A pair of young Maine entrepreneurs have developed laser technology they say will help fish farmers better manage their livestock, according to Mainebiz.
AXAT Inc. (the name stands for algorithm experts for advanced technology) is close to commercializing laser sensors that fish farmers would set up above their open ocean fish cages or tanks and monitor the water below. The lasers are able to count the fish, and measure things such as their growth rate, pigmentation, the concentration of food in the water, and the water quality.
The purpose of this new technology is to help new fish farmers break into the business, Cody Andrews, the company's 23-year-old co-owner, tells Mainebiz. "What the United States is lacking is a really robust aquaculture industry," he tells the newspaper. "If we could make the whole system easier and we could make it more precise, we could limit how much expertise you need. You don't need to have a PhD to raise fish."
Originally posted to The New Aquaculture on Thursday, March 4, 2010.
March 8, 2010
