YULO, IRES A. BSED-SCIENCES 3RD / SCI.

B ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

LINK: https://agrilinks.org/post/advanced-technology-and-aquaculture-drones-and-artificial-
intelligence-make-difference

Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs)

The advent of ROVs is most advantageous as they offer visibility below water and allow monitoring of
fish farms without involving humans. In addition, ROVs can perform a variety of tasks that demand a
skilled workforce and expensive protective underwater gear. With the help of ROVs, farmers can inspect
nets quickly and without leaving their desks. It takes around 30 minutes to capture a 270-degree video
for top-to-bottom net inspection. Moreover, side-facing cameras enable lateral inspections with ease.

Robotic cages for fish farming

The most common concerns for fish farmers are parasites and diseases. Both of these problems occur
due to the cramped condition of fish farms. This leads to lower yields and high maintenance and
production costs. On the other hand, fish farming in autonomous roaming robotic cages — aquapods —
could be the next big thing in aquaculture.While such robotic cages demand high investment costs, the
technology saves money down the line. The aquapods grow fish in the open sea and robots can examine
and, if necessary, repair nets, offering a safer and more efficient way of fish farming and operation
management.

LINK: https://www.aquaculturealliance.org/blog/future-sustainable-aquaculture-innovation/

Move aquaculture inland.

Moving aquaculture inland into land-based recirculating systems is one of the best ways to reduce or
eliminate environmental impacts from farming fish. Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) is a
technology that creates suitable aquatic conditions for aquaculture using indoor tanks, pumps, aerators
and filters. The technology is designed to attain 100 percent water recycling within the system. Land-
based RAS is an extremely exciting innovation not only because of the reduction in environmental
effects but also because it creates the opportunity for aquaculture to take place anywhere, including in
urban areas.

Move aquaculture offshore.

Did you know that the oceans make up around 70 percent of the world’s surface but contribute less
than 2 percent of the world’s food supply? Offshore sustainable aquaculture systems are
environmentally conscious means to produce seafood. These offshore systems are marine net pens that
are placed out in the open ocean far from the coastline. The pens are exposed to deeper water and
more powerful currents than in coastal areas which enables more efficient dilution of the waste
produced from the farm. Additionally, in offshore waters, there are fewer nutrients and less biodiversity
when compared to fragile coastal waters, enabling a faster dispersion of fish waste into the marine food
web.
Utilize multi-trophic aquaculture.

A great low-cost way of reducing nutrient build-up is simply to use filter feeders to do the job for you.
Multi-trophic aquaculture involves the farming of species like shellfish, seaweed and carp alongside fed
species like salmon or shrimp, and as the byproducts from the fed species enter the water they become
inputs for the filter feeders. This reduces effluent build-up and improves water quality all while
providing additional economic value to the farmers.

LINK: https://www.animbiosci.org/upload/pdf/16_69.pdf

Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) is now the best available biotechnological tool for the induced
breeding of fish. GnRH is the key regulator and central initiator of reproductive cascade in all vertebrates
(Bhattacharya et al., 2002). It is a decapeptide and was first isolated from pig and sheep hypothalami
with the ability to induce pituitary release of luteinising hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating hormone
(FSH) (Schally et al., 1973). Since then only one form of GnRH has been identified in most placental
mammals including human beings as the sole neuropeptide causing the release of LH and FSH.

LINK: https://www.alltech.com/blog/8-digital-technologies-disrupting-aquaculture

Blockchain is best known as a financially secure method of payment, which could greatly benefit the
aquaculture industry. Due in part to the lifecycle of the fish and in part to the significant values involved
in the transactions, the industry suffers from a poor reputation for payment contracts.

There is great potential for the use of AR in the aquaculture industry. Already the U.S. Navy uses DAVD
(Divers Augmented Vision Display), which superimposes high-resolution sonar imagery on a diver’s
visual world. NASA has tested Microsoft’s HoloLens in a similar way. Comparable masks include Scubus S
by Indiegogo, which has a camera, or Smart Swimming Goggles by Yanko Design, which even allows for
calls between divers. The implications for this from an aquaculture industry standpoint are significant.
Producers could use this technology to improve the efficiency of operations, analyze mortalities, health
status and a variety of environmental parameters.

A robotic fish known as Shoal uses AI, or swarm intelligence (SI), to detect pollution underwater. The
robots are sent out as a group and must be able to navigate their environment, avoid obstacles,
including those of other robotic fish, recharge themselves at charging stations and generally make
decisions autonomously of humans. Even companies that are considered market leaders in simpler
technologies such as camera and feeding systems, such as Steinvikare making strides to incorporate AI
and system learning into their technology in order to remain competitive and accommodate customers’
rising expectations.

LINK:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelhelmstetter/2019/05/29/5-innovations-in-aquaculture-worth-
catching-on-to-now/?sh=3eff9cfa431f

Link :
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255601334_Recent_Technological
_Innovations_in_Aquaculture
Link: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/640/3/032017/pdf
Link: http://aquafind.com/articles/Aquaculture_Biotechnology.php