FishEye Collaborative
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Harnessing the power of underwarer listening technologies for marine conservation and resource management
Take a moment this Earth Day to appreciate Earth’s oceans through our eyes 🌎🌊🐠
We can’t believe he actually said that 😦🐡
That awkward moment when you run into a coworker in the middle of the ocean 🫣
We use both the Curasub submersible and Diver Propulsion Vehicles (DPVs) to help us get to research sites that are hard for divers to access. Occasionally this means bumping into one another and stopping by to say hello!
Big thanks to for being phenomenal sub pilots and hosts for our lab space
Hark! The angelfishes sing! 🐠⭐️
This sound, produced by a colorful Queen Angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris), was recorded with our UPAC-360 device in Curaçao! You might also hear a bit of jingle bells (aka the shaker we use to make sure our audio and video are aligned)
Best holiday fishes from FishEye Collaborative!
Note: this low frequency sound might require high volume or headphones to hear clearly
17/12/2025
2025 was a huge year for us! Here’s what we listened to at FishEye this year. See you in 2026!
In the second installment of our Q&A series, we’re answering questions about fish hearing and anthropogenic noise!
21/09/2025
Thank you for featuring our work!
Read the full article at the link in our bio!
17/09/2025
We have some exciting research updates coming this week! In light of this, we want to highlight an essential component of our work: sharing our data with the worlds of bioacoustics and conservation.
Open access data is the foundation for collaboration, innovation, and impact. By making data transparent and accessible, we empower communities, researchers, and decision-makers to work together toward healthier oceans. We are proud to work with an incredible network of organizations to make our data available worldwide, including the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS), GBIF: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Specify Collections Consortium, the Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds (GLUBS), and FishSounds. We also share our specimens via our Fish Sound Library on our website (link in bio).
Our team at FishEye, in collaboration with The Sexton Corporation, FORTH, the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics, and the Curacao Sea Aquarium, has been working to develop a new kind of underwater acoustic recorder. We call it FinDrop.
Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) is a powerful conservation tool for both above and below water, but rugged, long-lasting PAM systems that can operate deeper than the shallows are often prohibitively expensive for use in research.
FinDrop uses an array of digital MEMS microphones to record sound, making it more affordable and compact than conventional hydrophones. The microphones are mounted outside of the main housing and are shielded by an acoustic polymer membrane that allows sound to pass through while protecting from water and pressure. FinDrop can withstand high pressures, and we have tested deploying units as deep as 240m with Substation Curacao. We are working on new deep deployment methods that can open up the world of deep reef soundscapes for research.
Advanced FinDrop prototypes are currently being tested by collaborators around the world. We are very excited to be bringing FinDrop to market in the near future. In the meantime, come see us at our table at the Oceans Conference where we will be showcasing FinDrop for the first time!
The video below showcases the work we've been doing with support from a 2024 WILDLABS award. Check out the video on their youtube page here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grgd6NkC-9A
31/01/2025
While our prototype systems are running, we had a chance to try out a 3D system from . This approach will likely be used in future systems to measure things like distance and sizes of fish that cannot be determined with regular video. In the meantime, it makes amazing images that can bring the underwater world to life in VR 📷
28/01/2025
Working underwater presents unique challenges that require creative solutions!
We work with to develop tools that allow us to deploy our new sensors, batteries, and computer systems. We further utilize buoyancy and special devices such as Diver Propulsion Vehicles (DPVs) to make traveling with large and heavy gear possible.
Of course, none of this is possible without our skilled team of divers, engineers, and scientists! 🤿🫧
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