Norwegian salmon farming giant Mowi announced it is planning to continue its partnership with ScaleAQ Software.
ScaleAQ develops technology for the aquaculture industry, and has already signed major contracts with Mowi to build feed barges. The company is also using ScaleAQ’s software across its farming units, according to a release.
“Our digital strategy, Mowi 4.0, is about using technology and data to achieve greater sustainability, improved fish health, and more efficient operations,” Mowi Group IT Director Jørn I. Berg said in a release. "Through our ‘MOWInsight’ platform, we report and analyze large volumes of data that provide us with insights and a better foundation for decision-making. Software from ScaleAQ, which we use across all our farming units, plays a central role in this work.”
ScaleAQ said its software solutions have three main applications it has dubbed the Mercatus – “farmer” for biological control and traceability, “future” for planning and forecasting, and “finance” for valuing biological assets – which is used in financial reporting. The company said the three systems are integrated into one in its “FeedManager” solution, allowing companies like Mowi to remotely monitor and manage its feed inventory and farm management.
“Going forward, ScaleAQ and Mowi will also collaborate on developing new insight tools for production, aimed at transforming biological and operational data into better analysis and decision support,” ScaleAQ Software Director of Sales Stephen Budgeon said.
ScaleAQ Group CDO Thomas Wiig said Mowi’s renewal of its partnership validates the company’s work to build technology with input from salmon farming companies.
“It demonstrates not only trust, but also a shared vision for how digital tools can support both growth and responsibility in aquaculture,” Wiig said.
Mowi has worked with several technology companies to refine its salmon farming operations, including Tidal, which was formed from a program at Google parent Alphabet’s “moonshot factory and provides AI solutions for monitoring salmon; Innovasea, which provides environmental monitoring systems; and has worked with projects by Aberdeen University on AI-powered detection of sea lice.
