Minimizing uncertainty by integrating camera- and feeding systems

Does removing feeding-related uncertainty lead to higher profitability for fish farmers?

Minimizing uncertainty by integrating camera- and feeding systems

Steinar Fossen

Vice President, Aqua

Steinar is VP of Aquaculture at Piscada

TRONDHEIM, NORWAY, AUGUST 10TH 2023. Uncertainty is a fish farmer's biggest enemy. Absent sufficient information and control of oxygen levels, temperatures, power-levels and so on it's impossible for farmers to ensure optimal growth and utilization rate. This leads to both confusion and decreases in profitability.

Fish farmers are always looking for ways of reaching higher degrees of efficiency in production. Removing uncertainties related to feeding often turns out to be a very profitable investment, which needs not be very comprehensive or intrusive. With a modern and flexible graphical user interface tailored to customers' need, Piscada has developed a solution which accomplishes precisely this. Mainly aimed at achieving optimal feeding, Piscada Camera is the perfect a solution for farmers looking for optimal use of their time and efforts. Developed and continuously improved by Piscada for over a decade, the software suite is already in use in thousands of pens in Norway, Scorland, Canada and Chile.

One of the main deficiencies of existing solutions is that they were developed at a time when all survaillance and control of farms happened in local control centers. This is no longer the reality that most farmers find themselves in. In today's hectic environment, a single individual feed operator might be responsible for producing up to 50 tonnes of fish daily across multiple pens and locations across the country. In such working environments, flexibility and compatiblity of solution is paramount in order to achieve high efficiency and minimize uncertainty.

Piscada Camera is a web-based camera solution developed in cooperation with feeding operators. The goal of the software is to improve and simplify their day-to-day work environment, which has been shown to lead to higher profitability. The solution contains a variety of properties and functionality that contributes to this goal, such as:

  • User-focused and modern graphical user interface
  • Optimized for operation centers / growth centers
  • Integration of camera and winch with feeding systems
  • High degree of flexibility of screen setup and operator position
  • Integrated gamepad controller
  • Recording functionality and intuitive, simple switching between cameras (including submerged and surface cameras)
  • Possibility for displaying environmental data and feeding information in the same view
  • Integrated pellet detection
  • Advanced functionality for error detection and customer support

For more information, meet us at Aqua Nor 2023 at stand G-725 or reach out to us directly:

Steinar Fossen (email: steinar.fossen@piscada.com, phone: 92091062)

Frank Varvik (email: frank.varvik@piscada.com, phone: 45276175)