Automated Monitoring and Control Equipment for Aquaculture Research

水产养殖业是一个经济驱动力，一个重要的食物来源，也是一个在全球范围内不断增长的行业。加拿大的每个省都有自己的特色水产养殖业。仅在安大略，就养殖了7种鱼类（6种鱼类和太平洋白色虾），每年生产的食物超过8，000吨。在弗莱明学院的弗罗斯特校园鲑鱼孵化场进行的应用研究项目的需求和数量在过去三年中急剧增加。人工控制和监控的孵化场是一个用于教育目的和一些应用研究应用的水产养殖场所，其功能是有限的。拟议的自动化系统将直接解决这个问题，并大大提高弗莱明学院立即开展更多水产养殖应用研究的能力。 一个监控和数据采集（SCADA）系统是必不可少的孵化系统的操作时，用于应用研究。如果没有SCADA及其相关的传感器和软件，就很难收集足够的数据来做出一致的明智决策，并确保满足最佳的实验和生存条件。弗莱明可以承担的项目数量和复杂性的增加将使安大略、加拿大和其他地区的水产养殖业更加强大、更具竞争力和更具创新性。每个项目将有助于改善运营，生产力，并最终弗莱明学院的合作伙伴的经济成功。

The aquaculture industry is an economic driver, an important source of food, and an industry that is growing globally. Every province in Canada has an aquaculture industry with its own specialty. In Ontario alone, seven species are farmed (six fish species and pacific white shrimp), resulting in over 8,000 tonnes of food produced each year. The demand and number of applied research projects undertaken at the Fleming College's Frost Campus Salmonid Hatchery has increased dramatically over the last three years. As a location for rearing aquatic species for educational purposes and some applied research applications, the manually controlled and monitored hatchery is functional, but limited.The proposed automation system will directly solve that issue and greatly increase the capacity for immediately undertaking more aquaculture applied research at Fleming College. A supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system is essential for the operation of the hatchery system when used for applied research. Without SCADA and its related sensors and software, it is extremely difficult to gather sufficient data for consistently well-informed decisions and ensuring optimal experimental and survival conditions are met. The result of increasing the number and complexity of the projects Fleming can undertake will be a stronger, more competitive, and more innovative aquaculture industry in Ontario, in Canada, and beyond. Each project will help to improve the operation, productivity, and ultimately the economic success of Fleming College's partners.