AI in aquaculture – ‘scary but necessary’
One of the biggest challenges facing the aquaculture industry is information scarcity, insists ReelData AI Founder and CEO Mathew Zimola. Speaking at the recent Blue Food Innovation Summit in London in a session focused on harnessing AI tools for production technology, Zimola explained how difficult it is for producers to understand what’s happening under the water. This issue is emphasised by the widespread practice of “feed checking”, whereby a fish farmer will take scoops of fish feed and toss them across the water to see how the resident fish will react.