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Fishery and Sea ResourcesFigure 2: Map of the hauls monitored from October 2003 to December 2007.comparisons with standard oceanographicprobes, the response time to temperaturevariations of DST Milli resulted too slowespecially where temperature gradient arestrong (e.g. in correspondence to the thermocline).The DST Logic was conceived in orderto fix the mentioned problems indeed thenew TPs collect data only when the pressureovercomes a threshold value (factorydefined), the memory space has been expanded,and the temperature response timehas been significantly increased with respectto the DST Milli.3 FOS application to theAdriatic SeaStarting from August 2003, the FOS wasinstalled on eight boats belonging to thefleets of Chioggia, Rimini, Ancona, SanBenedetto del Tronto and Giulianova degliAbruzzi harbours (Figure 2). Four vesselswere equipped within the first 3 monthsfrom the beginning of the project. The remainingfour were provided with a FOSa year and half later, thanks to nationalfunding of the General Fishery Directorateof the Italian Ministry of Agriculture. Atthe present time still two vessels per harbourare monitored, with the exception ofChioggia and Giulianova (where only onevessel is monitored). This distribution ensureda good spatial coverage above all in1892