Blue Control Centre: The connected aquaculture platform

Project facts

Project promoter:
UBIWHERE LDA(PT)
Project Number:
PT-INNOVATION-0104
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€933,965
Donor Project Partners:
Landbasert Akvakultur Norge(NO)
The University of Agder(NO)

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Description

Connectivity is becoming a fundamental asset for every sector. Many experts have stated that the next industrial revolution enables everything to be connected and a part of a nuclear, value-driven, highly technological ecosystem. Aquaculture is a very demanding process since it requires a fully balanced and healthy ecosystem. Changing one of the many parameters in a fish tank can have tragic consequences if done wrongly.

We propose to connect aquaculture to a platform that allows real-time decision making and impact measurement of the necessary indicators in fish tanks. Such a platform must be deeply rooted on best of breed sensors and telecom grade networks to allow for highly precise, real-time measurements. In this sense, Ubiwhere is partnering with two Norwegian entities to create a connected, edge computing aware platform to aid the day to day operations of aquaculture sites. Such a platform builds upon the vast experience that Ubiwhere has in other sectors ranging from cities to telecommunications.

All in all, the project aims at creating the Blue Control Centre: The connected aquaculture platform to enable aquaculture companies to address the current market uptick for sustainable products whilst lowering the OPEX costs of having the personnel to provide measures on the many fish tanks owned by these companies. From the operational standpoint, Blue Control Centre excels in creating the basis for: (1) connect aquaculture to remote decision making; (2) act in real-time; (3) learn from past decisions; and (4) expand the business with more ease.

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