DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTELLIGENT AQUACULTURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR FISH FARM

Abstract

Fish farming has become an important practise worldwide and it has been existence for many years. The growing and cultivation of fish which is an important branch of agriculture has served as a source of protein, vitamin and oil for mankind. Manual method of feeding at any choice of time and inadequate water level monitoring device has been identified to be a limitation affecting the survival of fish in the pond. To this extend, there is a need to constantly monitor water level in the pond due to the fact that water can be lost as a result of seepage and inadequate watershed area which also interferes with fish movement to see and capture prey. In this research, an intelligent aquaculture control system using a fuzzy logic approach has been developed. The developed system is capable of providing feed to fishes at a selected time interval and also detecting and maintaining the level of water in the fish pond by pumping water if the need arises. The overall system performance was achieved base on system response from generated rules of the fuzzy logic system. This research can further be improved by using the internet and data transmission system for further analysis and remote monitoring of the fish pond.