The PNNL-TUNAMELT Dataset for Automated Detection around Marine Energy Devices

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This labeled dataset released in the publication "PNNL-TUNAMELT: Towards automating the detection of interactions with marine energy devices" consists of 107451 labeled, acoustic camera video frames capturing marine life interactions around an underwater tidal turbine. The video frames are labeled with bounding boxes around each object in frame that a fish biologist has identified as being marine life. This dataset was created to promote automated target detection research and capabilities around underwater turbines in order to enable their safe deployment and operation. Disclaimer: no collisions were observed with the marine energy device while labeling and analyzing this dataset.

The data for this dataset was originally collected in 2010 around Ocean Renewable Power Company's (ORPC's) tidal turbine deployment in Cobscook Bay, Maine, USA, the results of which were published in [Viehman, H. A., and G. B. Zydlewski. 2015. Fish interactions with a commercial-scale tidal energy device in the natural environment. Estuaries Coasts 38: 241-252.]

The code, software tools, and a baseline automated target detection approach which were developed for this effort are located at https://github.com/tsnowak/pnnl-tunamelt (linked). To get started with using this dataset, please refer to this repository.

For further information, please refer to the linked github repository and associated publication, or feel free to reach out to the authors.

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TY - DATA AB - This labeled dataset released in the publication "PNNL-TUNAMELT: Towards automating the detection of interactions with marine energy devices" consists of 107451 labeled, acoustic camera video frames capturing marine life interactions around an underwater tidal turbine. The video frames are labeled with bounding boxes around each object in frame that a fish biologist has identified as being marine life. This dataset was created to promote automated target detection research and capabilities around underwater turbines in order to enable their safe deployment and operation. Disclaimer: no collisions were observed with the marine energy device while labeling and analyzing this dataset. The data for this dataset was originally collected in 2010 around Ocean Renewable Power Company's (ORPC's) tidal turbine deployment in Cobscook Bay, Maine, USA, the results of which were published in [Viehman, H. A., and G. B. Zydlewski. 2015. Fish interactions with a commercial-scale tidal energy device in the natural environment. Estuaries Coasts 38: 241-252.] The code, software tools, and a baseline automated target detection approach which were developed for this effort are located at https://github.com/tsnowak/pnnl-tunamelt (linked). To get started with using this dataset, please refer to this repository. For further information, please refer to the linked github repository and associated publication, or feel free to reach out to the authors. AU - Nowak, Theodore A2 - Staines, Garrett A3 - Abdullai, Blerim DB - Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory DO - KW - MHK KW - Computer Vision KW - Dataset KW - Acoustic Camera KW - Imaging Sonar KW - Environmental Monitoring KW - MHK Monitoring KW - Collision Risk KW - PNNL-TUNAMELT KW - automated detection KW - marine energy devices KW - acoustic camera video frames KW - tidal turbine KW - code KW - GitHub KW - software tools LA - English DA - 2025/06/01 PY - 2025 PB - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory T1 - The PNNL-TUNAMELT Dataset for Automated Detection around Marine Energy Devices UR - https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/633 ER -
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Nowak, Theodore, et al. The PNNL-TUNAMELT Dataset for Automated Detection around Marine Energy Devices. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 1 June, 2025, Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/633.
Nowak, T., Staines, G., & Abdullai, B. (2025). The PNNL-TUNAMELT Dataset for Automated Detection around Marine Energy Devices. [Data set]. Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/633
Nowak, Theodore, Garrett Staines, and Blerim Abdullai. The PNNL-TUNAMELT Dataset for Automated Detection around Marine Energy Devices. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, June, 1, 2025. Distributed by Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/633
@misc{MHKDR_Dataset_633, title = {The PNNL-TUNAMELT Dataset for Automated Detection around Marine Energy Devices}, author = {Nowak, Theodore and Staines, Garrett and Abdullai, Blerim}, abstractNote = {This labeled dataset released in the publication "PNNL-TUNAMELT: Towards automating the detection of interactions with marine energy devices" consists of 107451 labeled, acoustic camera video frames capturing marine life interactions around an underwater tidal turbine. The video frames are labeled with bounding boxes around each object in frame that a fish biologist has identified as being marine life. This dataset was created to promote automated target detection research and capabilities around underwater turbines in order to enable their safe deployment and operation. Disclaimer: no collisions were observed with the marine energy device while labeling and analyzing this dataset.

The data for this dataset was originally collected in 2010 around Ocean Renewable Power Company's (ORPC's) tidal turbine deployment in Cobscook Bay, Maine, USA, the results of which were published in [Viehman, H. A., and G. B. Zydlewski. 2015. Fish interactions with a commercial-scale tidal energy device in the natural environment. Estuaries Coasts 38: 241-252.]

The code, software tools, and a baseline automated target detection approach which were developed for this effort are located at https://github.com/tsnowak/pnnl-tunamelt (linked). To get started with using this dataset, please refer to this repository.

For further information, please refer to the linked github repository and associated publication, or feel free to reach out to the authors.}, url = {https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/633}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/633}, note = {Accessed: 2025-07-05} }

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Data from Jun 1, 2025

Last updated Jun 30, 2025

Submitted Jun 19, 2025

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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Theodore Nowak

509.375.2531

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Theodore Nowak

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Garrett Staines

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Blerim Abdullai

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

DOE Project Details

Project Name Triton Initiative

Project Lead Samantha Eaves

Project Number FY25 AOP 232611

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