EP4003828B1 - Verfahren zur ortung eines driftenden unterwassergetriebes - Google Patents

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EP4003828B1
EP4003828B1 EP20744035.5A EP20744035A EP4003828B1 EP 4003828 B1 EP4003828 B1 EP 4003828B1 EP 20744035 A EP20744035 A EP 20744035A EP 4003828 B1 EP4003828 B1 EP 4003828B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C7/00—Salvaging of disabled, stranded, or sunken vessels; Salvaging of vessel parts or furnishings, e.g. of safes; Salvaging of other underwater objects
    • B63C7/26—Means for indicating the location of underwater objects, e.g. sunken vessels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B22/00—Buoys
    • B63B22/04—Fixations or other anchoring arrangements
    • B63B22/06—Fixations or other anchoring arrangements with means to cause the buoy to surface in response to a transmitted signal

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  • the subject of the present invention is a method of locating against the loss or else the vandalism of a drifting submerged fishing gear.
  • gear connected at the surface to a moving boat such as, for example, dredges, seines or even trawls. It is also known to use drifting gear connected only to one or more buoys floating on the surface such as, for example, longlines.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to propose a method for locating drifting or potentially drifting fishing gear, thus responding to the request of the FAO, by making it possible to quickly and easily locate said gear, whatever the relief of the seabed and/or the weather conditions.
  • the location step consists of the transmission by the transceiver of the submerged beacon of a radio-acoustic signal capable of being received by a transceiver probe of the owner of the drifting craft and in the transmission by said probe of the radio-acoustic code allowing the release mechanism to be triggered and the raising to the surface of said beacon, when the radio-acoustic signal is received by the probe.
  • the location step can also consist of the programmed release of at least one locating element integral with the submerged beacon followed by the raising to the surface of the latter.
  • the location step can also consist of the programmed triggering of the release mechanism allowing the submerged beacon to rise to the surface.
  • the location method advantageously comprises, before the step of mooring a submerged beacon, a step of entering into the control unit the periodicity and the duration of the acoustic radio signal emitted by the submerged beacon and/or the date and the time of the release of at least one tracking element and/or the triggering of the release mechanism allowing the submerged beacon to rise to the surface.
  • the location method preferably comprises, jointly with the location step, an additional location aid step using one or more location aid members attached to the submerged beacon and/or to the tracking element.
  • the submerged beacon advantageously comprises at least one tracking element that can be released in order to rise to the surface, while remaining connected to it.
  • the submerged beacon preferably comprises one or more localization aid members fixed to its casing and/or the tracking element.
  • the subject of the present invention is a method for locating a drifting fishing gear connected only to one or more buoys floating on the surface or a fishing gear connected to a moving boat and which can drift following an anomaly such as a partial destruction or the rupture of their connection with said boat, said fishing gear being, for example, dredges, seines, long lines or even trawls.
  • drift gear all these types of fishing gear at least partly submerged will be referred to as "drift gear”.
  • the method for locating a drifting craft comprises a first step consisting of the mooring of a submerged beacon at one of the ends of the drifting craft which it is subsequently desired to locate, said submerged beacon being provided with means ensuring its ascent to the surface and comprising a box containing a transmitter-receiver of a radio-acoustic signal associated with a control unit coupled at least to one time measuring unit, and a release mechanism allowing the ascent to the surface of said beacon in response to the reception of a radio-acoustic code and an order from said control unit.
  • Said localization method comprises a second step consisting in geolocating, using for example a GPS navigation assistant (Global Positioning System in English which can be translated into French by global positioning system), the place of departure of the drifting gear, in order to allow the fisherman to limit the location area by estimating the drift of his drifting gear from the place of departure so as to direct the search for said drifting gear in the estimated direction.
  • GPS navigation assistant Global Positioning System in English which can be translated into French by global positioning system
  • the submerged beacon is associated with a device for triggering the engine such as, for example, a remote control or even a switch making it possible to rotate the motor to bring said submerged beacon to the predetermined setpoint depth.
  • This release device also makes it possible to disengage the brake and the motor, in order to make the winding drum free to rotate in the event of a problem during winding or to carry out manual winding following a failure of the energy source or one of the components of the release mechanism.
  • the submerged beacon is advantageously equipped with a shearing which makes it possible to correctly distribute said rope around the furling drum.
  • the submerged beacon may also comprise one or more localization aid members fixed to its casing and being similar to those of the releasable tracking element previously described.
  • This embodiment of the beacon has the advantage of no longer having to calculate the exact length of rope to be placed between the submerged beacon and the associated drifting device, because the beacon adjusts according to its actual depth in relation to the set depth thanks to the pressure sensor, the control unit, the motor of the release mechanism and its associated brake, the variation in the actual depth possibly being linked to the tidal range, the current or the accidents of the seabed which can cause the drifting device to fall, for example, to the bottom of the sea. a sea trench.
  • the location method then comprises a third step consisting in locating the drifting craft using the associated submerged beacon.
  • a first solution consists in switching the transceiver of the submerged beacon to transmission mode in order to transmit a radio-acoustic signal, coded or not, capable of being received by a transceiver probe generally composed of at least one transducer for the transmitting part and a hydrophone for the receiving part, and conventionally arranged under the boat of the fisherman who owns the drifting gear, the power of the said signal is then analyzed so as to communicate to the fisherman the direction and/or approximate position of the submerged beacon and the associated drifting device. Indeed, it is well understood that the stronger the radio-acoustic signal received by the hydrophone of the boat's probe, the closer the submerged beacon.
  • the control unit coupled to the boat's probe considers that the radio-acoustic signal received is preferably optimal, that is to say sufficiently strong, it commands the boat's probe to switch to transmission mode and to send with its transducer a specific radio-acoustic signal of sufficient power to be received by the submerged beacon and to trigger the release mechanism allowing the latter to rise to the surface.
  • the third step of the location process is such that the emission of the radio-acoustic signal emitted by the submerged beacon is advantageously not continuous but on the contrary the emission is periodic and limited to a predetermined duration, for example, of the order of a few minutes.
  • a second solution makes use of a tracking element secured to the submerged beacon and which can be released to allow it to rise to the surface, while remaining connected to said beacon.
  • the release of said tracking element is advantageously programmed at a date and time predetermined by the fisherman.
  • a third solution consists in programming the measurement unit of the submerged beacon associated with the drifting craft so as to trigger, at a date and time predetermined by the fisherman, the release mechanism allowing the submerged beacon to rise to the surface, which, once at the surface, will activate, if necessary, one or more of its localization assistance devices such as, for example, the transmitter connected to one or more vessel surveillance, detection and identification systems and/or the flash lamp permanently attached to its box.
  • Each solution envisaged for carrying out the third step of the location method described above can be implemented alone or jointly with at least one of the other two solutions.
  • the third step of the location method according to the invention may, for example, consist in the release and the raising to the surface of a tracking element equipped with a geolocation antenna and in the emission of a radio-acoustic signal by the transceiver of the submerged beacon comprising in particular the coordinates of the geolocation of the latter and being able to be received by the transmitter-receiver probe of the owner of the drifting craft, the whole being followed by the ascent to the surface of said submerged beacon. It is well understood that this configuration allows faster localization of the submerged beacon and therefore of the associated drifting craft.
  • the location method according to the invention is mainly used to locate drifting fishing gear.

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  1. Verfahren zur Lokalisierung einer driftenden Apparatur, das mindestens die folgenden Schritte aufweist:
    - Verankern einer eingetauchten Boje an einem der Enden der driftenden Apparatur, die man später lokalisieren möchte, wobei die eingetauchte Boje mit Mitteln versehen ist, die ihr Aufsteigen an die Oberfläche sichern und ein Gehäuse umfassen, das einen Sender-Empfänger eines funkakustischen Signals einschließt, der einer Steuereinheit zugeordnet ist, die an mindestens eine Zeitmesseinheit gekoppelt ist,
    - Geolokalisieren des Ausgangspunkts der driftenden Apparatur, um dem Fischer zu gestatten, die Lokalisierungszone durch Schätzen der Drift seiner driftenden Apparatur ab dem Ausgangspunkt derart zu begrenzen, dass die Suche nach der driftenden Apparatur in die geschätzte Richtung gelenkt wird,
    wobei das Lokalisierungsverfahren dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass es mindestens den folgenden Schritt aufweist:
    - Lokalisieren der driftenden Apparatur mit Hilfe der eingetauchten Boje, wobei diese einen Freigebemechanismus umfasst, der das Aufsteigen der Boje an die Oberfläche als Antwort auf den Empfang eines funkakustischen Codes und eines Befehls der Steuereinheit gestattet, wobei der Lokalisierungsschritt im Senden durch den Sender-Empfänger der eingetauchten Boje eines funkakustischen Signals besteht, das imstande ist, von einer Sender-Empfänger-Sonde des Eigentümers der driftenden Apparatur empfangen zu werden und im Senden durch die Sonde des funkakustischen Codes, wodurch das Auslösen des Freigebemechanismus und das Aufsteigen der Boje an die Oberfläche gestattet wird, wenn das funkakustische Signal von der Sonde empfangen wird.
  2. Lokalisierungsverfahren nach einem von Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Lokalisierungsschritt aus der programmierten Freigabe mindestens eines Markierungselements besteht, das mit der eingetauchten Boje fest verbunden ist, gefolgt vom Aufsteigen desselben an die Oberfläche.
  3. Lokalisierungsverfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Lokalisierungsschritt aus dem programmierten Auslösen des Freigebemechanismus besteht, wodurch das Aufsteigen der eingetauchten Boje an die Oberfläche gestattet wird.
  4. Lokalisierungsverfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es vor dem Schritt des Verankerns einer eingetauchten Boje einen Schritt des Eingebens in die Steuereinheit der Periodizität und der Dauer des von der eingetauchten Boje gesendeten funkakustischen Signals und/oder des Datums und der Uhrzeit der Freigabe mindestens eines Markierungselements und/oder des Auslösens des Freigebemechanismus aufweist, wodurch das Aufsteigen der eingetauchten Boje an die Oberfläche gestattet wird.
  5. Lokalisierungsverfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es gemeinsam mit dem Lokalisierungsschritt einen komplementären Schritt des Unterstützens der Lokalisierung dank eines oder mehrerer die Lokalisierung unterstützender Organe aufweist, die auf der eingetauchten Boje und/oder dem Markierungselement befestigt sind.
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