Improving fish image detection speed with hybrid VGG16 and darknet

Fish classification and object detection are crucial tasks in the fishery industry. The use of computer vision and deep learning techniques can help automate these tasks and improve the efficiency of the fishery industry. In this paper, we propose a hybrid model of VGG16 and Darknet for fish classification and object detection. The VGG16 model is a popular deep learning model for image classification, and the Darknet model is a state-of-the-art object detection model. The hybrid model combines the strengths of both models to achieve better performance in fish classification and object detection. The proposed model is trained on a dataset of fish images, which is collected from various sources. The dataset includes images of different fish species, sizes, and orientations. The model is trained to classify fish species and detect fish objects in the images. The results of the experiments show that the proposed model outperforms the individual VGG16 and Darknet models in terms of accuracy and speed. The model achieves the training time for 500 sessions with all 951 images was only 1 h 12 min, which is very fast. Additionally, the size of the model weight file is 13 MB, which is relatively small. This suggests that the model is lightweight and efficient, which is desirable in many applications. In conclusion, the proposed hybrid model of VGG16 and Darknet is an effective solution for fish classification and object detection. The model can be applied in real-world fishery scenarios to improve the efficiency and accuracy of fishery tasks.