A-HARVESTCAM® brings real-time AI intelligence to primary processing. Ace Aquatec’s AI-powered A-HARVESTCAM® gives processors instant visibility of fish weight, quality and yield, delivering better data and better margins.
Ace Aquatec’s A-HARVESTCAM® is bringing greater commercial certainty to primary processing, giving processors an accurate, real-time picture of the fish coming through their lines and the product available to sell.
Using AI-powered computer vision, A-HARVESTCAM® automatically counts and weighs fish while assessing weight distribution, quality and harvest performance. This gives processors earlier insight into differences between stocks, allowing them to adapt production, optimise yield and allocate product to the most valuable markets.
Crucially, Ace’s proprietary A-HARVESTCAM® also provides ground-truth harvest data that can feed back to Ace Aquatec’s A-BIOMASS® in-water cameras. Using a patented method to compare what was estimated in the pen with what is measured at harvest, Ace Aquatec’s weight-estimation algorithms can be continually refined, helping producers improve biomass accuracy and plan future harvests with greater confidence.
For commercial teams, knowing the volume, size and quality of fish available improves customer planning, reduces unexpected downgrades and minimises the need for last-minute spot sales.
All data is available through Ace Aquatec’s A-FISHIQ® platform, creating a live view across lines and sites. This replaces labour-intensive manual measurement with consistent, actionable data.
Key operational gains include:
- Automated data collection replacing labour-intensive manual measurement.
- Reduced unexpected downgrades through real-time size identification.
- Faster calibration of secondary processing machinery.
This connected flow of intelligence from net pen to primary processing gives producers and processors greater confidence in the fish they have, the fish they harvest and ultimately the value they can realise.
Designed for demanding aquaculture environments, A-HARVESTCAM® can be used across harvest, grading and transfer lines, with different fish sizes and species. As a fully agnostic technology, the system seamlessly integrates with existing processing lines, stunners, and infrastructure from any manufacturer. It also supports post-harvest traceability and automated reporting for processors and certification bodies.
The technology can also connect with Ace Aquatec’s A-HSU® in-water stunning system, using post-stun monitoring to provide feedback on stun efficacy and support welfare verification and compliance.
The technology is already being used by Scottish salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms, and quality seafood processor Aquascot, alongside a number of Salmon companies in Chile.
Tara McGregor-Woodhams, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Ace Aquatec, said:
“Better data at harvest means better decisions right across the supply chain. What A-HARVESTCAM® really gives processors is a much clearer picture of the weight, volume and quality of fish moving through their lines, so they can get more from every harvest. Because they can see what’s coming through in real time, they can give secondary processors a much better sense of what’s heading their way, helping everyone plan ahead, make more informed sales decisions and ultimately get the best value from every fish.
“What’s particularly exciting for us is that the value of that data doesn’t end at processing. It gives us a reliable ground-truth that we can feed back into our in-pen biomass intelligence, creating a continuous learning loop from pen to harvest. When you bring that together with welfare and quality insights, you start to build a much richer picture of performance across the whole journey. For our customers, that means better visibility, more confidence in their decisions and, ultimately, a stronger and more transparent supply chain.”
To find out more about A-HARVESTCAM®, visit www.aceaquatec.com
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