We are proud to announce that Furuno’s fish finder has been recognized as an IEEE Milestone by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity, for its role in the world’s first commercialization and for contributing to the modernization of the fisheries industry.
The image of the earliest type of fish finder
About IEEE Milestone
IEEE established the Milestones program to recognize significant achievements in the fields of electrical, electronics and information technology that occurred at least twenty-five years ago and have contributed to the advancement of society and the industry. To date, approximately two hundred sixty Milestones have been approved and dedicated around the world, including the Voltaic Cell, the Fleming Valve, and the QR Code.
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About our recognized fish finder
In 1949, Furuno successfully commercialized the world’s first fish finder. At that time, it used an improved reception amplifier to detect weak echo signals reflected from a school of fish and ultrasonic transducers that protruded from the fishing boat’s bottom to minimize the influence of sailing noise, improving the catch and rapidly being adopted as an indispensable equipment for fishing. The improved catch helped to secure Japan's protein resources, which had been in short supply after World War II, and contributed to the stability of Japanese life. Today, fish finders are equipped on almost every fishing boat in the world. The invention of the fish finder has an extremely important historical value in that it has brought about a revolutionary change in fisheries by giving a "scientific eye" to fisheries that had previously relied solely on the intuition and experience of fishermen, and electrical technology has brought about the modernization of the fisheries industry.