NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM today
announced the launch of its new Fish Mapping™ service.
This new, comprehensive SiriusXM Marine package – designed to help
saltwater anglers locate fish faster, as well as save time and fuel
– is now available on the GXM 54 satellite weather and radio
receiver from Garmin International, Inc.
SiriusXM Marine's new Fish Mapping™ service is
powered by Maxar Technologies, an innovator in Earth Intelligence
and Space Infrastructure. Fish Mapping™ provides
regularly updated, science-based graphical information directly on
compatible Garmin multi-function displays – even well beyond
cellular range.
Maxar has provided enhanced oceanographic datasets and fishing
recommendations prepared by the best oceanographers in the industry
to commercial fishermen for over 20 years. Now, with the SiriusXM
Marine Fish Mapping™ service, anglers can use the same
technology to fish more effectively.
Offering premium marine features like recommended areas to find
specific game fish, weed lines, sea surface temperatures and front
strength, sub surface sea temperatures, and plankton concentration
data, Fish Mapping™ is ideal for all salt-water
anglers – whether they compete in fishing tournaments, take clients
on charter trips, or simply fish for fun.
"We are extremely pleased to team up with Garmin and Maxar for
the launch of this game-changing new service," said Dave Wasby, VP Aviation, Marine, and Music for
Business, SiriusXM. "With Garmin's GXM 54 receiver, anglers can
view graphical fishing information directly on the boat's display.
The images are refreshed automatically, without customers needing
to initiate a new data request. This easy-to-use service will help
anglers identify where game fish are likely to be biting – saving
time to reach the best spots for a good day of fishing."
"Garmin and SiriusXM have worked together for over a decade to
provide mariners with best-in-class audio and weather services, and
we're proud to be the first to offer the new Fish Mapping service
with our GXM 54 antenna," said Dan
Bartel, Garmin vice president of global consumer sales.
"With Fish Mapping content delivered straight to your Garmin
chartplotter, you'll gain added awareness and confidence on the
water so you can focus on what's most important – finding and
catching fish."
"Through our extensive experience in artificial intelligence and
machine learning, Maxar gathers content from many sources and
combines it with our powerful geospatial analytics system to
deliver insights and answers that help customers be more predictive
in their decisions," said Jeff
Culwell, Maxar's Chief Product Officer. "For SiriusXM
Marine's Fish Mapping™ service, we're providing real-time
intelligence that will give serious anglers a leg-up on the
competition and help casual anglers enjoy more successful fishing
trips."
SiriusXM Marine's new Fish Mapping™ service
includes:
- Fishing Recommendations: View locations oceanographers
recommend to find specific types of game fish, based on their
expert analysis. The locations are overlaid on the angler's chart
and can be viewed in combination with other features.
- Weed Lines: View concentrations of floating
algae/plants, which provide nutrients and cover, creating habitats
for bait fish, shrimp, etc., and attract predatory game fish. Weed
lines drift and shift over time, so they can be hard to locate.
This feature shows anglers where weed lines have been sighted
recently, or are most likely to be forming.
- Sea Surface Height Anomaly: View locations where the sea
surface height is different than the surrounding area using actual
radar data and models of the sea surface. Shows "upwelling" areas
that create favorable conditions including nutrient-rich water that
attracts bait fish and game fish – and helps avoid "downwelling"
areas that are nutrient poor and don't support favorable fishing
conditions.
- Sea Surface Temperature Contours: View contour lines
where there is sea surface temperature change from cool to warm
that attracts bait fish. These contours help locate target species
based on their preferred temperature range.
- Sea Surface Temperature Front Strength: View strength of
ocean "fronts", which are significant temperature changes that
create distinct boundaries between bodies of water, concentrating
nutrients which attracts bait fish. Strong fronts are good places
to find game fish.
- 30m Subsurface Sea
Temperatures: View the water temperature 30 meters below the
surface. This feature identifies areas with the preferred
temperature range of target game fish in the area below the surface
where they are likely to be hunting.
- Plankton Concentration Contours: View areas of plankton
concentrations. Plankton is the primary food source for most bait
fish, which attract hungry game fish.
- Plankton Front Strength: View areas of greatest plankton
concentrations with murky, nutrient-rich water favorable for
baitfish that are next to areas with relatively little/no plankton
with clear, predator-preferred water with better visibility for
hunting.
Garmin's GXM 54 is easy to install and use. With clear line of
sight to the sky, its reliable antenna provides the best possible
reception — even on the edges of SiriusXM's coverage
area.
The Fish Mapping™ subscription is $99.99 per month plus applicable fees and taxes.
In addition to the eight new fishing features, it includes all of
SiriusXM's weather information from the SiriusXM Marine Offshore
Weather package. The subscription can be suspended at no charge for
up to six months each year.
SiriusXM and Garmin have teamed up to offer $250 in combined rebates on the GXM 54 receiver.
For details visit:
https://garmin.blogs.com/promotions/2019/08/2019gxm54rebate.html.
SiriusXM's services available on Garmin also include SiriusXM
Marine Offshore Weather, SiriusXM's top-level weather package, as
well as SiriusXM's audio entertainment programming.
For more information, visit
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/675718
and siriusxm.com/fishmapping.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest
audio entertainment company, and the premier programmer and
platform for subscription- and advertising-supported audio
products. With the recent addition of Pandora, the largest
streaming music provider in the U.S., SiriusXM reaches more than
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SiriusXM, please go to: SiriusXM.com.
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