Simsonar

Optical Simsonar FishCounters for monitoring the migration of fish

Simsonar is an innovative international venture driven by the passion to provide customers with more information about migration of fish. Simsonar targets to maximized customer satisfaction with tailored solutions and flexible services according to their needs. We combine the latest technologies from optics, electronics and software with neural networks and cloud services to become number one in underwater imaging.

Product development with the latest technologies like neural networks and cloud services.
Understanding customer needs.
Delivering results without room for interpretation.
Understanding the modern global business networks to build relationships to the best performing partners.

Today Simsonar has two optical products. Simsonar FishCounter is based on 3D camera with video tunnel and is targeted for fishways and narrow brook-like rivers.
Simsonar Lite is a light weight single camera for places where the use of video tunnel is not possible.
Both products utilize Simsonar software with hardware corresponding features including fish and species detection, length measurements and automated reporting. Simsonar FishCounter has cloud based species identification for twelve most common nordic species and adipose fin detection for salmon and trout.

Simsonar news

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February 2021: More projects were run with Simsonar FC and Simsonar than ever before. Performance, resolution and specfies recognition were improved and enhanced. We will launch a new web based reporting service in May 2021. If interested please contact Arto at Simsonar to get more information about the service.
January 2020: Another year with multiple projects with Simsonar FC and Simsonar UVC back. Thousands on detections and measurements done to provide our customers more data. Tunnel for FC will be modified for coming season. Longer (over 140 cm) salmons will be totally visible and measurement will be more accurate. Species detection will be improved dramatically. Looking forward to next summer!
December 2018: Simsonar participated Fish Passage 2018 conference in Albury Australia. New contacts were met and new knowledge was gathered. No worries, mate!
May - November 2018: The season was again the most succesful for far. SImsonar Fish Counter was taken in use in multiple sites. Customers were happy to find a reasonably priced counter for fish ways enabling 24/7 recording, automatic fish detection, measurement and counting. SImsonar UVC was once again improved from the presious season. Automatic detection and measurement is now more reliable. Simsonar Tunnel for optical counter optimizes distance to fish and lighting in all environments.
December 2017: The season was the most succesful for far. Simsonar was expecially happy for the four diffrent projects with the newest product SImsonar FC (Fish Counter). We believe the improved pattern recognition algorithm will make fish detection and measurement more accurate and faster.; The first two deliveries to Norway opened a new promising market. Simsonar UVC LR (Long Range) was used for projects requiring very high distances. The maximum can reach almost 100 meters in good conditions altough the realistic distance is 75 meters.
May 2017: Another season starting. The first commercial installation of Simsonar FC was done on May 11th. It is now monitoring a small brook. The first observations were surprising: a brook of fifteen meters wide and 70-80 cm deep contains underwater living more than anybody expected. During the busiest hour more than two thousands fish passed the camera for spawning.
March 2017: Simsonar UVC has been in the market place since 2012. It has been developed continuously and the latest update is the Long Range model. The viewing distance has been extended to 70 meters. The first delivery will be done in June.
February 2017: Development efforts for new Simsonar FC are almost done. First modest marketing efforts result in huge interest. We look forward to new season with two projects!
January 2016: Very busy season is over. Simsonar cameras were researching rivers from Gothenburg and Helsinki up to Utsjoki and Arjeplog. Although our customers take care of analysis more and more also Simsonar was busy in analysing the recorded material and preparing reports. Now we are just weeks away from the first monitoring projects start. Looking forward to new season with improved products!
June 2015: There are now six Simsonar cameras in the water simultaneously! Seventh by the end of June.
May 2015: The first projects in 2015 start.
April 2015: Simsonar fiscal year 1.4.2014 - 31.3.2015 showed strong growth.
December 2014: The first product sales!
November 2014: The results of Vanhankaupunginkoski are reported. Only in 15 years the natural population of trouts! In 80's nobody believed this could happen.
July 2014: Project at Vanhankaupunginkoski starts.
April 2014: The first project in 2014 starts!
October 2013: Performance improvement: clear real-time image up to 70 meters and frame rate over 10 fps for distances up to 50 meters.
August 2013: Multiple monitoring sessions on Kemijoki.
July 2013: Full remote support: the camera can be operated remotely, recorded files can be uploaded in real-time to any server, the power supply can be controlled remotely, alarms on camera movement by e-mail, and optional site surveillance via web camera.; Multiple monitoring sessions on Kemijoki.
June 2013: A new version of camera introduced. Improvements in sensitivity, image quality, and file compression.; Monitoring project on Tornionjoki.
October 2012: Simsonar participates a project developing innovative solutions to detect the depth of salmons at hydroelectric plants.
June 2012: Two full-time fish counting projects started. Simsonar controls the cameras remotely to minimize the need fo on-site visits.
November 2011: Support for 96 beams ready.; The main development project finished in time.; The camera enters the production phase.
June 2011: The first sonar deployment with a customer.
June 2011: The first sonar pilot started with a customer.
May 2011: The first real life tests.
January 2011: Simsonar web site opened.
December 2010: New office at Kiilakiventie 1, 90250 Oulu, Finland.
October 2010: The first commercial commitment made.
September 2010: The first underwater image created with the prototype.
January 2010: Development of the prototype started.
August 2009: Proof of concept verifies the functionality based on the new ideas.
December 2008: Simsonar is established.