Video demonstrating how to set-up, deploy and operate a Baited Remote Underwater Video System. [Training Video]

Abstract

Baited remote underwater stereo-video systems, or stereo-BRUVs, are minimally invasive sampling tools used to collect data on the diversity, abundance and size of fishes as well as information on the benthic habitat where the samples were collected. Benthic stereo-BRUVs are deployed on the seafloor while pelagic stereo-BRUVs are suspended in the water column and, depending on your equipment specifications, equipment can be used from the intertidal down into the deep sea. In this way, stereo-BRUVs provide a standardised and non-destructive method to collect data on fishes, and the environments where they occur, over their full depth distribution and at scales relevant to management. This training video covers the specifics of how to set up, deploy and operate stereo-BRUVs as well as how to follow post deployment protocols.