Tilapia farmer targets ‘intelligent automation’
Tilapia farming giant Regal Springs has agreed a long-term strategic collaboration with Athens-based data and technology expert AquaManager, the companies announced today.
Under the agreement, they will join forces to implement innovative, state-of-the-art technologies to achieve intelligent and efficient automation in Regal Springs’ net pen fish farming operations in freshwater lakes in Indonesia, Honduras and Mexico.
The companies said the wide-ranging initiatives, based on artificial intelligence, machine-learning and advanced algorithms, encompass data management and modelling, business intelligence, real-time data collection, and the latest smart devices and equipment, such as “state of the art” data-reading camera tracking systems, and have been successfully applied with more established species in marine environments.
Regal Springs, the world’s largest vertically integrated tilapia producer, said it will be the first company to introduce these advanced technologies into tilapia farming in inland deep-water lakes.
Safeguarding waters
The Switzerland-based company’s chief executive, Alois Hofbauer, said the collaboration aligned perfectly with Regal Springs’ strategy for environmental, social and economic sustainability (ESG).
“As we create a sustainable fish farming industry for the future, we need to adopt cutting-edge technology, so that we can farm fish more efficiently and sustainably, but at the same time continue to safeguard our waters, now and for the future.
“We are excited to collaborate with such an enterprising and innovative partner as AquaManager, and as Blue Food Movement pioneers, to create the fish farms of tomorrow.”
‘A visionary company’
Kostas Seferis, founder of AquaManager, said: “We have been working with Regal Springs for many years, and we enjoy a long-lasting partnership with them. We regard Regal Springs as a visionary company, always keen to innovate in this industry that thrives on improving sustainability efforts. We look forward to many happy years working together, to turn into reality the dream of automated fish farming with a high degree of predictability”.
Regal Spring is the first tilapia producer to be certified to Aquaculture Stewardship Council Tilapia and BAP 4-star Tilapia standards.
