Ace Aquatec ready to take the wraps off biomass camera

Aquaculture technology innovator Ace Aquatec will officially unveil its fish pen biomass camera at the world’s biggest fish farming trade show, Aqua Nor (stand G-726), in Norway next Tuesday.

With a wry acknowledgement of the five years that it has taken to perfect the product for the market, and the task it performs, the Dundee-headquartered company has released a short teaser video proclaiming that the camera is “worth its weight”.

The A-BIOMASS camera, named following the company’s convention of starting all product names with an A, contains two stereoscopic cameras calibrated to take images synchronously. Ace Aquatec says that through machine learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) identifies fish and critical points, such as tail and fins, to measure fish height, weight, and length accurately. A-BIOMASS tracks multiple fish simultaneously, day or night, collecting significant amounts of data in a short period.

The equipment’s surface box quickly transmits data to the company’s portal, through which fish farmers can check information for multiple pens and sites, helping them to optimise production.

Ace Aquatec chief executive Nathan Pyne-Carter said: “With five years of development behind it, the underwater camera system capitalises on cutting-edge technology and a wealth of expert input to create an indispensable tool for fish farmers.”