A new cloud-based collaborative tool has been launched to improve the efficient management of fish health in the salmon industry through standardised data collection and by better enabling collaboration.
iWISE HealthPortal allows farmers and producers to collect, visualise and analyse health-related data and share this with partners and third parties. The system, recently commercialised in Norway, has been developed by Benchmark in partnership with Norwegian fish health service providers MarinHelse and Akerblå.
Ralf Onken, head of software at Benchmark, explained the tool is “designed to allow effective collaboration between producers, health providers, third-party inspectors and suppliers across the Norwegian salmon sector.”
Collaboration critical
Speaking about the views of the three companies involved in HealthPortal’s development, Onken added: “We believe industry collaboration is critical to realise our vision for a more sustainable and resilient food system.”
The HealthPortal aims to improve efficiency in regular fish health work through automatically generated templates, tables and figures. It is already connected with established suppliers and plug-ins including FishTalk, Mercatus and The Aquaculture Register.
Furthermore, the tool simplifies registration of data, report and journal generation required by food safety authorities and standards like Global G.A.P, and ASC. All information is stored on a secure database and users retain full ownership of their data and control over who they share information with.
