Using the simple slab-cylinder acoustic model for fish, developed by Clay and Horne [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 96, 1661–1668 (1994)], the target strengths of three of New Zealand’s deep-water fish species, namely orange roughy, black oreos, and smooth oreos, have been derived. The target strengths derived for the model fish have been found to be in reasonable agreement with currently accepted target strength values. These three model fish were used in a study to test the species discrimination of a chirp sonar system. Chirps of center frequencies 40, 80, and 160 kHz and bandwidth of 10, 20, and 40 kHz have been used to acoustically illuminate the three fish species listed above and the matched, filtered responses to the chirps determined. The effect of the response of transducer or system bandwidth has also been investigated. It has been found that the bandwidth of the chirp is much more important for resolving detail in a fish target than the chirp center frequency. A bandwidth of at least 20 kHz, and preferably 40 kHz, produces matched filtered responses for black and smooth oreos and orange roughy which are quite clearly species specific. Results suggest that with orange roughy it may be possible to size and even sex the targets acoustically.
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