Hello from Yaren:
"We have earlier written a brief overview about UN's sustainable development goals and the three most important ones for FishTag that we are aiming to reach. Goal number 14, being Life Below Water, aims to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, sea and marine resources for sustainable development. Our ocean is the planet's largest ecosystem, and the billions of livelihoods depending on them, are endangered. With an increasing global population we will need to provide high value protein and nutrition to feed us all, and part of this will have to come from aquaculture."
Fish wellness technology
We will need to produce high-value protein and nutrients to feed the growing world population, and some of this will need to come from aquaculture. ZP believes that aquaculture and marine fish farming must be a part of the food chain since we are enthusiastic about people and realize that we cannot support our population by using an increasing amount of the planet's resources. Fish farming must be as effective and sustainable as possible if it is to be a part of our food chain plan. We can observe that the welfare of the fish plays a significant role in this.
At ZP, we have developed fish wellness technology to ensure that fish are healthy, production is optimized, and product quality is maximized for our food chain. ZP is creating an implantable fish tag, a small inserted device equipped with ZP biosensors, to track the health of the salmon in pens. The gadget will record the fish's biochemical data and eventually transmit it to a receiver for cloud-based analytics.
Water analysis and monitoring
The primary land-based causes of marine pollution result in a seemingly endless flow of trash, waste, and runoff into the ocean. According to a study, more than 17 million metric tons of plastic were predicted to have entered the ocean in 2021, making up the majority (85%) of marine debris. By 2040, it is anticipated that the amount of plastic waste entering the ocean each year would have doubled or tripled, endangering all marine life. (source: unstats.un.org) Water is challenged in many ways, from pesticides to fertilizers to heavy metals to bacteria to salinity. At ZP, we have the sensors and knowledge to apply one of our existing sensors or adapt to our clients' particular demands and applications.
Until next time,
Yaren Demir
Engineer at Zimmer and Peacock
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