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Baited Underwater Video (BUV)

Baited Underwater Video (BUV) surrounded by fish.

The Spyfish citizen science project uses baited underwater video (BUV) to film fish. The set-up involves a triangular metal frame with a camera pointing downwards to a bait box. It is lowered off the side of a boat to the seabed.

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