Decision Making Support Framework for Aquaculture Using Multi Source Data Hub

Aquaculture industry is a major contributor to the world’s food supply and therefore provides food security globally. However, many problems exist for the development of the industry; they include poor disease control, lack of sufficient workers, and inefficient use of resources. The advent of big data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies presents an opportunity for the aquaculture industry to utilize these technologies to improve operational practices in the entire industry. A proposed framework for a decision-making support system, utilizing a multi-source data hub will be established to enhance current operational practices in aquaculture. This framework will be designed to collect and integrate multiple types of big data from aquaculture (environmental data, trading data, and data from Internet sources), and then create a common platform for accessing and processing the collected data. Four main modules will be created: monitoring environmental factors for shrimp farming, sharing shrimp farming equipment, calculating costs/profits associated with shrimp farming, and predicting price changes. Experimental prototypes of web-based systems will be built and tested to evaluate their performance. Ultimately, the proposed framework will provide users with a user-friendly platform to access the analysis results and recommendations provided to support decisions made during shrimp aquaculture production. Therefore, our work will serve as a reference point for the adoption of leading-edge technologies into aquaculture production management and contribute to sustainable growth of the aquaculture industry.