All aquaculture sites are required to monitor their fish and nets on a daily basis. Today, visual inspections conducted in fish pens are normally carried out by fixed camera systems, divers or heavy industrial ROVs.
Utilising divers for inspections is expensive and represents significant HSE risks. Industrial ROVs have traditionally been very costly and requires extensive training to operate. Fixed cameras are limited when it comes to reach and flexibility.
With an underwater drone from Blueye, fish pen owners have a mobile underwater camera which allows aquaculture sites to carry out underwater inspections efficiently and easily. In combination with existing fixed cameras, underwater drones provide the full picture of the assets below the surface.
Control fish welfare and fouling on nets
Today, visual inspections conducted below the surface and at the seabed are normally carried out by fixed camera systems, divers or heavy ROVs. While utilising divers are expensive and represents significant HSE risks, ROVs have traditionally been costly and require extensive training to manage. Fixed cameras have natural limitations when it comes to reach and flexibility.
With an underwater drone, owners have a mobile underwater camera which allows them to carry out their own inspections whenever they want without extensive planning.
“We are using the Blueye Pioneer to follow up and control our fish. With the underwater drone we are able to control fish welfare, fouling on fish nets and general supervision of our underwater assets” says Johannes Schrøder of Salmar.
Perform frequent inspections and reduce both risk and cost by cutting down on divers
With an underwater drone from Blueye, fish pen owners will have their own eyes below the surface within minutes. Get close to farmed and cleaner fish without disturbing them and easily complete fish, net and mooring inspections without involving outsiders.
Set up of the drone takes only a minute and deploys directly into the water. Being able to perform underwater inspections on site, without extensive planning, provides the opportunity for better decision making and reduces unnecessary repair costs.
In some areas of the world as well as in some situations, it is impossible to deploy a dive team on short notice. Typically, one would need to get the divers to the location before any inspections can be done and that can, in some situations, take days.
With an underwater drone from Blueye, inspections can be done immediately. The cost of one drone is nearly the same as deploying one dive team, and the drone can be operated by a crew with minimal training.
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The Aquaculturists
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