Aquaculture Water Monitoring

How do you monitor water quality in aquaculture for improved farm management?

Aquaculture will play a vital role in the future of our food production.

Due to the huge pressure placed on the environment for increased food production by humans, aquaculture already plays a key role in the future of where our food comes from. It’s a fast-growing worldwide industry
that is creating new jobs and exports. It also helps to reduce the fishing pressure on wild food stocks. Both marine and freshwater aquaculture (oyster, mussel, salmon farming) rely heavily on water quality to achieve higher yields and maximise farm efficiencies.

Aquaculture will play a vital role in the future of our food production.

Due to the huge pressure placed on the environment for increased food production by humans, aquaculture already plays a key role in the future of where our food comes from. It’s a fast-growing worldwide industry
that is creating new jobs and exports. It also helps to reduce the fishing pressure on wild food stocks. Both marine and freshwater aquaculture (oyster, mussel, salmon farming) rely heavily on water quality to achieve higher yields and maximise farm efficiencies.

Continuous monitoring of water quality can reduce environmental impact.

Monitoring of water quality (commonly salinity, temperature and dissolved oxygen) plays a major role in aquaculture by minimising the environmental impact on fragile water environments. Adroit water monitoring solutions are designed and built to withstand New Zealand’s diverse conditions.

The highly accurate and factory calibrated sensors are connected to Libelium controllers, these transfer the live data to the Adroit platform. This hosts an interactive user dashboard featuring alarms and notifications, accessible from any connected device including mobile. The system monitors water parameters in real-time, allowing farm management to optimise conditions for a range of aquaculture productions. The rich data can aid decision making to help improve yield, quality of product, and also reduce the impact on aquatic environments by reducing resource wastage.