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Camera system


The Riverwatcher can be supplied with a digital camera system to record video or still images of fish passing through the scanner. The scanner triggers the camera to capture between 1 and 5 digital photos or a short video clip of each fish. The computer then automatically links the digital images to the other information contained in the database for that individual fish such as size, passing hour, speed, silhouette image, temperature etc.

The camera is installed in a special tunnel that contains both the camera and red lights providing constant light and same distance from the camera for the fish. That way it is possible to get good images of the fish regardless of time of day. 



Real Time Video


Live video from the digital camera can be viewed in real time at any time on the Riverwatcher computer screen.

See this video captured from a VAKI Riverwatcher electronic fish counting system installed at the weir on the lower Tuolumne River.  Striped Bass Weir Passage.

See this video also captured from VAKI Riverwather electronic fish counting system of Chinook in the Stanislaus River.
 
Video from the digital camera


Fish Identification


The Photo Tunnel option ensures optimal digital image and video quality. Two silhouette images are linked to every fish and can be used for identification and to verify the count.

The digital photos can also be used with other data from the Riverwatcher to sort the fish in groups according to species, sex and even in farmed or wild fish.
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