Acronym SusOffAqua
Category
Aquaculture
Title Unleashing the sustainable value creation potential of offshore ocean 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 Fiona Provan Coordinator email fipr@norceresearch.no
Coordinator institution
NORCE - Norwegian Research Centre (Norway)
Institutions involved
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway) ,
NVI - Norwegian Veterinary Institute (Norway) ,
UiS - University of Stavanger (Norway) ,
Start year 2022 End year 2024 Funding (€) € 4,000,000 Website https://www.norceresearch.no/prosjekter/sus-off-aqua-unleashing-the-sustainable-value-creation-potential-of-offshore-ocean-aquaculture Summary The consortium will develop real time monitoring approaches and work towards preventive biosecurity and reduced environmental impact. The concept of an artificial intelligence based autonomous steering system will be piloted as a key enabling technology. This research tackles autonomic information technologies with processes that are autonomously synthesized to an offshore aquaculture management platform that is aware of its architecture and effects and is able to (re-) organise processes at runtime by self-adaptation and optimization. The potential for the implementation of such a technology in future offshore aquaculture will be evaluated in the areas highly relevant for offshore aquaculture, particularly feeding in view of high GHG emissions related to feed value chain. Concurrently fundamental knowledge will be built in key aspects of biological performance, biosecurity, ecological impact, fish welfare and energy systems in with relevance to developing sustainable offshore aquaculture value chains. The project will seek to develop and validate tools (LCA and economic analytics & energy system analysis) to assess to which extent uptake of technology and other innovations can propel the sector towards climate neutrality and low environmental impact.
Keywords
Cage aquaculture;
Environmental impact;
Animal welfare;
Fish;
Monitoring;
Technology;
Engineering;
Open sea aquaculture;
Marine Region
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Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
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