Aquaculture

The aquatic environment supplies all necessary ingredients for an optimal yield and product quality of low-trophic aquaculture. This makes it highly vulnerable to the changing environment. The success of farmed species is intricately tied to the water conditions such as sea surface temperature, nutrient availability, and water quality. Moreover, aquaculture systems in cages are sensitive to water pollution and algal blooms, specifically those caused by cyanobacteria and species associated with red tides.

Our water quality services address the information demand for both low-trophic aquafarms and finfish production by supplying essential data. These insights include the farm locations as such, but also a wide radius around them. Satellite-based information is available for sites all over the world. It helps observe environmental key variables, identify critical conditions timely and run multivariate analysis. Through this data-based approach, harvesting times or critical developments can be better identified. Moreover, it even enables an estimation of growth.

The new web application eoapp AQUAFARM enables statistical assessments across different parameters, locations, and time periods. Additionally, the possibility of integrating in-situ data within all frontend features multiplies the synergetic effect of all implemented analytical functions.

In aquafarming, each species requires specific aquatic conditions for optimal growth. This involves a certain temperature range it tolerates, specific salinity levels, nutrient and light availability, or the sensitivity to pollution or harmful algae. Consequently, the location of a farm significantly influences its productivity.

Long-term analysis using Earth Observation data from multiple past years can identify trends in key environmental factors for a given region.
The eoapp AQUAFOOD platform integrates diverse crucial data sources, including historical data. The online solution offers functionalities for analysing environmental conditions by location and time. These analyses provide actionable knowledge about a location’s suitability for aquaculture. Through these insights, aquafarming planners and operators benefit from long-term insights and decision-safety, thus strengthening sustainable business growth.

Overseeing the environmental conditions in finfish farming is critical to ensure favourable conditions and detect risks in time. Factors, such as hot summers, high sunshine duration paired with low water exchange can entail dangerous developments in cages and around them.

Once a fish farm has been set up, continuous, but efficient monitoring is needed to keep an eye on critical parameters. The eoapp AQUAFARM allows to set thresholds for several key indicators to keep control. Users can analyse water quality remotely, receiving alerts, once critical values are evolving.

Through these insights, aquafarmers and insurance companies benefit from better control and staying ahead of time to take necessary action.