Camera system for aquatic wildlife monitoring

A camera system for capturing images of aquatic environments and wildlife, comprising:

• one or more external devices and/or servers;
• a sealed submersible housing comprising:
• at least one camera;
• a memory storage device;
• a controller configured to trigger the camera to capture images;
• a serializer in communication with a deserializer;
• and
• a referencing mechanism, structured and configured to maintain a consistent field of view for the at least one camera by preventing the at least one camera from freely rotating, and wherein the referencing mechanism is excluded from being within the field of view;
• a communication cable disposed between the sealed submersible housing and a second housing;
• the second housing comprising:
• the deserializer;
• a power source;
• a wireless communications module configured to facilitate transmission of data to the one or more devices or servers;
• wherein either the controller or the one or more servers are provided with a background state change detection script or an artificial intelligence model configured to perform image analysis and object detection on the captured images to identify objects of interest.