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Japanese conglomerate, Indian firm partner in shrimp RAS project

Japanese multinational information technology company NEC Corp., and Indian aquaculture construction firm King Infra Ventures are partnering on a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) project.

The precision aquaculture proof of concept (PoC) joint initiative involves using networking, sensors, artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in a RAS infrastructure designed to raise shrimp.

The goal is to employ these technologies to boost farming key performance indicators such as density, survivability and feed conversion ration (FCR), according to a report from the India Infoline News Service.

The two companies  hope to increase growing densities with more predictability and traceability.

NEC Corp. is a US$28-billion IT and electronic company based in Minato, Tokyo. It is one of the growing number of Japanese companies that are investing in aquaculture.

In 2019, it partnered with a fish farming company to build its own land-based facility, now being constructed in Yamanashi Prefecture, just west of Tokyo. The company plans its first harvest in 2022.