Aquaculture

The Increasing Role of Aquaculture

Aquaculture is a rapidly growing form of food production that has yielded a substantial amount of fish and shellfish to help feed the world's growing population and appetite for seafood. However, this method of food production is faced with many challenges, including increasing costs, more stringent government regulations, and limited water supplies. These challenges have created a need for more advanced monitoring and feeding technology to create tightly controlled and sustainable growth conditions.

Effective Monitoring

Multiparameter monitoring, feeding management, and alarm notifications can optimize an aquaculture environment.

YSI has all the tools necessary to monitor and manage your aquaculture operation effectively. YSI's spot sampling handheld water quality instruments allow for a quick check of water conditions. At the same time, our continuous multiparameter and DO monitors can aid in process control for your entire facility. YSI monitors can assist with your operation's feeding cycle and aid in the overall management of your facility. Additionally, alarms can be set when conditions fall below user-defined standards, quickly alerting facility management of the condition so they can respond quickly to the change in conditions.

Our relay and input/output expansion modules also allow for flexibility in configuring your continuous monitoring and control system.

YSI provides complete monitoring solutions with sensors such as EXO , data collection buoy platforms, and cloud-based data visualization software like Hydrosphere.

Sustainable Aquaculture

YSI provides cost-effective monitoring and sampling solutions.

Ensuring a successful and sustainable aquaculture business with environmentally friendly practices begins with an accurate and reliable understanding of water quality parameters. Without an accurate understanding of growth conditions, "crop" health can suffer and improper feeding habits may be used, ultimately resulting in disappointing production levels, high input costs, water pollution and even disease.

Learn more about aquaculture sustainability and see how other aquaculturists are working towards sustainability at our aqauculture-specific blog section.

Data Buoy for Real-Time Aquaculture | Water Quality and Current Speed

Applications
Aquaponic
Aquatic Life Support
RAS (recirculating systems)
Raceways
Ponds
Cages
Live Haul
Aquariums
Research

Capabilities
Aquaponics
Aquatic Life Support
Portable Handhelds
Continuous Monitoring & Control
Unattended Buoyed Systems
UV Disinfection
Pumping
Ozonation
Feed Timer
Remote Data Access

Parameters
Dissolved Oxygen
pH
Conductivity
Temperature
ORP
Salinity
Total Dissolved Solids
Water Velocity
Chlorophyll
Blue-green Algae
Nitrate
Ammonium/Ammonia
Chloride
Meteorological Sensors
...and more