Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Teknologiske og operasjonelle muligheter for bruk av AUV innen havbruk - Technological and operational possibilities for the use of AUV in aquaculture 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 Per Rundtop Coordinator email per.rundtop@sintef.no
Coordinator institution
SINTEF-SFH - SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture (Norway)
Institutions involved
KM - Kongsberg Maritime AS (Norway) ,
Start year 2011 End year 2011 Funding (€) € 19,500 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/210031?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=0&Prosjektleder=Per+Rundtop&source=FORISS&projectId=205054 Summary The main goal of the pilot project is to establish a strong consortium with emphasis on knowledge in aquaculture and AUV, and prepare a complete BIP main project application for MAROFF. Furthermore, the goal of the main project is to develop an AUV demonstrator with associated instrumentation for inspection and production control in cage-based fish farms. The vision of the work aims to look at the possibilities of developing a concept that can be used commercially in farming, as well as be used as a research island.
The size of the facilities used in aquaculture has developed significantly along with increasing production. The trend is for larger cages and localities to be located in more exposed areas. New systems for instrumentation and process documentation are therefore needed to quantify production and safety, which is motivated by both the environment and the economy. It is desirable to achieve greater control over parameters related to e.g. to escape safety, fish welfare and growth conditions.
An AUV equipped with relevant sensor systems can be used to solve many of these challenges, and where one of the most important arguments is flexibility. The measurements can be obtained from the entire volume of water in a large number of points, and the flexibility and resolution will therefore be significantly expanded compared to traditional stationary measuring systems. An AUV can be programmed to perform these measurements periodically, and using artificial intelligence can e.g. detected problem areas are examined extra carefully. Data can further be used in the decision support system to optimize the operation and operation of the plant, and will provide a completely new degree of control and follow-up of production.
We believe that it is possible to solve these tasks using AUV, but at the same time there will be a number of challenges in handling such technology in an environment with live fish and vulnerable structures. There will therefore be many interesting research and development tasks related to such a project.
Keywords
Cage aquaculture;
Open sea aquaculture;
Engineering;
Fish;
Sensors;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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