Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Reducing risk in aquaculture - improving operational efficiency, safety and sustainability Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Ingrid Bouwer Utne Coordinator email ingrid.b.utne@ntnu.no
Coordinator institution
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2016 End year 2020 Funding (€) € 729,000 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/254913?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=60&TemaEmne.2=Havbruks-+og+foredlingsteknologi Summary This project will research and develop novel concepts for autonomous operations and technology to improve safety and efficiency in aquaculture. In particular, the project will address daily operations and inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) for exposed locations, but the project results will also be applicable to more sheltered fish production. Moreover, the project will assess, utilize and possibly adapt technology developed for subsea IMR in the oil and gas industry. Advances in sensor technology, robotics, ICT, and localization methods create new opportunities for reducing operators' manual workload and exposure time on the facilities at sea, for preventing fish escape, and for improving safety and operational efficiency.
Current technologies and operations in fish farms are highly dependent on manual labor for cleaning and maintenance, which leads to close human interactions with tools and fish cage structures. The sea-based aquaculture industry is one of the most dangerous occupations in Norway. Moving fish farms into more exposed areas will lead to increased challenges related to the working environment and management of operations. Hence, technological innovation and autonomy are important for future industry expansion. To ensure that the new concepts reduce risk to people and the environment, adequate risk management becomes even more important for sustainable fish farming operations in the future.
Keywords
Monitoring;
Fish;
Engineering;
Open sea aquaculture;
Human health;
Cage aquaculture;
Technology;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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