2 » 1 » INDEX Aquaculture Magazine Volume 45 Number 5 October - November 2019 4 EDITOR´S COMMENTS on the cover INDUSTRY NEWS 6 University of NEWS FROM THE AADAP Wisconsin’s 14 News from the Aquatic Animal Drug Approval Partnership. One-of-a-Kind Aquaculture Research ARTICLE and Demonstration 16 Shrimp Multipath; providing a pathogen safeguard to Kenya’s emerging integrated mangrove conservation and aquaculture enterprises. Facility 20 ARTICLE 26 Potential of Genome Editing to Improve Aquaculture Breeding and Production. Volume 45 Number 5 October - November 2019 Editor and Publisher ARTICLE Salvador Meza [email protected] 36 Enhancing aquaponics management with IoT-based Predictive Analytics for efficient information utilization. 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By: Salvador Meza * OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE 56 Offshore macroalgae culture as a balm for the oceans and the planet. By Neil Anthony Sims THE FISHMONGER 62 Seafood Consumer Tendency and the Role of Aquaculture. By: The Fishmonger SALMONIDS 66 The significance of sufficient water velocity in salmon cages. By Asbjørn Bergheim TECHNICAL GURU 68 Lighting in aquaculture facilities. By Amy Stone THE LONG VIEW 72 Shoot the Rhino. By Aaron A. McNevin* » 3 Aquaculture Intelligence… the New A.I. By C. Greg Lutz* Louisiana State University Agricultural Center I often find myself bouncing around the internet when I’m supposed to be ‘working.’ But, in a way, I really am working because I stumble on many aspects of modern life that relate to aquaculture in one way or another. he pace of technological in- novation seems to accelerate almost daily, and ‘technology’ (one of those catch-all terms, Tkind of like ‘scientists’) is advancing in too many areas to keep track of. Many times, these advances seem far removed from day-to-day life on a fish farm. To date, technology hasn’t really impacted things like harvesting, loading out haul- ing trucks or workboats, or collecting, recording and disposing of mortalities. Nor has it eliminated the need to check the oil and radiator fluid in tractors or generators. Nonetheless, technology is increasingly offering us new ways to approach aquaculture production. In the late 1980’s, my friend Walter Landry told me that we would never be able to raise fish profitably with automation, because ‘someone needs to be with them and observe them Three decades back, when some- aerator if DO values dropped below day in and day out.’ Walter served as one brought up the topic of Artifi- some pre-set level of concern. This President of the Striped Bass Grow- cial Intelligence (AI) in aquaculture, type of ‘innovation’ fit in well with ers Association and the Louisiana more often than not they were refer- the traditional production process Aquaculture Association, and also ring to simple monitoring and con- and reduced the potential for human served on the Board of the Nation- trol apparatuses, like an oxygen sen- error (um… err… or, at times, sim- al Aquaculture Association, so as a sor that sent a signal to a computer, ply substituted that risk with the po- young Extension Specialist I took his that in turn would open an oxygen tential for technological/mechanical opinion more or less as gospel. bottle solenoid valve or turn on an error). 4 » and spit out enlightened conclusions were beginning to be available. This level of interpretation was perhaps not yet a practical tool, but all that would soon change… with the dawn of the Internet of Things (cue dra- matic music…). Yes, IoT. The Internet of Things. I still don’t really grasp it but I guess my understanding of IoT involves someone asking Alexa to turn on the coffee maker…I guess. I ignored the whole concept (as much by ignorance as by choice) for as long as I could, but in addition to changing so many aspects of our modern life – IoT has opened up a whole new frontier of Systems were soon developed but this was not much of an im- production (and business strategy) that deployed any number of sen- provement (especially if you had to management for all sorts of manufac- sors that could be connected (by get up at 3 am and drive for an hour turing, including aquaculture. Look wires and state-of-the-art interfaces) to try to respond to an emergency up the term “Industry 4.0” sometime. to a computer, allowing a manager equipment failure). Tedious data en- The capacity for modern sen- to monitor water quality and equip- try, manipulation and interpretation sors and monitors to communicate ment performance from multiple was still required to turn the num- through Wi-Fi and internet channels systems in real time. With their bun- bers generated by these monitoring has reshaped the potential architec- dles of wires reminiscent of sticky systems into management tools for ture for ‘command and control’ in spaghetti, these packages were im- evaluation, troubleshooting and plan- aquaculture operations. And more pressive to look at and fun to show ning purposes. importantly, the computational re- off to visitors (especially when pur- But all the while, AI was evolving sources required for interpretation, chased with someone else’s money), as it were. If you could pull together decision making and long-term plan- but they were still just data… just and package the mountains of data ning can now be fed a continual diet numbers and on/off signals. related to feeding rates, mortality pat- of all types of data, allowing subtle The emergence of the internet terns, water quality, growth rates, and relationships between management allowed personnel to view real-time equipment performance, programs factors and production strategy facility data from far away locations, that could gobble up the numbers trade-offs to be clearly understood. There are two interesting pieces on these topics in this issue. As advances in AI continue, many aquaculture production systems re- ally will be able to operate with mini- mal human supervision. I’m not sure whether Walter would be sold on the idea that a computer could under- stand our fish better than we can, but we’ll see how it all works out. Dr. C. Greg Lutz has a B.A. in Biology and Spanish by the Earlham College at Richmond, Indiana, a M.S. in Fisheries and a Ph.D. in Wildlife and Fisheries Science by the Loui- siana State University. His interests include recirculating system technology and population dynamics, quantitative genetics and multivariate analyses and the use of web based technology for result-demonstration methods. Professor and Specialist with the LSU AgCenter. » 5 INDUSTRYRESEARCH NEWS REPORT F3 Challenge Launches Carnivore Competition The Future of Fish Feed (F3) an- nounced on September 3 that its third contest— “F3 Challenge – Carnivore Edition” — is now open to compa- nies that produce and sell “fish-free” feed for farm-raised carnivorous spe- cies. Contest registration is open until April 30, 2020. A US$35,000 prize will be awarded in each of three categories — salmonid, shrimp, and other car- nivorous species—to the contestant that produces and sells the most feed made without using wild-caught fish or any marine-animal ingredient. “We were told after our first con- test that the real challenge was fish- free feeds for carnivorous species,” Salmon aquaculture, one of the not contain any ingredients consisting said Kevin Fitzsimmons, F3 Challenge fastest growing food production sys- of or derived from marine animals, in- chair and Professor at the University tems in the world, supplies roughly 70 cluding but not limited to, fish, squid, of Arizona. “Fortunately, there’s a lot percent, or 2.5 million metric tons, of shrimp, or krill. of great research happening on alter- all salmon produced. Salmon farms Forage fish are crucial sources of native feed ingredients for carnivores, use over 20 percent of the fishmeal food for other commercial fisheries so we are excited to see what emerg- and 60 percent of the fish oil con- like cod, salmon, tuna, and marine es from our third contest.” Chinese sumed by the aquaculture sector. To- mammals like whales, dolphins and aquaculture expert Ling Cao, an Asso- day, over half of the global shrimp seals, as well as seabirds. Without ciate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong supply is farmed. Global shrimp alternative oil sources, the world’s University and affiliated research sci- farming production, which reached oceans will not be able to keep up entist at Stanford University, joined nearly 4 million metric tons in 2018 with the demands from the growing Fitzsimmons and Michael Tlusty, As- according to the UN Food and Agri- world population, which could result sociate Professor at the University of cultural Organization, is also one of in major supply chain disruptions for Massachusetts Boston, as a judge for the dominant consumers of the global the aquaculture industry and in an en- this competition.