Editing Landsat program (section)

==== Fisheries ====
In 1975, one potential application for the new satellite-generated imagery was to find high yield [[fishery]] areas. Through the Landsat Menhaden and Thread Investigation, some satellite data of the eastern portion of the [[Mississippi]] sound and another area off the coast of the [[Louisiana]] coast data was run through classification [[algorithm]]s to rate the areas as high and low probability fishing zones, these algorithms yielded a classification that was proven with [[in situ]] measurements – to be over 80% accurate and found that water color, as seen from space, and turbidity significantly correlate with the distribution of [[menhaden]] – while surface temperature and salinity do not appear to be significant factors. Water color – measured with the multispectral scanners four spectral bands, was used to infer [[Chlorophyll]], [[turbidity]], and possibly fish distribution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/mfr391/mfr3913.pdf|title=Finding Fish With Satellites|last=Kemmerer|first=Andrew|date=March 2017 |publisher=NOAA}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>