Aquaculture farm
Industry · Aquaculture

Predict before it impacts your harvest.

Marine early warnings for fish farms. Detect harmful algal blooms, jellyfish swarms, and water-quality shifts before they affect your stock.

The challenge

Threats develop in hours. Sampling runs in daylight.

Aquaculture feeds more than three billion people and produces over half of all consumed seafood — yet remains exposed to marine events that develop in hours. Harmful algal blooms overnight. Jellyfish arrivals without warning. Dissolved oxygen drops in darkness.

Traditional manual sampling during daylight leaves farms blind to the 24/7 reality of marine conditions. A single event is capable of destroying an entire harvest.

€50–200M
potential loss from a single major harmful algal bloom
€30M
estimated savings from advance warning during a major bloom in Norway
72 hr
advance warning of toxic blooms achieved with multi-sensor approach
Our service

Three integrated solutions for fish farms.

We combine satellite earth observations, in-situ measurements (including autonomous catamaran platforms where deployed), and oceanographic modelling to deliver 7-day forecasts of algae species, jellyfish, dissolved oxygen, temperature and other parameters relevant to your farm.

Solution 01
Real-Time Monitoring

Continuous measurement of water quality parameters at your farm, with automated sampling and AI-powered species identification where deployed.

  • · Autonomous catamaran platform
  • · 24/7 sampling, no manual labour
  • · AI species ID for HABs & jellyfish
Flagship
Solution 02
Early Warnings

7-day forecasts of algae species, jellyfish, dissolved oxygen and other parameters, with alerts categorised as safe / caution / warning.

  • · 7-day forecast horizon
  • · Time mitigation actions (feed, diffusors, bubble curtains)
  • · Email + SMS alerts
Solution 03
Site Selection & Optimisation

Historical analysis of chlorophyll patterns, phytoplankton dynamics, and other factors influencing growth and risk across candidate or existing farm sites.

  • · Multi-year heatmaps
  • · Compare candidate sites
  • · Diagnose existing-site issues
Parameters we forecast for aquaculture

Predict the threats that reach your stock.

Algae
Harmful Algal Blooms

Species identification, concentration forecasts, and 72-hour advance warning of toxic events.

Jellyfish

Camera-based detection, species counts, intrusion forecasts across multiple depth levels.

O₂
Dissolved Oxygen

Continuous monitoring and forecasts of hypoxic conditions that threaten stock health.

Temperature
Temperature & Stratification

Sea surface and sub-surface temperature, thermal stratification affecting feeding and growth.

Benefits

What changes when you can see threats 72 hours out.

  • 01
    Reduce stock mortality from environmental events.

    Activate protective measures (feeding programmes, diffusors, bubble curtains) before harmful events reach your pens.

  • 02
    Optimise harvest windows.

    Plan harvest around favourable conditions; avoid harvesting during predicted bloom or low-O₂ periods that affect quality.

  • 03
    Lower insurance exposure.

    Demonstrable risk-mitigation reduces premiums and supports claim defence when events do occur.

  • 04
    Free your team for higher-value work.

    Automated 24/7 sampling replaces daylight-only manual sampling. Your staff focus on response and decision-making, not data collection.

Featured case study
Norwegian aquaculture
Norway · HAB monitoring

Three decades of harmful algal bloom monitoring for the Norwegian aquaculture sector.

When toxic algal blooms threatened to replicate the catastrophic fish kills of earlier decades — with potential losses of €50–200 million per event — the integrated monitoring system delivered 72-hour advance warnings.

The multi-sensor approach proved reliable by distinguishing genuine algal threats from harmless sediment disturbances, preventing costly false alarms. Daily monitoring covered 10–20 fish farms, with over 1,000 biological samples analysed each year.

40+
coastal stations
100+
real-time sensors
€30M+
saved during major events
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Ready to predict the next threat before it reaches your pens?

30-minute discovery call. We map your operational risk to the parameters that matter at your farm, and recommend whether SEAWATCH® is a fit.

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