A University of Victoria PhD student is appealing to beachcombers and boaters to keep their eyes out for some scientific equipment lost at sea.

Acoustics student Xavier Mouy is working on a project to catalog fish sounds along the B.C. coast, monitoring fishes over long time periods and geographic areas, to create a non-intrusive tool for marine conservation and fisheries management.

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A key piece of that monitoring B次元官网网址� a PVC frame with hydrophones and camera B次元官网网址� was deployed in Roberts Bay, Sidney, on Jan. 22 and when Mouy returned a week later to retrieve it, it was gone.

The 1.2-metre PVC frame, attached to a line with two orange Scotsman surface buoys, was deployed on the ocean floor by GrahamB次元官网网址檚 rock off Roberts Bay in Sidney.

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The lost scientific instrument is crucial for his PhD research and will set his project back.

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If found please call 250-885-2347 or email xaviermouy@uvic.ca.