In order to find ships and vessels in more precise way, this project cooperated with ROC Coast Guard, which is the executive organization of marine pollution. The Vessel Tracking Management System which is owned by Coastal Patrol Directorate General can provide vessels location information. The UAVs, utilized the information to track ships and vessels。 Base on the objective of this project, 48 aerial surveillance missions are accomplished included 22 marine patrol missions, 21 Aerial-Land cooperation missions and 5 Sea-Aerial cooperation missions. During this project the UAV discover and tracing 29 vessels based on the vessel tracking information system from R.O.C Coast Guard and Keelung Harbor Bureau. No illegal marine dumping was found during this project. The UAV can trace fixed or moving target on the sea according to satellites images or arrival/departure schedule. The UAV now can deliver real time image 14 km away from coast, and the control radius was extended to 20km. The control center can monitor status of UAV and passing commands to GCS via real time communication software. The crew also evaluated the possibility of UAV on board operation on the ship and built a a work flow of UAV sea-air-land cooperation missions. At the end of this project three workshops were coordinated to introduce the UAV marine pollution monitoring capability.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV),remote sensing, marine pollution