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Exploring AI Shrimp
Fish Biodiversity of Aquaculture System
South China Sea
An Artificial Intelligence Shrimp Aquaculture System
was created by Professor Chin-Chang Hung,
From the Department of Oceanography, Department of Oceanography and Professor Ing-
Dr. Teyu Liao is an ichthyologist Jer Huang, Department of Computer Science
whose expertise is in phylogeny, and Engineering. The system combines the
biodiversity and population genetics of Information technology facilitating the management
marine fishes. Dr. Liao and his fellow of aquaculture farming, including a shrimp pond
researchers from Institute of Marine equipped with feeding machine, central sewage
Ecology and Resources, Vietnam system, underwater camera, water quality
investigated together on the fish fauna sensor, and AI image processing technology.
throughout the entire coastline of It provides real-time water quality data analysis
Vietnam using morphological characters
and highly visible underwater images. It implements
a variety of automatic mechanisms, such
as prediction and analysis of shrimp growth, critical
warning during emergencies, smart feeding
and sewage decision. The research is expected
to automate the farming process and improve
the shrimp’s growth, benefiting the population
that struggles to respond to weather emergency
and other crisis that requires
an immediate response.
to identify the specimens and DNA The collaboration of the
barcode their COI gene sequences. academic research and the
A total of more than 3,600 tissue shrimp farming industry
samples were collected; their voucher can be anticipated to
specimens were brought back to Taiwan have similar productivity
and deposited in the Department of as Norwegian Salmon
Oceanography at National Sun Yat-sen Aquaculture System.
University. All species were processed
and a reliable DNA barcode reference
library for these fish was established
by the bilateral collaboration between
Taiwan and Vietnam. Their output
improves the knowledge of Vietnamese
coastal fish faunae, which will contribute
to better monitoring, conservation, and
management of fisheries in Vietnam.
In addition to Vietnam, a bilateral
collaboration with the Philippines is
underway and a new research project
with Brunei will soon be launched.
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