow or constricted waters must be avoided if visual control is difficult 4 4 Use of helicopter operated sonar and sonar buoys If marine mammals are not observed in the area of operation it is sufficient that a 100 m safety zone surrounding the drop point of helicopter operated VDS or sonar buoys is visually examined for presence of marine mammals before transmitting at levels exceeding 200 dB If marine mammals are observed in the area or visibility conditions do not allow for v
53. ed but some details in the user interface remains These things will be completed in parallel with completion of the METOC WMS Until that we will continue to release SONATE on the old platform to be sure we deliver a fully usable product FFI are pleased with the direction of development of SONATE and feels that the decision to work towards a SONATE WMS was the right decision FFI rapport 2011 00685 3 Sammendrag Det norske forsvaret har fem fregatter som er utstyrt med 1 8 kHz aktive sonarer Slike sonarer kan v re potensielt skadelig for marint liv Milit re sonar velser har blitt beskyldt for v re rsaken til massestranding av hvaler Det har ogs kommet fram p stander om at ogs fisk blir p virket av milit re sonar velser For pr ve begrense dette potensielle problemet har FFI for Sj forsvaret utviklet et beslutningsst tteverkt y SONATE som vil hjelpe til reduserere de potensielle milj messige p virkningene fra marine velser SONATE er et beslutningsst tteverkt y for bruk under planlegging og utf ring av sonar velser med hensikt minimere p virkningen p marint liv og konflikter med aktiviteter som industri fiskeri havbruk turisme etc SONATE kombinerer kartfestet informasjon over utbredelsekart fiskeriaktivitet og oppdrettsanlegg med retningslinjer som definerer hvilke hensyn som b r tas i hvilke omr der med hensyn p s rbare arter og kommersiell aktivitet SONATE finnes i to ulike utgav
54. elverksenheten om publisere dokumentene p FOBID Bestemmelse for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann fastsettes til bruk i Forsvaret fra 1 oktober 2011 3 Konklusjon Bestemmelse for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann fastsettes til bruk i Forsvaret fra 1 oktober 2011 Postadresse Bes ksadresse Sivil telefon telefaks Epost Internett Vedlegg postmottak mil no www forsvaret no Milit r telefon telefaks 05404208 Organisasjonsnummer NO 986 105 174 MVA 66 FFl rapport 2011 00685 2av2 GIS anmoder FOH om gj re bestemmelsene kjent for relevante utenlandske enheter ifm innvilgelse av diplomatisk klarering fr lt fo Bernt Grimstvedt Kontreadmiral Generalinspekt r for Sj forsvaret FFl rapport 2011 00685 67 E 3 The sonar guidelines in Norwegian The next pages show a copy of the Norwegian version of the guidelines as issued by the Chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy GIS 2011 08 312008 019219 015 FORSVARET 913201 1 08 302008 019219 015 FORSVARET 913201 1 08 302008 019219 015 FORSVARET 913 Retningslinjer for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann GIS fastsetter Retningslinjer for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann til bruk for Forsvarets enheter og enheter innvilget diplomatisk klarering til norsk territorialfarvann Haakonsvern 31 august 2011 Bernt Grimstvedt Kontreadmiral Generalinspektor for Sjoforsvaret 68 FFl rapport 2011 00685 Retningslinjer for bruk av aktiv sona
55. ems The format is described in http www topografix com GPX 1 0 gpx xsd CSV The file format contains the following elements separated by commas The other data will not be used This file format is used by ARGOS to store the information of satellite tags Latitude Longitude Altitude TimeDate yyyy mm dd hh mm ss S 59 436182 10 467248 40 2007 9 27 09 45 31 104 XLS This MS Excel file format contains the following elements Only the first nine columns are used in Sonate tracker module This file format is used by ARGOS to store the information of satellite tags Year Month Day Hour Min Sec Lat Lon Alt 2007 9 27 11 17 41 59 43538 10 46633 43 LOG This log file format contains the time and positions of the track All elements are separated by commas Lat Lat Lon Lon Year Month Day Hour Min Sec deg min deg min 2007 9 27 11 17 41 59 43 538 10 46 633 TXT This file format is used by MARIA to store tracks SRF ARTSTAG HO 592608 5N 0102802 8E 271117ZSep2007 592610 0N 0102803 5E 271117ZSep2007 NMEA This standardised NMEA file format It uses the line starting with GPRMC GPRMC lt 1 gt lt 2 gt lt 3 gt lt 4 gt lt 5 gt lt 6 gt lt 7 gt lt 8 gt lt 9 gt lt 10 gt lt 11 gt lt CR gt lt LF gt 1 UTC time of position fix hhmmss sss format 2 S
56. er Den f rste utgaven har eksistert siden 2006 og i 2011 kom den versjonen vi har kalt SONATE 3 2 2011 Dette er en frittst ende programvare som kan installeres p en PC uten tilkobling til nettverk Den andre utgaven som vi har kalt SONATE WMS har hovedsakelig blitt utviklet i 2010 og 2011 og er basert p internett teknologi Begge utgaver st tter Bestemmelse for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann med ikrafttredelse fra 1 oktober 2011 Selv om Forsvaret i hovedsak er tilfreds med den f rste utgaven av SONATE har de uttrykt at responstiden er for lang Generelt nsker ogs Forsvaret en utvikling som g r mot samle flere verkt y i samme plattform Begrunnelsen for dette er at dette vil spare tid og bli mer oversiktlig Vedlikeholdet av SONATE har v rt relativt arbeidskrevende og det er behov for forenkle dette arbeidet s rlig med tanke p at forvaltningen av SONATE etter avslutning av FFI prosjektet m overtas av Forsvaret selv SONATE WMS vil l se mange av disse problemene da denne utgaven er utviklet i samarbeid med METOC prosjektet ved FFI som allerede leverer mange typer kartbasert informasjon til Forsvaret Vedlikeholdet av SONATE WMS vil bli enklere enn med den f rste utgaven fordi mye av den kartbaserte informasjonen hentes direkte fra dataleverand ren og ikke m bearbeides ved FFI Strukturen p SONATE WMS er hovedsakelig ferdigstilt men noen detaljer i brukergrensesnittet gjenst r Dette vill bli fullf
57. ere marine mammals are expected to be encountered 2 5 In the area closest to a sonar source it is still uncertain if fish might respond to sonar transmissions In areas periods with fishery one should be aware of the fishing activity and always maintain a safety distance of 200m from all fishing vessels actively engaged in fishing If the fishery involves herring or sprat the safety distance should be extended to 500m if transmissions include signals below 5 kHz This is connected to the sensitive hearing of herrings in this frequency band compared to most other species of fish 2 6 In the area closest to a sonar source it is still uncertain if fish might respond to sonar transmissions During sonar transmission a 200m safety zone from fish farms shall therefore be maintained 2 7 At high sound levels tonal signals CW2 have a destructive impact on juvenile herring no sildelarver yngel if the transmitted frequency correspond to the swimbladder resonance frequency of the fish Therefore avoid as much as possible intensive sonar exercises involving extensive transmissions of CW signals at source levels 210dB and signal duration gt 250ms in areas with high density of juvenile herring2 This restriction applies to specific frequencies within specific areas and time periods No restrictions on CW1 transmissions from stationary sources e g sonobuoys or helicopter operated vps are necessary because the affected water volume is small
58. esenting academic and governmental research institutions as well as industry has given input to and have quality checked FFI s recommendations GIS recently upgraded the sonar guidelines to regulations Section 0 to 6 5 4 shows copies of relevant letters and documents including the complete regulations in Norwegian and in English E 1 The letter accompanying the recommendations from FFI to Naval staff SST in Norwegian The document was exempted from public disclosure with reference to the Open Files Act Offentlighetsloven 14 Since the Naval staff has executed the case this is no longer valid FFl rapport 2011 00685 63 rre Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt Unntatt offentlighet 88 iht Ofl 14 Dato 09 desember 2010 V r referanse 09 01740 4 FFI 914 Deres referanse Forsvarsstaben Sjoforsvarsstaben Postmottak 2617 Lillehammer Kopi KK Terje Nylund FST SST OK J rn Hammarbeck FOH OPS STAB J3 SJO Retningslinjer for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann Med referanse til prosjektavtalen for FFI prosjektet 1082 Sonar og Havmiljo oversendes herved forslag til retningslinjer for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann Retningslinjene er basert p det vi n vet om hvilke effekter sonarsignaler i frekvensomr det 1 10 kHz har p marint liv Denne kunnskapen er dels generert gjennom studier utf rt som en del av prosjektet og dels gjennom studier som andre har utf rt FFI har lagt vekt p utnytte den
59. et i havet ker vil det kunne komme yterligere oppdateringer til retningslinjene Forslag til retningslinjer undras offentlighet ifm den interne saksbehandlingen men retningslinjene er formulert slik at de ikke skal inneholde taktisk eller teknisk informasjon som tilsier et behov for dette etter at saksbehandlingen er sluttf rt Vi anbefaler derfor at endelig versjon gj res offentlig tilgjengelig Vedlagte retningslinjer er formulert p b de norsk og engelsk yD J Petter Kvadsheim Prosjektleder p1082 Sonar og havmiljo FFl rapport 2011 00685 65 E 2 Letter from Chief of the Norwegian Navy GIS to military operational authority FOH in Norwegian The letter instructs FOH to implement the sonar regulations in operational use and to inform any foreign units operating in Norwegian waters FORSVARET Sj forsvaret V r saksbehandler KK Terje Hansen Nylund tenylundemil no 47 55 50 42 34 0540 4234 SST Plan avd Til Forsvarets operative hovedkvarter FST SEKR LSS Regverksenh i Arkivkode lav2 Var dato Var referanse 2011 08 31 2008 019219 015 FORSVARET 913 Tidligere dato Tidligere referanse 2010 12 09 09 01740 4 914 Kopi til Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt 133 Luftving 333 SKV FOH Opr stab J3 FOPS JOC J3 Sj Kysteskadren Kysteskadren Fregattv pen Kysteskadren NorTG NS plan SSK KNM Tordensk SSK KNM Tordensk Taktikksent SST Virksavd Operasjonsk Saksnr Journal
60. ettsanlegg Forecast time IG Fiskeri an aA Antall b ter Discard info windows aA Fangst i kg EG arter Eg Retningslinjer Regelset 2 1 L1 Regelset 2 2 Oo Regelset 2 3 E Regelset 2 4 L1 Regelset 2 8 Figure 4 3 Under Map Editor the user finds all available data listed and can select the categories of interest Metoc v 2 0 Windows Internet Explorer Map Control WE ffi no 49 gt E le S Map Editor l File Edit View Favorites Tools Help 1 c sly Favorites 95 nl welcome to NorthernLightin Free Hotmail Forecast time Hide all windows t BE GHotmail ninanordund h Metoc v 2 0 x f gt deb gt Page gt Safety Toos Discard info windows 05 34 25 4 E 70925 38 1 N V O nebbhval N ringsvandring rore Di QOQOSOO vo Sild Larve Sjelden spredte forkoM i amp 02000500 O nebbhval Forekommer tidvis 00009800 o sild K nnsmoden Overvintring Kjerneomr de tette ekomster 09000900 O middelverdi siste tre rs fangst 10000 00 o Bl kveite Gyte Yngle omr de ai 0000590 e In 10000500 hvithval Sjelden spredte forkomstti 02000500 V O regelset 2 1 09000500 Base Layer O statkart Sj kart O statkart Topografisk Norgeskart Vektor o Statkart Europa SS Le metoc server world ESL a BORO ir s 2 Figure 4 4 In the Map Control the user can turn on or off the sele
61. ey seal Colony Hooded seal Moulting Humpback whale Feeding area Bottlenose whale Distribution Harbour porpoise High density Kiler whale Medium density Sperm whale Medium density Harbour seal Colony Minke whale Feeding area Sprat Fishery Herring Fishery 88 9 0 N 36728 8E Figure 3 2 An example showing the summary map of July Map to the left To the right a menu to select month dataset species fishing activity or both buttons to show or hide groups of maps legends and a table which lists all areas inside the map extent The table at the bottom shows a list of all areas where restrictions are recommended either caused by the presence of vulnerable species or high fishing activity When the colour column is coloured the area corresponding to this information is shown in the map For each area in the table the species name map information guidelines and month is shown in the table In some cases more detailed information is given in the guidelines column e g frequency band restrictions When all months are selected at the top of the tab the last column shows a list of month numbers in which the guidelines recommend restrictions on use of active sonar To turn 18 FFl rapport 2011 00685 on or off the distribution maps one clicks in the colour column of the table The last distribution map turned on will have a cyan outline Only restricted areas that are inside the margins of the map to the left will be sh
62. farms between these This means that not all fish farm locations indicated in SONATE contains a physical farm at all times Figure 3 6 shows an example of how fish farm data are presented in SONATE For an example of the input excel file see Chapter 0 F 1 Fish farms information FFI rapport 2011 00685 13 2 4 The guidelines The sonar regulations guidelines are issued by the Chief of the Norwegian Navy GIS based on recommendations from FFI The textbox below shows an extract of the complete guideline for sonar operations in Norwegian waters The entire guideline is summarized in 7 points See 0 for the complete document The requirements for selection of an area and a period for execution of intense sonar exercises are stricter than for routine sonar exercises During planning and execution of sonar exercises the following applies 3 1 Sonar activity in an area can result in avoidance responses in marine mammals and they might leave the exercise area This can result in lost feeding opportunities risk of mother calf separation and increased energetic cost Therefore avoid as much as possible intensive and routine sonar exercises in areas periods2 expected to have a high abundance of any species of marine mammals2 and because they are considered to be particularly sensitive also in known beaked whale areas Sonar activity in an area can result in avoidance responses in marine mammals and they might leave th
63. g All 0 01 0 0000001 All 0 0000001 All 25 52 5 Textbox 3 The file fish info 2 regulation txt which is input to sonate_dbms the numbers in the catch kmi and the vessels km columns are the threshold values which is in the latest versions set very low because the guidelines is valid for all vessels catching herring and do not depend on amount of catch 3 2 3 Importing the fish farm locations The fish farm locations are imported from an excel file which in turn are downloaded from http www fdir no fiskeridir kystsone og havbruk registre SONATE DBMS Species Fishery Fishfarm Map Area Input directory E datagrunniag Viskeridirektoratet Input file XLS havbruksanlegg xls Database file fishfarmsdb HDF5 file ff h5 Create DB HDF5 files Figure 3 13 The Fishfarms tab in SONATE DBMS FFI rapport 2011 00685 31 SONATE DBMS reads data from the MS excel file and writes them to two database files that are used in SONATE The positions are read from the two last columns of the excel file See example in Figure 3 14 LOK MILJ N GEOWGSS4 v GEOWGSS84 440001 LAKSEFISK FERSKVANN 9 670232 10 759353 A AHO701 RRET FERSKVANN 759 871073 71 595335 A AHO701 RRET FERSKVANN 759 871073 1595335 A AHO701 RRET FERSKVANN 59 871073 71 595335 A AS0701 RRET FERSKVANN 759 857369 0 437123 A AS0701 RRET FERSKVANN 753 957369 0
64. gelsk versjon av anbefalte retningslinjer for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann Postadresse Postboks 25 2027 Kjeller Mil retn nr 525 Organisasjonsnr NO 970 963 340 MVA Kontoradresse Karljohansvern 3190 Horten Sentralbord 63 80 70 00 WWW adresse www ffi no Saksbehandler Petter Kvadsheim Innvalg 0525 3886 Offisiell e post ffigffi no Personlig e post phk ffi no Telefaks 33 04 78 34 64 FFl rapport 2011 00685 store badehvalene reagerer og dette er spesielt viktig da de ogsa utnyttes kommersielt hvalfangst Vare anbefalinger vil derimot til enhver tid vere basert pa den beste tilgjengelige kunnskap og skal balansere miljoeffektene ved bruk av sonar mot de operative konsekvensene av eventuelle restriksjoner Resultater fra vare studier viser at sonaraktivitet kan fore til at enkelte hvalarter soker bort fra ovingsomradet Basert pa nye analyser har FFI oppdatert terskelen for en slik unnvikelse fra 160 dB til 134 dB Denne type unnvikelse har ikke nodvendigvis noen biologisk signifikant effekt men vil kunne ha negative konsekvenser for kommersielle interesser knyttet til sjopattedyr som hvalfangst og hvalsafari Den gamle responsterskelen pa 160 dB innebar at effektsonen rundt et fartoy med aktiv sonar ble i storrelsesorden 1000 2000m Den nye responsterskelen pa 134 dB inneberer at effektsonen kan vere sa stor som 20 40 km avhengig av oseanografiske forhold og sonarfrekvens lavere frekvens lengre avstand Dersom man i re
65. ich the distribution map applies Clicking in the colour column of the table to the right will turn the distribution map on or off in the map to the left Clicking on the species column will result in un highlighting of the corresponding distribution map An example is shown in Figure 3 3 where grey seal migration area is highlighted Clicking on areas on the map will hightlight them By using the binocular button information on all distribution maps below will be shown in a small information window FFI rapport 2011 00685 19 SONATE 3 2 2011 FFI Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt SUMMARY SPECIES FISHERY FISH FARMS GUIDELINES WHALE FACTS Species All w Sorting Guideline v Remove distribution maps All species maps Areas with restrictions Color Species Map information Ref to Bottlenose whale Feeding area 12 Sperm whale Feeding area Safari Safari Whale hunting Low activity Whale hunting Sporadic activity Fin whale Feeding area Grey seal Colony Hooded seal Moutting Humpback whale Feeding area Bottlenose whale Distribution Harbour porpoise High density Killer whale Medium density Sperm whale Medium density Harbour seal Colony IX minke whale Feeding area Herring Norwegian Spring Spe Larvaes Jun Jul 2 7 2 SkHz Greenland halibut Young Greenland halibut Adutt Sprat Spawning Sprat Distribution Sprat Fjord Spawning Sprat Fjord Distribution Fin
66. in planning of exercises which involves use of sonars shall have access to SONATE Operations within the recommendations given by SONATE for different areas and time periods ensure that the operations will be executed in compliance with these regulations SONATE contains historical data on the distribution of marine species and fishing activity at different times of the year This might change from one year to the next If the actual condition in an area differs from the historical picture the prevailing regulations must be altered correspondingly according to section 3 The Norwegian Coast Guard often possesses up dated information of fishing activity in an area SONATE is distributed by Norwegian Naval Training Establishment METOC For guidance to procedures for downloading SONATE use email nornavtrainestmetoc mil no 3 Use of sonar The requirements for selection of an area and a period for execution of intense sonar exercises are stricter than for routine sonar exercises During planning and execution of sonar exercises the following applies 3 1 Sonar activity in an area can result in avoidance responses in marine mammals and they might leave the exercise area This can result in lost feeding opportunities risk of mother calf separation and increased energetic cost Therefore avoid as much as possible intensive and routine sonar exercises in areas periods expected to have a high abundance of any species of marine mammals and because they
67. isual examination of the safety zone transmission should start at a source level of 200 dB or less The transmitted level may be increased to desired level within the next 5 transmissions 5 Documentation All use of active sonars in Norwegian territorial waters shall be logged with start up time position and applied sonar system HMS ATAS VDS to document compliance with these regulations If practical type of transmission CW FM frequency band pulse interval transmitted power and pulse length should also be logged Observations of marine mammals and fishing activity in areas of active transmission shall be documented Any infringement against these regulations must also be documented with the cause of the infringement Documentation should be archived for at least 1 year In case of any formal or informal investigation following any event of suspected negative impact to marine life caused by use of active sonars in Norwegian territorial waters NJHQ may request documentation 6 Effective date Regulations regarding use of active sonars in Norwegian territorial waters is effective 2011 10 01 FFl rapport 2011 00685 79 Appendix F input file examples F 1 Fish farms information FIRMA_ID POST TILL_NR NR INNEHAVER ADRESSE NR POSTSTED A A 0001 969159570 UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJ OG BIOVIT 1432
68. kt og pulslengde Observasjoner av sj pattedyr og fiskeriaktivitet under sonarbruk skal ogs dokumenteres Avvik fra gjeldende bestemmelser for bruk av sonarer skal begrunnes Dokumentasjon kan bli etterspurt av Forsvarets operative hovedkvarter FOH eller fagmyndighet og skal lagres i minst 1 r 6 Ikrafttredelse Retningslinjer for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann trer i kraft 2011 10 01 FFl rapport 2011 00685 73 E 4 The sonar guidelines in English The next pages show a copy of the English version of the guidelines as issued by the Chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy GIS 2011 08 302008 019219 015 FORSVARET 913 Retningslinjer for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann Chief of the Royal Norwegian navy sets Regulations regarding use of active sonars in Norwegian territorial waters to apply to all maritime units in the Royal Norwegian Armed Forces and foreign units granted diplomatic clearance Haakonsvern 31 august 2011 Bernt Grimstvedt Rear Admiral Chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy 74 FFI rapport 2011 00685 Retningslinjer for bruk av aktiv sonar i norske farvann Metadata SHORT TILE Sonarbestemmelsen Norwegian title CLASSIFICATION UNCLASSIFIED LEGAL AUTHORITY Organisasjons og instruksjonsmyndigheten Text in Norwegian VALID TO Royal Norwegian Armed Forces units and foreign units granted diplomatic clearance AUTHORITY Chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy SPECIALIST NORNAVTRAINEST RES
69. l fish groups are selected 20 FFl rapport 2011 00685 SONATE 3 2 2011 o v EF Forsvarets forskningsinstit SUMMARY SPECIES FISHERY FISH FARMS GUIDELINES WHALE FACTS i 200m safety distance fisheries Figure 3 4 The fishery tab reveals fishing catch activity As an example numbers of vessels per area are shown for July Details are shown for the area with location ID 0 10 This area appears with a cyan outline in the map The areas with orange outline are locations where herring catch is reported Clicking on a location will reveal detailed information of the location in the table below the legend With one year selected not average the user can select one fish group in the middle table by clicking on it For this fish group detailed information about the catch number of vessels and fishing tools are shown in the bottom table An example can be seen in Figure 3 5 As mentioned above any recommended restrictions on use of sonar caused by fishing activity is based on average values for the last three years Also taken into consideration is the vulnerability of different fish species FFl rapport 2011 00685 21 SONATE 3 2 2011 Month 07 v FFI Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt SUMMARY SPECIES FISHERY FISH FARMS GUIDELINES WHALE FACTS Year 2007 vi Dataset Catch x
70. lbar to interact with the visualised map 34 FFI rapport 2011 00685 The main SONATE can create a help dialog to show the supporting help of the application The application support multi languages to support users from other countries to be able to use the application custom SonateGUI Menubar Dx Sonate Frame SonateFrameToolbar Sonate Canvas LEDG EEG 5 HelpDialog creates Figure 3 16 Graphical user interface structure 3 3 2 Software architecture The SONATE application uses external databases to retrieve data from so the application is a client of the databases see Figure 3 17 The application will interact with these databases all the time so only the required information is retrieved from the database and stored in the memory The application also supports several user modes for the different users 1 sonar planner 2 sonar operator and 3 scientific user Depending on this mode functionality will be enabled in the user interface For instance the visual whale facts will only be displayed for the sonar operators and scientific users and not to the planner cmp Deployment Model Sonate application Sonate databases Figure 3 17 Architecture of the SONATE application 3 3 8 Software design of SONATE The design of the SONATE application has been made after the code was written Figure 3 18 and Fig
71. lection functionality will provide information of the top layer of the map The binocular will provide information on all layers under the SUMMARY and SPECIES tabs the other tabs have only single layer maps Zoom in function When the zoom in function is used only the areas inside the borders of the map will be listed in the table on the right side under the species tab Zoom out function When the user zooms out the table to the right will again be updated with the information inside the map shown on the left Pan function The zoom to fit button can be used to reset the size of the screen The home button resets the entire application to the initial settings can be done with Save map to HTML format print button 16 FFI rapport 2011 00685 In the menu bar of the application the user can find SONATE 3 2 201 1 File Options Language Help e under File the functionality to print and store the map and tables and to export mSlayer files that can be imported to Maria e under Options turn on off area coverage display data coverage is assumed to be 100 inside the area turn on off grid display 5 latitude and longitude intervals e under Language choose between English Norwegian or Dutch language e under Help a help text Above the table at the right side of the window the user can specify the month A in the month dropdown box means that there is no month selected At the left bottom of the SONATE windo
72. n four levels programmers test data test internal software test external user test UN The programmers develop the python software and test the implementation by looking at the functionality and the specified requirements These tests are mainly done by debugging the code The data tests are very important since they focus on the correctness of the databases and the interaction between the application and the databases It also focuses on the correctness of the translation of the external input data into the internal databases The internal software tests are performed by the people within FFI not the programmers but some times the users to check the functionality and user interaction They focus in whether the application is user friendly and intuitive They also check whether the application will give the expected results After the application is tested within the FFI organisation the first version is sent to a selected group of users to check the databases and whether the tool reflects their idea of how the application should function This user group will do the beta testing of the application When they accept the version a new release can be created 3 3 6 Updating guidelines When the guidelines are changed the developer also needs to update the following file regulations txt fishery txt regulations pdf The text files are used in the user interface to colour code different guidelines In these files e
73. n is stand alone software that can be installed on an independent computer The second edition which we have called SONATE WMS is based on internet technology The content of the two editions are similar and we have sought to make the presentation of the data as identical as possible in the two This report is written as a users manual to the two editions SONATE 3 2 2011 and SONATE WMS At the same time it is a description on how to manage and update the databases used by the tools and guidance for programmers who are to make changes in the SONATE user interface or software Chapter 2 of this report gives a description of the input data used in SONATE file format and the actual information Chapter 3 describes the SONATE 3 2 2011 edition First a description of the graphical user interface is given and this part also works as a user s manual The next part of Chapter 3 is meant for the data managers and describes how to update the databases that are used by SONATE The third and last part of this chapter is mainly meant for the programmer who is to do changes in the software like calculations of fishing activity changes in the GUI etc Chapter 0 describes the SONATE WMS editions and is as the last chapter divided in three parts The first part works as a user s manual The second is meant for the data manager and the last for the programmer These two last parts are not detailed as data management is mainly carried o
74. n marine mammals and they might leave the exercise area This can result in lost feeding opportunities risk of mother calf separation and increased energetic cost Therefore avoid as much as possible intensive and routine sonar exercises in areas periods expected to have a high abundance of any species of marine mammals and because they are considered to be particularly sensitive also in known beaked whale 1 ar 2 2 2 Sonar activity in an area can result in avoidance responses in marine mammals and they might leave the exercise area However threshold of avoidance is still uncertain and will vary between species Therefore avoid as much as possible intensive sonar exercises in areas periods where whale safari activity can be directly influenced by use of sonar 2 3 Sonar activity in an area can result in avoidance responses in marine mammals and they might leave the exercise area However threshold of avoidance is still uncertain and will vary between species Forces are therefore instructed to be aware of and consider whaling activity as much as possible including notification of planned sonar activity when operating in areas periods 2 4 To reduce the risk of inflicting direct injury to marine mammals special procedures for sonar transmission should be used during routine and intensive sonar exercises in all areas periods where marine mammals are expected to be encountered see section 3 Procedures for sonar transmission in areas wh
75. ng sonar SONATE comes in two different editions The first edition was developed in 2006 and the latest version called SONATE 3 2 2011 was released in 2011 This first edition is a stand alone software that can be installed on an independent computer The second edition which we have called SONATE WMS is based on internet technology Both editions are supporting the Regulations regarding use of active sonar in Norwegian territorial waters efficient of October Ith 2011 Even if the Norwegian Navy mainly is satisfied with the first edition of SONATE they have expressed that the response time is too long Also the Norwegian navy wants a development towards less stand alone software This is motivated by the fact that fewer tools will be more efficient both in use and maintenance Management of the database and software have been relatively labour intensive and complicated and there is a need to reduce this before the end of the project at FFI when the Navy is meant to take over SONATE WMS will solve many of these issues SONATE WMS is developed in cooperation with METOC project at FFI which already supplies the Navy with a selection of cartographic information The maintenance of SONATE will be simpler because the major part of the cartographic information in SONATE will be accessed directly from the data supplier e g Institute of Marine Research and not processed at FFI or within the Navy The structure of SONATE WMS is mainly finish
76. nt kinds of data and show them on the same map e g distribution maps fishing activity and fish farms together The structure of SONATE WMS is mainly finished but some details in the user interface remains legends explanatory texts guidelines etc These things will be completed in parallel with completion of the METOC WMS SONATE WMS will also be translated into English Some 52 FFI rapport 2011 00685 important distribution maps are also still missing in SONATE WMS This is due to a software conversion problem at IMR and this work will hopefully be completed at IMR in the beginning of 2012 The conclusion to this is that we hope to have a fully functional version of SONATE WMS ready in 2012 FFl rapport 2011 00685 53 References Nina Nordlund Frank Benders 2008 FFI rapport 2008 01414 SONATE 3 0 A decision aid tool to mitigate the impact of sonar operations in Norwegian waters on marine life 54 FFl rapport 2011 00685 Appendix A Files in src folder and data folder A 1 source folder build dist folder Ge canvas folder The FloatCanvas is a high level window for drawing maps and anything else in an arbitrary coordinate system sonatecanvas folder missing areas txt Missing areas in the AREA xls locations that occur in AREA xIs but not exist as a location in the file havomraader shp Output from sonate_dbms py postgis py makes connection to the postgis database readtracks py use
77. odel of the different grids which can be attached to the notebook In the SONATE application a large set of databases are used Figure 3 20 shows all databases and other files that are used by the SONATE application The HDFS files h5 contain the location and shape contour information The databases coloured green contain more information about species fishing activities and fish farms These databases refer to the HDF5 files to indicate the locations The text files are used in the display of the application to define the colours and corresponding description The regulations text file describes the regulations the colour coding and guideline importance This file is used in the SUMMARY and SPECIES Tab The fishery txt file describes the legend of the fishing activity and the colour coding and link to the regulations This file is only used in the Fishery tab When the guidelines change these files need also to be updated FFI rapport 2011 00685 37 deployment Sonate Databases Z Data Model distr h5 E column PK id shape varchar 50 PK PK distr h5 unique UQ distr h5 id PK id Data Model s peciesinfodb Data Model hav omraader h5 E column PK id integer f shape varchar 50 PK PK havomraader h5 integer unique UQ havomraader h5 id integer PK_id PK id Data Model nordsjo h5 Data Model ff h5 column
78. orske farvann Samtlige enheter som ber res av disse bestemmelsene se pkt 1 2 og alle som har ansvar for planlegging av velser som involverer bruk av sonarer skal ha tilgang til dette verkt yet Bruk av de operative anbefalingene som SONATE gir for bestemte omr der i bestemte perioder sikrer operasjon i tr d med gjeldende bestemmelser SONATE inneholder historiske data om utbredelse av arter og fiskeriaktivitet gjennom ret Disse kan endre seg fra r til r Dersom den faktiske situasjonen avviker fra det historiske bildet skal de restriksjonene som gjelder i dette omr det og denne perioden endres tilsvarende i henhold til regelverket se pkt 2 Kystvaktsentralen har ofte oppdatert n tidsinformasjon om fiskeriaktivitet i et omr de SONATE forvaltes av SSK KNMT METOC avdeling Epost nornavtrainestmetoc mil no 3 Bruk av sonar Det settes strengere krav til valg av omr de og periode for gjennomf ring av intensive sonar velser enn for rutinemessige sonar velser Under planlegging og gjennomf ring av sonar velser gjelder 3 1 Sonaraktivitet kan f re til at enkelte arter av sj pattedyr s ker bort fra vingsomr det og dette kan medf re tapte ern ringsmuligheter risiko for separasjon mellom unger og mordyr samt kte energikostnader Unng derfor i st rst mulig grad rutinemessige og intensive sonar velser i omr der og perioder hvor man forventer h y tetthet av sj pattedyr og i beiteomr der for nebbhval som betrak
79. own in the table After zooming in only the guidelines concerning the visualised area will be displayed in the table 3 1 2 Species maps The SPECIES tab provides the user with distribution maps of all species in the database Figure 3 3 shows an example of distribution maps for some marine mammals in July The colour coding is similar to the one used under the SUMMARY tab but also species with no restrictions linked to them are shown in green At the species drop down menu the user can select species or group of species fish or mammals The table below can be sorted by guideline species name or map information by means of the sorting dropdown menu By pressing the All species maps button all distribution maps inside the visible part of the map will be shown The Areas with guidelines button will only show areas where restrictions are recommended Removing all distribution maps can be done by clicking the Remove distribution maps button The table at the right shows a list of all distribution maps in the visible area of the map When the colour column is coloured the habitat of the species is shown on the map For each row in the table the species name map information guidelines and month is depicted In some cases more details concerning the guidelines is given in the guidelines column e g frequency band restrictions When all months are selected at the top of the tab the month column shows a list of month numbers in wh
80. r i norske farvann Metadata KORTTITTEL Sonarbestemmelsen SIKKERHETSGRADERING UGRADERT HJEMMEL Organisasjons og instruksjonsmyndigheten GJELDER FOR Forsvarets enheter og utenlandske enheter innvilget diplomatisk klarering som anvender aktiv sonar i norsk farvann FAGMYNDIGHET GIS Maritime operasjoner FAGANSVAR KNM Tordenskiold Anvendelse av aktiv sonar IKRAFTTREDELSE 01 10 2011 FORRIGE VERSJON 19 06 2008 Innhold RENTE l mv 4 1 PROSEDYRE FOR OPPSTART AV AKTIV SONARUTSENDING 4 2 SONARBRUK I H Y FART 4 3 SONARBRUK I TRANGE FARVANN 4 4 BRUK AV HELIKOPTEROPERERT SONAR OG SONARB YER EE EE PER 6 6 ikrafttredelse FFI rapport 2011 00685 69 1 Innledning 1 1 Formal Form let med bestemmelsen er sikre at Forsvarets bruk av aktive sonarer ikke f rer til un dig negativ p virkning p bestander av fisk enkeltindivider av sj pattedyr og n ringsvirksomhet knyttet til disse 1 2 Virkeomr de Bestemmelsen gjelder for alle norske milit re enheter som anvender aktive sonarer som sender i frekvensomr det 1 10 kHz Norske enheter som ver i fremmed nasjons farvann skal anvende angjeldende nasjons bestemmelser Under velser underlagt for eksempel NATO eller FN vil disse organisasjonenes bestemmelser v re gjeldende Dersom slike bestemmelser ikke eksisterer skal denne bestemmelsen anvendes Utenlandske enheter
81. re 3 15 The main application the users will use is the SONATE application This application uses the SONATE Database The databases are created by means of the SONATE Database package This package uses the environmental information delivered by the other institutions together with the guidelines to create new versions of the SONATE databases de ployment Deployment Model Wz Sonate Databases Creator Database Informatici Figure 3 15 The deployment model of the SONATE application The main idea is to develop the SONATE application such that no commercial tools are needed to run this application This leads to the fact that the databases are stored in open source databases and file formats Furthermore the applications are developed in Python which is an open source development environment The database and information that are used to create these databases can be in other formats e g MS Excel ArcGIS shape files 3 3 1 SONATE application SONATE is a windows based application that focuses on presenting data on a geographical display Any detailed information is always shown in tables Figure 3 16 shows the schematic structure of the application The main SONATE window has a menu bar at the top and a status bar at the bottom The window is split into two parts 1 the SONATE frame showing the map information and 2 the SONATE notebook showing the detailed textual information The SONATE frame also contains a too
82. rings in this frequency band compared to most other species of fish In the area closest to a sonar source it is still uncertain if fish might respond to sonar transmissions During sonar transmission a 200 m safety zone from fish farms shall therefore be maintained At high sound levels tonal signals CW1 have a destructive impact on juvenile herring no sildelarver yngel 14 FFl rapport 2011 00685 3 SONATE 3 2 2011 3 1 User interface description The SONATE application can be used by users with different points of view and requirements The application is mainly meant for planners of sonar operation and operational users sonar operators It can also be used by scientists or managers to get an overview of species distribution and commercial activity We assume that a typical planner of sonar exercises will use SONATE to locate an area and time period suited to perform an exercise with a minimum of operational restrictions A typical operational user will use SONATE to view details in the exercise area and to find information on critical frequency bands and start up procedures SONATE 3 2 2011 Month i FFI Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt SUMMARY SPECIES FISHERY FISH FARMS GUIDELINES WHALE FACTS Dataset Al Remove maps Areas with restrictions Keywords marine mammals all exercises whale safari all exercises whaling marine mammals procedure fisheries
83. s and fishery data Some of the distribution maps cover areas outside these white lines but the data coverage is not complete here The fishing areas and fishing locations are information used by the Directorate of Fisheries to report fishing activity and catch Figure 2 2 The figure shows a typical example of a distribution map as presented in SONATE 3 2 The orange areas show distribution of herring winter area in January the red area is killer whale distribution in January 2 2 Fishing activity Fishing activity data are obtained from The Directorate of Fisheries Point of contact Randi Sofie Sletten randi sofie sletten fiskeridir no The Directorate of Fisheries divides the 12 FFI rapport 2011 00685 Norwegian Waters into fishing areas and fishing locations in which catch of fish is reported These areas and locations are also used in SONATE to display fishing activity Figure 2 1 shows the areas and locations The fishing activity data holds information on catch period monthly area location fishing tool species or groups of species catch in kg and number of vessels which have reported catch from the location Be aware that this dataset only holds information on catches delivered in Norway Figure 3 4 shows examples of how fishing activity data are presented in SONATE 3 2 Rund Utbetalt Ant Fangst Fartoy Lev Lev Lev_ Redsk
84. safety distance 500 200m fish farms safety distance 200m restrictions on CW transmissions juvenile herring no restrictions selection Map information 88 12 9 N 12 48 9 E Figure 3 1 the overall structure of the SONATE window The SONATE application has been split into several maps showing different kinds and details of information The most complete overview of information can be found under the SUMMARY tab This map shows only information about areas where restrictions are recommended More detailed information on species can be found under the SPECIES tab These maps focus on all marine FFl rapport 2011 00685 15 species including species and areas without restrictions The fishery information is found under the FISHERY tab Information on the fish farms including positions can be found under the FISH FARMS tab The SONATE window is divided in two panels at the left side a map and at the right side text tables and legend see Figure 3 1 The information shown in the map depends on the selected tab In addition to the tabs with maps SUMMARY SPECIES FISHERY and FISH FARMS there are also two other tabs containing GUIDELINES and WHALE FACTS The buttons above the map can be used to select areas on the map and to navigate through the map by zoom in out and changing the centre The functions of the buttons are described in the table below D a The se
85. skearter i dette frekvensomr det I n romr det rundt sonarkilden er det fortsatt usikkerhet knyttet til mulige reaksjon hos fisk I omr der hvor det ligger havbruksanlegg b r man derfor ikke operere sonar n rmere disse enn 200 m Ved h ye lydniv har enkelttonesignaler CW vist seg ha destruktiv virkning p sildelarver og yngel dersom frekvensen tilsvarer sv mmebl rens resonansfrekvens Unng derfor i st rst mulig grad intensive velser som inneb rer utstrakt bruk av CW signaler med signalvarighet1 gt 250 ms og kildeniv gt 210 dB i omr der med h y tetthet av sildelarver og yngel Begrensningen gjelder spesifikke frekvenser i spesifikke omr der og perioder Begrensninger p bruk av CW transmisjon med stasjon re kilder f ks sonarb yer og helikopteroperert sonar er ikke n dvendig fordi det ber rte vannvolumet er lite 4 Prosedyrer for sonarbruk i omr der hvor man forventer at det er sj pattedyr 4 1 Prosedyre for oppstart av aktiv sonarutsending Direkte skade p sj pattedyr som f lge av aktiv sonarutsending kan forekomme ved niv er opp mot 200 dB avhengig av signalvarighet I omr der og perioder hvor man forventer tilstedev relse av sj pattedyr og nsket kildeniv overstiger 200 dB innledes derfor sonarutsending med en av f lgende to prosedyrer avhengig av hvilken som er mest praktisk ut fra operasjonelle hensyn 1 Reduser farten til 5 knop og unders k en 100 m sikkerhetssone rundt sonarkilden vis
86. t is not defined as a sonar intense activity Pinnipeds and cetaceans seals whales dolphins and porpoises North Atlantic Treaty Organization Norwegian territorial water including Jan Mayen Norwegian economic zone plus the protection zone of Svalbard and adjoining international waters Transmitted signal pulse from active sonar Exercises involving sonar transmission from only one vessel for less than 12 hours within 24 hrs Duration of transmitted signal ping Time period from the start of transmission of one ping to the start of the next ping 76 FFI rapport 2011 00685 Sonar exercises Peace time active sonar transmission Routine sonar exercises and Intense sonar exercises SONATE An UNCLASSIFIED decision aid tool for planning and execution of sonar exercises in Norwegian waters see section 2 1 Source level Pressure in dB generated by an acoustic source measured in the far field but referred to 1 m distance from the centre of the source The mean sound pressure rms at 1 m distance is converted to dB values relative to a plane wave with sound pressure of 1uPa rms The source level in dB is calculated as 20 log P PO where P is the source pressure and PO the reference pressure UN United Nations VDS Variable Depth Sonar 2 1 SONATE decision aid tool SONATE is a decision aid tool for planning of sonar exercises in Norwegian waters All units affected by these regulations see section 1 2 and all staff involved
87. table of fishing locations hand bmp icon used in SONATE havomraader h5 table of fishing zones help0 pdf help file in Norwegian found under the HELP menu in SONATE helpl pdf help file in English found under the HELP menu in SONATE help2 pdf help file in English found under the HELP menu in SONATE used in Dutch mode home bmp icon used in SONATE id mapping h5 only for internal use used in Reduce species database used in combination with distr small h5 mfc71 dll dll file needed for SONATE to run properly msvcp71 dll dll file needed for SONATE to run properly msvcr71 dl l dll file needed for SONATE to run properly nordsjo h5 background map pointer bmp icon used in SONATE printer bmp icon used in SONATE regulations txt defines the legend of the overview map colours guideline number and key words and the drawing order regulationsO html the regulations in Norwegian found under the regulations tab in SONATE regulationsl html the regulations in English found under the regulations tab in SONATE regulations2 html the regulations in English found under the regulations tab in SONATE used in Dutch mode save bmp icon used in SONATE sonate ico icon sonate ini defines map colours user mode 56 FFI rapport 2011 00685 sonate dbms ini defines initial settings of the SONATE
88. tatus A data valid V data not valid 3 Latitude ddmm mmmm format FFI rapport 2011 00685 61 A Latitude hemisphere N or S 5 Longitude dddmmm mmmm format 6 Longitude hemisphere E or W 7 Speed over ground 0 0 to 1851 8 knots 8 Course over ground 000 0 to 359 9 degrees true 9 Date ddmmyy format 10 Magnetic variation 000 0 to 180 O 11 Degrees 12 Checksum 62 FFl rapport 2011 00685 Appendix E The sonar guidelines Chief of the Norwegian Navy GIS sets Regulations regarding use of active sonar in Norwegian territorial waters to apply to all maritime units in the Royal Norwegian Armed Forces and foreign units granted diplomatic clearance The current version of the regulations is dated August 31 2011 and is efficient as of October 1 2011 The regulations are based on scientific knowledge on how marine mammals and fish are affected by intense sound pulses such as sonar pings This knowledge is partly generated by the international research community but partly also through the Sonar amp Marine Life projects FFI project 867 1082 and 1199 run by FFI and funded by the Royal Norwegian and Navy and Norwegian Ministry of Defence FFI gives scientific recommendations to the Naval Staff and so far the Navy has accepted these recommendations and implemented them into their regulations A national group of experts which includes national expertise in the areas of marine biology and underwater acoustics repr
89. tes som spesielt s rbar Sonaraktivitet kan f re til at enkelte hval og selarter s ker bort fra vingsomr det men terskel for unnvikelse er fortsatt usikker og vil variere mellom artene Unng derfor i st rst mulig grad rutinemessige og intensive sonar velser i omr der og perioder med kommersiell safariaktivitet Sonaraktivitet kan f re til at enkelte hvalarter s ker bort fra vingsomr det men terskel for unnvikelse er fortsatt usikker og vil variere mellom artene Det p legges derfor styrker i st rst mulig grad ta hensyn til hvalfangst herunder varsle om planlagt sonaraktivitet i omr der og perioder hvor det foreg r slik fangst 3 4 For redusere risikoen for direkte skade p pattedyr skal bestemte prosedyrer for aktiv sonarbruk f lges under rutinemessige og intensive sonar velser i alle omr der perioder hvor man forventer tilstedev relse av sj pattedyr se pkt 4 Prosedyrer for sonarbruk i omr der hvor man forventer tilstedev relse av sj pattedyr Side 4 av 6 FFl rapport 2011 00685 71 3 5 lomr det n rmest sonarkilden er det fortsatt usikkerhet knyttet til mulige reaksjon hos fisk I omr der og perioder med fiskeriaktivitet b r man derfor ikke operere sonar n rmere noe fiskefart y under aktivt fiske enn 200 m Dersom det fiskes etter sild og brisling b r sikkerhetsavstanden utvides til 500m dersom det brukes frekvenser under 5kHz Dette henger sammen med at sildefisk er mer sensitiv enn andre fi
90. tinct white colour on the lower jaw Tail is seldom seen when animal dives Number Ca 20 NON animals in the Narth Atlantic Ocean i4 1297 P bM OO Figure 3 8 Example of the whale facts in SONATE The map shows the distribution of the fin whale around the year 3 2 For the data manager From input data files to a SONATE installation file SONATE is programmed in python with wxPython to take care of the graphical user interface Geographical data are handled with POSTGRESQL with postgis extension database and hdf5 data format and other database information is handled with sqlite See Chapter 3 3 and 0 fora closer description More information on http www postgresgl org http postgis refractions net http www python org http www sglite org A program is made to take care of the processing of the data from input data format to make them ready for use in SONATE This program is called sonate dbms py This program requires that you have POSTGRESQL with the postgis extension installed and you will also need sqlite See 0 for a complete list of extensions and installations needed The sonate dbms py has different modules to take care of the input data The Species tab is used to read distribution data from shape files and export them to the SONATE databases The Fishery tab is used to read data from an MS excel file containing fishing activity data and to FFl rapport 2011 00685 2
91. tningslinjene implementerer en sikkerhetsavstand pa 20 40 km mellom milit re kampfartoy som bruker aktiv sonar og hvalfangst eller hvalsafarifart y vil dette for det f rste bli vanskelig etterleve rent praktisk og det vil ogs kunne f operative konsekvenser i form av tapte vingsmuligheter Selv om FFIs nye estimat p terskel for unnvikelse er basert p et bedre vitenskapelig grunnlag enn det gamle estimatet s er det fortsatt usikkerhet knyttet til en slik responsterskel og den vil variere mellom artene Vi har derfor valgt forel pig ikke definert noen entydig sikkerhetssone men har bare anbefalt et generelt p legg om ta hensyn til sivile kommersielle interesser ifm sonaraktivitet pkt 2 2 og 2 3 i vedlagte dokument Som en del av prosjekt Sonar og Havmilj leverer ogs FFI et beslutningsst tteverkt y SONATE som angir hvilke retningslinjer som gjelder hvor og n r ut fra tilstedev relse av s rbare arter og kommersiell aktivitet som kan p virkes negativt SONATE er i dag i bruk i Forsvarets avdelinger men FFI foretar en rlig oppdatering Det er derfor viktig at FFI f r tilbakemelding fra Forsvaret om n r de nye retningslinjene eventuelt implementeres i operativ bruk slik at vi f r lagt inn disse i neste versjon av SONATE Denne versjonen er planlagt levert ved utgangen av 2010 og vi ber derfor om en slik tilbakemelding s raskt som mulig Etter hvert som kunnskapen v r om virkningene av aktive sonarer p liv
92. to the fields of the first shape file imported so that all shape files must have the same fields or the program will abort 26 FFI rapport 2011 00685 Field description Id unique ID ATRSDATA DYREGRUPPE group ART species STADIUM STARTDATO The distribution map is valid from this date SLUTTDATO to this date MMDD INFO OPPDATERIN date for updating of shape file MENGDE amount REFERANSE reference TETTHET density ARTSNAVN species name ARTSBESKRI description LATINSK_NA latin name Table 3 1 Fields in standard shape file delivery Prior to importing the data to SONATE the files have to be organized in a well defined structure where the file path defines the species names and period and the filename defines the mapinfo if the file shows spawning areas winter areas juveniles adults etc See example in Figure 3 10 When the shape files are well organized data are imported to the database by pressing the button Create db hdf5 files The drawback of this organization is that the same polygon is imported to the database several times once for each month they are valid The button Create reduced HDF5s organize the maps in the internal databases so that polygons are stored only once If a new type of mapinfo is introduced to the dataset changes have to be made to the code in sonate dbms py The connection between the mapinfo given in the filename and the mapinfo that
93. torial waters are encouraged to comply with these regulations Norwegian units operating outside Norwegian waters will comply with the prevailing regulations of the host nation International operations under the leadership of NATO or UN will be run according to these organizations regulations If such regulations do not exist the Norwegian regulations will apply These regulations do not cover effects of other types of military activity other than use of active sonar Protection of divers is NOT covered by these regulations 2 Definitions and abbreviations ATAS Beaked whales CW signals FM signals Fishing activity Herrings HMS Intensive sonar exercises Marine mammals NATO Norwegian waters Ping Routine sonar exercises Signal duration Signal interval Active towed array sonar Family of toothed whales Lat Ziphiidae Only the Bottlenose whale Lat Hyperoodon ampullatus appears in Norwegian waters Single tone CW continuous wave Frequency sweep FM frequency modulation Fishing activity is in SONATE given in number of boats which have delivered catch from an area and as catch in kg km2 month from an area Herring no sild and sprat no brisling Hull mounted sonar Exercises involving sonar transmission from more than one vessel in the same area or that one vessel is actively transmitting sonar signals for more than 12 hours within 24 hrs within a restricted area Thus sonar transmission during transi
94. uelt og ved hjelp av tilgjengelige passive akustiske sensorer for tilstedev relse av sj pattedyr f r sending med nsket kildeniv og signalintervall starter Sjekk spesielt for tilstedev relse av delfiner n r baugen f r sending med skrogmontert sonar Start sending med maks 200 dB kildeniv maks 1 s signalvarighet og min 10 s signalintervall og k gradvis til nsket kildeniv i l pet av 5 signalsykluser Endre deretter signalvarighet og signalintervall til nsket modus Maksimalt sendeniv under oppstart kan kes med 3 dB for hver halvering av signalvarigheten For eksempel s kan man starte med 206 dB dersom signalvarigheten er 250 ms Ved bruk av sv rt lange signaler gt 10 s kes ogs signalvarigheten gradvis fra 1 s Ved sendeavbrudd p mer enn 5 min skal oppstartsprosedyre gjentas Dersom sikten ikke tillater visuell kontroll i sikkerhetssonen skal ikke prosedyre 1 anvendes Dersom sj pattedyr dukker opp innenfor sikkerhetssonen rundt sonarkilden skal sonarutsending stanses midlertidig eller kildeniv og signalvarigheten reduseres til oppstartniv inntil dyret er utenfor sikkerhetssonen Dyr som beveger seg inn i sikkerhetssonen aktenfra eller inn i sikkerhetssonen til sonarkilder som ligger tiln rmet stille kan ignoreres 4 2 Sonarbruk i h y fart Dersom fart yets hastighet og sendeintervall tilsier at fart yet tilbakelegger mer enn 200 m mellom to ping eller fart yets hastighet overstiger 15 knop skal man
95. ure 3 19 shows the object diagram in UML of the SONATE application The SonateApp is the main application object to start FFI rapport 2011 00685 35 This application creates the SonateFrame This object creates the SonateCanvas and SonateGridPanel and gives them to the SonateSplitter to enable a split window view The SonateFrame can also create SonateTransientPopup and SonateHelpDialog dialogs to show more information to the user The SonateFrame sets up the connection to the databases and retrieve the most important information The SonateGridPanel contains a SonateNotebook containing tabs of information summary map species map fishery map fish farms map guidelines and whale facts Depending on the user mode these information tabs are created Each of the tabs can also contain a number of tables grids These are created during the initialisation of the notebook class Sonate 7 wx App SonateApp wx SplitterWindow SonateS plitter wx Frame Sonate Frame Y wx Panel sonatecanvas SonateCanvas wx PopupTransientWindow SonateTransientPopup progressBar wx Dialog SonateHe IpDialog Figure 3 18 Object model of the SONATE application There are different grids that can be visualised on the notebook The following diagram shows all grids that are available 36 FFl rapport 2011 00685 class Sonate model 7 JA RNN M Figure 3 19 Object m
96. ure 3 3 shows examples of how distribution data are presented in SONATE Table 2 2 names in parentheses FISH Blue whiting Kolmule Capelin Lodde North Sea Cod Nordsj torsk North East Arctic Cod Nord st arktisk torsk Coastal Cod Kysttorsk Deepwater Redfish Snabeluer Greenland halibut Blakveite North Sea Haddock Nordsj hyse North East Arctic Haddock Nord st arktisk hyse Norwegian Spring Spawning Herring Norsk vargytende sild Fjord Herring Fjordsild North Sea Herring Norsdj sild Horse mackerel Taggmakrell Mackerel Makrell North Sea Saithe Nordsj sei North East Arctic Saithe nord st arktisk sei Sprat Brisling Fjord Sprat Fjord brisling Polar Cod Polartorsk FFI rapport 2011 00685 SONATE contains distribution maps for the species in the table below Norwegian MAMMALS Atlantic white sided dolphin Kvitskjeving Bearded seal Storkobbe Beluga Hvithval Bottlenose whale Nebbhval Fin whale Finnhval Grey seal Havert Harbour porpoise Nise Harbour seal Steinkobbe Harp seal Gr nlandssel Hooded seal Klappmyss Humpback whale Kn lhval Killer whale Spekkhogger Minke whale V gehval Narwhale Narhval Pilot whale Grindhval Ringed seal Ringsel Sperm whale Spermhval Walrus Hvalross White beaked dolphin Kvitnos Figure 2 1 The white lines in the map show the area of complete data coverage of distribution map
97. ut FFI rapport 2011 00685 9 by IMR and programming of the user interface of the SONATE WMS is done by the METOC project at FFI 2 Input data The input data to SONATE comes from different sources In addition to land contours the input data are distribution maps of fish and marine mammals whaling fishing activity fishery zones safari activities e g whale watching and fish farm locations See overview in Table 2 1 The land contours in SONATE 3 2 and earlier versions are imported from a shape file ESRI format The land contours are not very detailed which makes SONATE unusable for navigation The low detail level is chosen to keep the speed of SONATE up In SONATE WMS there is a selection of land contours and background maps of different resolutions and detail levels These are the same background maps that are available elsewhere in the METOC WMS For instance low detail world map and Norwegian nautical charts Input data Source Distribution maps fish and marine mammals Institute of Marine Research Fish farms Directorate of Fisheries Fishing activity Directorate of Fisheries Safari activities From tourist companies Fishing zones and locations Directorate of Fisheries Whaling areas FFI based on data from IMR Table 2 1 Table showing input data and sources 2 1 The distribution maps The distribution maps are obtained from Institute of Marine Research Bergen Norway For SONATE 3 2
98. val Beiteomr 2 3 Klappmyss H rfelling 2 3 Klappmyss Kasting 2 1 Nebbhval Beiteomr 2 1 Nebbhval Utbredelse 2 3 Nise H y tetthet 2 3 58 FFl rapport 2011 00685 Sild NorskVarGytende Larver mai 2 8 3 6kHz 5 Sild NorskVarGytende Larver apr 2 8 3 6kHz 4 Sild NorskV rGytende Larver jun jul 2 8 2 5kHz 6 7 Sild NorskVarGytende Larver aug sep 2 8 1 5 3kHz 8 9 Safari Safari 2 2 Spermhval Beiteomr 2 1 Spermhval Middels tetthet 2 3 Spekkhogger H y tetthet 2 1 Spekkhogger Middels tetthet 2 3 Steinkobbe Koloni 2 3 Steinkobbe H rfelling 2 3 Steinkobbe Kasting 2 1 Hvalfangst Sporadisk aktivitet 2 4 Hvalfangst Lav aktivitet 2 4 Hvalfangst Sporadisk aktivitet 2 4 Hvalfangst Moderat aktivitet 2 4 V gehval Beiteomr 2 3 FFI rapport 2011 00685 59 Appendix C Installations needed The following batch file gives an overview of the installations needed and web addresses for downloading Cygwin http www cygwin com You need cygwin with wget and unzip installed in order to run this script To run type sh get_dependencies sh in cygwin mkdir dependencies cd dependencies Subversion http subversion tigris org weet http subversion tigris org files documents 15 25364 svn 1 2 3 setup exe Python 2 4 http www python org weet http www python org ftp python 2 5 1 python 2 5 1 msi matplotlib http matplotlib sourceforge net wget http kent dl sourceforge net sourceforge m
99. very guideline should be described Note that the SONATE application assumes that the guideline numbers are defined as where each is one digit letter When longer numbers are used the program will not distinguish between the last digits letters 3 3 7 SONATE database creation application This application focuses on the creation of the databases and supporting files that are used by the SONATE application It uses external input data to create the internal data and mainly transfers data in commercial formats to open source databases and formats FFI rapport 2011 00685 39 custom DBMS GUI SonateDBMS Species Fishery Fishfarms Map Ge Directory Search filename Search filename Search Create DB StatusBar Figure 3 21 Example user interface of the SONATE DBMS application The user interface consists of five tabs Species Fishery Fish farms Map and Area Each tab contains some text fields in which files can be specified The search buttons can be used to select a file with a file selector Below the text fields the buttons are placed to create the output files At the bottom of the windows a status bar is placed to indicate the progress of the creation process 3 3 8 Software design of SONATE DBMS The design consists of an application that has a main frame containing a notebook and progress bar see Figure 3 22 object Class Model
100. w the position of the cursor on the map is shown Version number is always displayed at the bottom of the map The SONATE database contains a vast amount of data which is to be displayed graphically If all these data are read to the memory at the same time SONATE will respond slowly to new requests Selecting a specific month and restricting the geographical selection to the relevant area by zooming in the map will reduce the amount of data in memory and thereby the response time 3 1 1 Summary maps The summary maps are made to provide a quick overview of all areas where the guidelines recommend restrictions on use of active sonar For the fishing activity only locations with catch of herring is shown in the summary maps related to guideline no 2 5 Fishing activity in general and fish farms are not shown in the summary map Initially no guidelines are selected Figure 3 2 shows an example of the summary maps The colours indicate the importance of the guideline red is more stringent than orange The most important information will mainly be visualised on top of the map overlapping the other information At the top of the SUMMARY tab the user can select the dataset species and or fishery of interest by means of the dropdown menu Below the dropdown menu two buttons are visible The button Areas with restrictions button enables the user to select all visible areas where the guidelines recommend restrictions on use of sonars at

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