Fixing the Coast Guard with math [Image 5 of 6]

CT, UNITED STATES

04.12.2018

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Laughlin 

U.S. Coast Guard Academy

First Class Cadets Ray Zhang, Ryan Dandan, Sawyer Stanton, Stephane Meboung and Cmdr. Ryan Hamel pose for a photo before giving their presentation at the 2018 Service Academy Student Mathematics Conference held at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., April 12, 2018.
Their project is Where Should We Patrol.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Laughlin

This project examines the expansive fisheries information warehouse collected and maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Coast Guard as a means to facilitate the work of the Coast Guard First District Enforcement Branch (D1 (dre)) as they enforce domestic fisheries law on U.S. flagged commercial fishing vessels. The overall objective is to analyze this large data warehouse and derive processes, through tools such as ArcGIS and Microsoft Access, that may indicate anomalous fishing activity and assist mission managers of D1 in determining which fishing vessels may warrant further law enforcement action, and ultimately where to geographically deploy Coast Guard assets.

Advisor: Cmdr. Ryan Hamel, Lt. Cmdr. David Ratner, and Capt. Melinda McGurer, Coast Guard Academy Department of Mathematics

• Date Taken: 04.12.2018
• Date Posted: 05.10.2018 08:19
• Photo ID: 4374825
• VIRIN: 180412-G-KB946-0010
• Resolution: 4386x2785
• Size: 5.96 MB
• Location: CT, US