BIOMASS ESTIMATION
Continuous Biomass Data without Handling the Fish
VAKI Biomass Daily measures average weight, growth, and size distribution around the clock, without netting or handling the fish, so harvest and feeding decisions use current data.
How Biomass Daily works
Real-time accurate data
Continuous measurements night and day
Fish behaviour is affected by many variables like temperature, oxygen level, light, and feeding to name only a few. Being able to sample 24/7 regardless of visibility or time of day, ensures that the measured fish are a good mix from the whole population in the pen. With continuous measurements over longer periods it is possible to even out any sampling errors that may occur. So continuous measurements over longer time will always give the best result.
Reports to a daily dashboard
Average weight, growth and size distribution are wirelessly transmitted and reported on a dashboard you can check any time.
Supports harvest, and feed decisions
Current biomass data helps you choose optimal harvest dates, evaluate revenue options, and set feeding needs with confidence.
What BiomassDaily tracks,
and the decisions it supports.
Main points about BiomassDaily
- Total overview of all cages.
- Daily size measurements from each cage.
- Larger samples give more accurate average weight, size distribution and condition factor.
- Daily growth over selected time period.
- Automatic reporting of data and system status via VAKI based report and e-mail.
- Better information, motivation for operators.
- Automated sampling, more time for other things.
- Real time comparisons between cages and sites.
Accurate data ensures optimal decisions
- Select optimum cages and dates for harvest.
- Planning for the highest sales price for each time.
- Appropriate delivery, better customer relations.
- Lower feed conversion ratio with better utilization of feed.
- Changes in the growth patterns detected as soon as they occur.
- Optimise grading and splitting.
- Accurate reports for authority inventory management.
BIOMASS DAILY SOFTWARE
Biomass Daily software provides powerful analytics
Powerful analytics
- Reporting accurate weight and size distribution to harvest.
- Lower overall FCR with focus on periodic FCR.
- Monitoring growth, comparing to environmental factors.
- Controlling production with regard to maximum biomass allowance.
- Correcting growth models with data on real growth.
- Decisions on grading or splitting.
- Correct insurance value and for internal reporting.
The growth trend
- Daily measurements across thousands of fish, recorded continuously over extended periods.
- Identifies trends and establishes a growth curve for the stock.
- Correlates growth and feed conversion with water temperature, feeding and other impacting factors.
Reporting
- Automatic report on cage and tank status, generated every month.
- 30- and 90-day growth overview.
- 7-day behaviour pattern.
Powerful analytics
- Reporting accurate weight and size distribution to harvest.
- Lower overall FCR with focus on periodic FCR.
- Monitoring growth, comparing to environmental factors.
- Controlling production with regard to maximum biomass allowance.
- Correcting growth models with data on real growth.
- Decisions on grading or splitting.
- Correct insurance value and for internal reporting.
THE BIOMASS CHALLANGE
Manual sampling can't keep up with a growing pen
A net sample only tells you what the pen looked like once, and it comes at a cost to the fish.
Biomass numbers that are already stale
A manual sample is one moment in time. By the time it's counted, the pen has moved on.
Sampling means handling the fish
Netting and manually sampling a pen adds handling stress at the exact moment you're trying to protect fish welfare.
Harvest and feed decisions made on a guess
Without current biomass data, harvest timing, feeding strategy and dosing all run on an estimate, not a measurement.
Common questions about BiomassDaily
No. VAKI equipment is sold through a tailored quote process, not a published price list. Request a quote and our sales team will scope your operation.
Stereovision technology: the unit captures fish images in real time as they swim past, then uses the image data to estimate average weight, growth and size distribution. It builds on more than 25 years of VAKI biomass estimation experience.
No. BiomassDaily measures autonomously, with reduced stress and no netting or manual sampling required.
Continuously. BiomassDaily measures 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and reports to a dashboard daily, with growth models updated in near real-time.
Harvest timing and revenue evaluation, feeding strategy, medication dosing, and grading or splitting decisions, all based on current weight, growth and size-distribution data rather than a periodic sample.
VAKI has sales and service teams based in Iceland, Norway, Chile and Scotland. Our contact page routes you to the right regional team.
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Sales and service teams located in Iceland, Norway, Chile and Scotland