Bergen, Norway-based aquaculture analytics company Manolin has announced the creation of a disease detection model able to forecast pancreas disease and infectious salmon anemia (ISA) in farmed salmon.
The software and data analytics company, which was founded in 2018 – and counts Kvarøy Fiskeoppdrett, Lingalaks, Hofseth Aqua, and Firda Seafood as customers – said its forecasting model is able to predict the two salmon diseases with 93 percent accuracy.
“This is a true breakthrough moment for our company and the industry as a whole,” Manolin CTO and Co-Founder John Costantino said. “The last few months have been a culmination of many years of work – integrating numerous data silos, filling the gaps in industry data, expanding on academia’s disease research, and making it accessible for all farmers with user-friendly software.”
Manolin is a software and data analytics company focused on building disease detection models, with the goal of increase the efficiency and sustainability of the aquaculture sector. The company has offices in Bergen and Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
Manolin has built a machine learning model powered by millions of data points from more than two decades of historical data collected at 600 active farms. Its software platform includes an aquaculture risk forecasting system that collects data in one centralized platform and offers real-time alerts on disease outbreak reports, oceanographic forecasts, marine sensors, boat traffic, and other marine activity.
In a press release, the company said its machine learning models can now predict early onset of pancreas disease (PD) and ISA at greater than 93 percent accuracy.
Last fall, Manolin raised NOK 8 million (USD 940,000, EUR 790,000) from Boost VC, Hatch AS, and Innovation Norway, and the company recently augmented its fish health and engineering teams to build out its forecasting tools to include feeding, growth, and mortality models for farmers.
Grieg Seafood Board Vice Chair Tore Holand praised Manolin’s efforts to improve the performance of Norway’s salmon-farming sector.
“It’s important for the industry to continue to raise its standards,” Holand said. “Manolin has built a tool that doesn't replace but works with farmers' experience and expertise. With these types of insights, farmers can keep finding new ways to rethink their processes and improve. To be a part of the future, one needs to keep up with the technological advances."
Photo courtesy of Manolin
