Aquaculture software: descriptions, sources, and links
Production management...
 

Production Management

(calculation tools, record keeping, and related decision support)
 

Aqua Assist System

Source

Aqua Assist Pty Ltd, 301 Sandy Bay Road, Sandy Bay Tas 7018, Australia. Phone: +61 3 62266267.  Fax: +61 3 62267877.  Email: enquiries@aquaassist.com.  Web: http://www.aquaassist.com

Use

Aqua Assist provides a single, simple software solution for the management of Aquaculture operations.  Aqua Assist Pty Ltd have developed a suite of management software products. They include Salmon Assist, Tuna Assist, Feed Assist, Hatchery Assist and Abalone Assist. All have been developed in full consultation with industry professionals.

Features of our systems include: ·One System for All Your Data  ·User Customisable  ·Traceability for Every Step in the Process  ·Provides Up to the Minute Reporting  ·Fast Data Entry  ·You Decide What Data You Want Reported  ·Customised Work Flow  ·Conversion and Set Up is Easy  ·User Management  ·Windows Based Technology

Status

Available (see web site)

 

aquaCalc 1.0

Source

aquaCalc 1.0 is intended to aid the design and operation of aquaculture systems. aquaCalc 1.0 is available in either PC (Windows) or Macintosh format. Please specify which format when ordering. The cost is $US 25.00, including shipping and handling (add $15.00 for orders outside U.S.). Send to: Texas A&M University, Sea Grant College Program, 2700 Earl Rudder Fwy South, Suite 1800, College Station, Texas 77845. USA. Attn. Granvil Treece.

Questions or credit card orders: Tel. (979)862-3767, Fax (979) 862-3786. Attention: Jesse Rodrigurz. email: jhr1124@labs.tamu.edu.

Use

aquaCalc (version 1.0) is a series of 12 preprogrammed, easy-to-use calculators that do many of the basic calculations required to design and run an aquaculture facility. Funded by Texas Sea Grant, the software was developed by EcoMar Mariculture. Whether the user is working with finfish or crustaceans, this program can be a real time saver. The program is organized into three categories - design calculators, operations calculators and conversion calculators, and comes with a detailed user’s manual. aquaCalc 1.0 has been tested and used by commercial aquaculture facilities (both finfish and crustacean) for the monitoring and daily control of important parameters such as oxygen, NH3 production, feed rates, pH and alkalinity, and un-ionized NH3. aquaCalc software can also assist with converting a variety of units commonly encountered in aquaculture, such as biomass, productivity, energy, power, flow rate, nitrogen, oxygen, length, area, mass, temperature, alkalinity and volume. The user can quickly convert meters to inches or feet, or convert hectares to acres, liters to gallons or to cubic meters, temperature in degrees C to temperature in degrees F, and many more conversions. aquaCalc includes conversions for shrimp such as count-per-pound of shrimp and carapace length. It also includes finfish conversions such as standard length or fork length to whole weight, and many more useful conversions to assist the fish and shrimp farmer make their job easier.

Status

Availability not known

 

AquaSoft Farm Manager

Source

To download the latest version of AquaSoft Farm Manager, click here: AquaSoft Farm Manager 1.1
For trade information, click here: Trade
For aquaculture information , click here: Aquaculture

Use

Feed and water management - accurate recording from farm input data using a windows based interface.
Inventory control - maintains detailed inventory records and produces reports that help you manage your stocks effectively
Report and graphing facility - comprehensive reports and scientific graphs for analysis of production data and management decision making
Financial analysis - together with inventory control, financial reporting shows detailed sales and profit analyses.

Status

Available (see web site)

 

AP/1 - Shrimp/Fish Pond Management

Source

Luis Fernando Martinez, Lansol S.A., San Martin 110 y la Ria Guayaquil, Ecuador, Email: lfm@ap1soft.com, Web site: www.ap1soft.com

Use

AP/1 is a decision support system for shrimp and fish pond management. Specific tools include (1) Pond Harvest Estimated Price, (2) Forecasting, (3) Parameters (Microbiological, Environmental, Physical-Chemical), (4) Sample Management (Estimated vs. True Factors), (5) Feed/Density Estimation Tool (based, among other considerations, on Pond Productivity an quality of the feed, (6) Graphical Analysis, (7) Stores historical information (Comparative), (8) scenario testing (modeling)

Status

Availability not known

 

ClamFarm

Source

New Jersey Marine Advisory Service, 1623 Whitesville road, Toms River, NJ 08755. Phone: Call Gef Flimkin at 732-349-1152, fax 732-505-8941. Price: $44.95.

Use

A management software for hard clam management. Provides support for entering planting regimes, including seed source and size, lease and plot information, predator screen size, and other environmental parameters. Also provides capabilities for entering data relative to actual management situations encountered as well as biomass harvested. Provides both tabular and graphical support for viewing data.

Status

Availability not known

 

FarmControl

Source

Distributed by Maritech International AS, Karvaag, N-6530 AVEROY - Norway. Phone: +47 71517300 Fax: 71517399. Email: farming@maritech.no. Web site: http://www.farmcontrol.com/

Contact person: Geir Larsen

Use

Complete production control system for the fish farming industry, including stock management, biological informatioin, tracing, documentation, production planning, economy and integration with bioscanners, feeding systems, etc... Modern technology with international standards. Microsoft Certified development.  In use worldwide on Salmon, Coho, Rainbow trout, Sea Bass, Sea Bream, Cod, Turbot and Halibut. Can be used on all kinds of Species. Available worldwide on commercial conditions by Maritech International AS, a complete supplier of fish farming software.

Status

Available (see web site)

 

FISH

Source

BOCM Paul's Fish Feed Group, Renfrew Mill, Wright Street, Renfrew, Scotland PA4 8AH, Tel: +44(0)141-889-3930, Fax: +44(0)141-848-0097.

Use

The Fish Information Storage and Handling Program produced by Anglesea Software is provided free to BOCM Paul's Fish Feed Group customers. Customised for each farm. Handles all the normal stock record keeping and feed calculations.

Status

Availability not known

 

Fishware (Hatchery Data Management)

Source

Craig Treat, 4947 Woodlawn Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55417.  Email: treats@worldnet.att.net. Web: http://home.att.net/~treats/Fishware.htm

Use

Data management software for fish hatcheries.  See description at web site.

Status

Available (see web site)

 

Fishy

Source

Deborah Vickers, MSU Agricultural Economics, Rm. 213 Lloyd-Ricks Annex, Box 9755, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762, USA. Phone: 601-325-2516. Also available through: Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service, Computer Applications and Services Department, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi 39762 USA. Price: free.

Use

Provides a comprehensive, combined record keeping and decision support system for catfish production, adaptable to other freshwater finfish. Inputs and reports historical fish production and water quality data, available as year-to-date statements. Projects fish number and weight, fish harvest, and feed schedules based on user-specified fish growth, food conversion, and mortality parameters. Created data files may be translated to spreadsheets. May be linked to a general farm record-keeping program called Records (transaction and variable cost statements). Among the most used and tested public-domain aquaculture software products.

Status

Available (see contact info)


 

MEYDAG

Source

Dany Danosh, International Contacts, D.G.L Systems Ltd., ISRAEL
Tel: +972-4-6231343
Fax: +972-4-6231344
Mobile: +972-53-324094
E-mail: dany@meydag.co.il
Web: www.meydag.co.il

Use

Our software is now installed in more then 30 % of fish farms in Israel, plus we made some installments in the last 2 months in Turkey, Greece, Honduras, and El Salvador. Please check out our software at www.meydag.co.il. For more information please do not hesitate to contact us.

Status

Available (see web site)

 

PONDMAN 2

Source

CSIRO Marine Research, PO Box 120, Cleveland, QLD 4163, Australia

Web site: www.bne.marine.csiro.au/~pondman

Christopher J. Jackson
Senior Aquaculture Biologist, CSIRO Marine Research
PO Box 120, Cleveland, QLD 4163 Australia
Voice:(07) 3826 7230 +61 7 3826 7230
Fax: (07) 3826 7222 +61 7 3826 7222

chris.jackson@marine.csiro.au

Use

Pondman 2 gives shrimp farm managers full access to all data needed to make informed management decisions. Pondman 2 provides:
* A wide range of data analysis tools including text and graphic reports on feed, FCR, stocking density, water exchange, aeration, water quality, health and other parameters, both farm-wide and for individual ponds. Reports include time-series, current status, and end of crop.
* Convenient and flexible data entry, including direct data download from water quality instruments.
* Powerful data management including selective backup and retrieval, data import and export.
* Comprehensive data-checking to ensure internal consistency and minimise errors.
* Convenient picture-based display for selecting ponds and recording aeration layout.

Status

Available (see web site)

 

ProManager, Harvest Optimizer, Wizard, Water Wizard, Foodman

Source

Island Science, PO Box 564, 1650 Indian Valley Road, Novato, California 94948, USA. Phone: (415) 898-1422. Fax: 415-898-9892. Price: $49.00 - $1995.00.

Use

An integrated and complementary set of software tools for aquaculture production management. Provides input, storage, and analysis of all production data, including fish stocking, water quality, feeding, mortality, and harvest. Generates data reports, tables, and graphical outputs. Provides production forecasting and scheduling capabilities for fish feeding and growth, optimal fish harvesting, and water management. Fish performance parameters are user accessible. Foodman is a comprehensive accounting system for the food distribution industry.

Status

Availability not known

 

Samakia

Source

Produced by AIMS.  Former name: AquaSoft.  See: www.samakia.com

Use

Windows software for shrimp farming. Provides support for recording feed and water quality, inventory control, generating reports and graphs, and financial analysis.

Status

Available (see web site)

 

SamCalc

Source

San Marcos National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center, US Fish and Wildlife Service, 500 East McCarty Lane, San Marcos, Texas 78666, USA. Phone: 512-353-0011. http://fisheries.fws.gov/sanmarcos.htm

Dr. Tom Brandt, Project Leader, Fax: (512) 353-0856, Email: sanmarcos@fws.gov or Marta_Estrada@fws.gov

Use

Aids fish culturists with calculations for fish transport, chemical treatments, weight-length relations, injections, and oxygen solubility. Contains several statistical modules including a contingency table, analysis of variance, and experimental design.

Status

Availability not known

 

Shrimp Farm Management

Source

ET&A SYSTEMS. Eduardo Tan, Biosystems Engineer. Email: aquasys@cyberservices.com  Web: http://users.netway.com/br/~shrimp/

Use

ET&A specializes in software systems for the shrimp farm industry: Hatchery and grow-out. Our SMT (Supplemental Management Tool) system has been designed for a carefree transition from tedious "paper work management" to an " integrated computerized solution". The system integrates full multimedia features, complete Internet based maintenance solution, interface with waterproof hand held computers, touch screen, data acquisition and control. Primary users: NE Brazilian shrimp culture industry

Status

Availability not known