Skretting’s remote-controlled underwater vehicles (ROVs) are enabling instantaneous monitoring of different environmental factors, such as temperature and oxygen levels, helping customers detect anomalies and react earlier preventing losses in the water.
The most recent addition to Skretting's services is a project with Nido Robotics, a tech company based in the Science Park of Murcia in Spain where ROVs will produce underwater recordings of high resolution digital video. Skretting Spain is also employing drone services for aerial inspection.
"This service is mainly focused on optimising the feeding process,” said says Juan Antonio González, models and services manager for Skretting Southern Europe, “but it will also allow us to detect possible pathologies or anomalous situations in the farms, and to alert the client to enable an early response to a potential challenge"
The use of this technology in Spain is another step forward after the successful implementation of ROVs and drones in Chile.
"We regularly use drones to clarify specific questions, and cross check information regarding appetite or FCR," says Rodrigo González, information product manager for Skretting Chile. “We currently work with 12 customers using ocean pens."
A key part of Skretting AquaSim
"We expect ROVs to become a key part of our AquaSim services, combining biology, quality and economy to develop diets or production models according to each fish," explained Kristoffer Tveit, Skretting international product manager.
"Data provided by ROVs, aerial drones and submarine drones are fundamental to shaping growth and forecast models, since they will be supported in the surrounding conditions and in the cost-benefit evaluations of the different farming situations," he added.
