date:Sep 06, 2012
Since 2009, researchers from the Institute of Marine Research, Nofima and the University of Oslo have developed new technology to measure the environmental conditions in salmon cages.
Installations at sea measure and continuously send data via the cellular network to a database for analysis. The operator can then see in real time what is happening via the internet.
A measurement buoy is placed in the middle of the cage which travels up and down the cage. This measure temperature, oxygen, sali