SYSTEM FOR EXTERNAL FISH PARASITE MONITORING IN AQUACULTURE

• Main Authors: Abrahamson, Peter Jon, Sarrett, James Wallace, Little, Jascha Tucker, Howe, Russel, Lizer, Zachary
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.02.2024
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; AGRICULTURE; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; CINEMATOGRAPHY; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HOLOGRAPHY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TESTING; TRAPPING

A system for external fish parasites monitoring in aquaculture, the system comprising:a camera (52) suitable to be submerged in a sea pen suitable for containing comprising fish, the camera being arranged for capturing images of the fish; andan electronic image processing system (86) configured for identifying external fish parasites on the fish by analyzing the captured images,wherein:a ranging detector (54) configured for detecting the presence of fish and measuring a distance from the detector to the fish is mounted adjacent to the camera (52); andan electronic control system (12) is arranged to control a focus of the camera (52) on the basis of the measured distance and to trigger the camera (52) when a fish has been detected within a predetermined distance range.