March 2021 – EATIP – European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform

DIGITALISATION IN AQUACULTURE – FROM VISION TO ACTION

29 March 2021/in EATIP Forum /by EATIP

Presentations are now online.

Enabling technologies adapted to sector-specific challenges have the potential to create high-impact innovations. More specifically, the digital transformation of the aquaculture sector, applying tools such as cloud services using big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence, has the capacity to increase the sector’s efficiency.

The forum focussed on how improvements in precision farming, farming practices and profitability can be attained by using data technologies, and how increased forecasting and modelling capabilities may improve the management decisions.

Please find below the presentations made by innovative aquaculture businesses and leading researchers with an introduction to the wider context and application of big data by the European Commission.

Presentations:

A comprehensive approach towards boosting digital and data technologies and sustainability in agriculture, by Doris Marquardt, Marjan Van Meerloo | DG AGRI – Unit B2 – Research and Innovation, DG RTD – Unit C3 – Climate and Planetary Boundaries
Digitalisation in the aquaculture sector, by Per Ivar Lund | ScaleAQ
The use of IoT and IA for Digitalized and Sustainable Aquaculture, by Marilou Suc | BiOceanOr
Managing muliti-stakeholder digitalisation and big data project. Bottlenecks and possibilities, by Jørn Torsvik, manager | AquaCloud AS
PPP Seafood – a system by and for the industry to collaborate on the use of data, by Henrik Stenwig | Norwegian Seafood Federation
Use of innovative virtual reality methods in practical aquaculture training, by Hendrik Monsees | IGB Berlin

Read the Forum report and recommendations.

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12 March 2021/in ETPs, EU, European Commission, From EATIP Members, Members /by David Bassett

EATiP is delighted to announce that EBCD – the European Bureau for Conservation Development has joined our Platform as a member organisation. EBCD is an international environmental NGO that promotes the sustainable use and conservation of marine resources.

Established in Brussels in 1989, EBCD fosters dialogue and cooperation on ocean governance among all stakeholders, and works together with EU and UN institutions to advance progress on sustainable development.

EBCD has a long history in engaging on sustainable fisheries & aquaculture at European and global level, tracking and informing policy developments through expert-led scientific advice and full stakeholder participation. Embracing its mission of promoting the sustainable use of natural renewable resources, EBCD was involved at the establishment of EATIP in 2007 – bringing in IUCN as an advisory body – and it has carried out several projects jointly with IUCN on aquaculture.

On becoming part of our Platform, EBCD is looking forward to contributing to the sustainable development of the aquaculture sector and in particular to supporting the achievement of SDG14 Life Below Water and SDG 2 Zero Hunger.

One of the key strengths of the European Technology Platforms is their multi-stakeholder approach, joining industry members with researchers, academics and NGO organisations. Taking a fact and science based policy approach to sustainable development is more important than ever – and such joint working demonstrates the trust and credibility that is to be found in the work of the ETPs, and the importance attached to them by the European Commission and other key stakeholders.

EBCD also provides the Secretariat to the European Parliament Intergroup on “Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development” with a specific Working Group on Fisheries and Aquaculture as well the Secretariat to the Market Advisory Council of DG MARE and the Secretariat to the IUCN Fisheries Expert Group.

Meet Blue-Cloud Demonstrators – March 23

3 March 2021/in Events /by EATIP

This workshop aims to demonstrate how the Blue-Cloud project is combining distributed marine data and computing resources with analytical tools to deliver services supporting marine research on better understanding & managing the many aspects of ocean sustainability and demonstrating the potential of open science in the marine domain.

This innovation potential will be explored through the five dedicated Blue-Cloud demonstrators, one of them being the Aquaculture Monitor | Blue-Cloud (blue-cloud.org) The workshop will map out technical innovations that the demos will contribute to achieve.

The event will also share initial reflections on the Blue-Cloud Roadmap to 2030 for the future exploitation of Blue-Cloud assets, well embedded as a leading system in the wider marine community and as a component of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), which will call for contributions from the wider marine community in the coming months.

For more information and registration: Open Science for the Ocean: meet Blue-Cloud Demonstrators | Blue-Cloud (blue-cloud.org)

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