Título: New remote IoT sensors for water monitoring quality in aquaculture systems.
Resumen: The strategic guidelines of the European Union (EU) to achieve a more sustainable and competitive aquaculture from 2021 to 2030 [1] start from the premises of the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork strategy. EU aquaculture products only represent 10% of the EU consumption, so there is a huge potential for a sector that contributes to mitigating climate change owing to the economy’s decarbonisation and reducing pollution. This EU strategy has four main objectives: i) building resilience and competitiveness, ii) participating in the green transition, iii) ensuring social acceptance and consumer information, and iv) increasing knowledge and innovation. The development of objective i) means the development of new aquaculture areas, where their choice of areas needs impact assessment on ecosystems, in such a way that monitoring water quality should accompany these new designations of new aquaculture areas. Also, the control of infectious diseases, which poses a serious problem in aquaculture, paves the way to new modes of husbandry and the use of vaccines, which are preferred over treatments using antimicrobial drugs, such as antibiotics, which generate problems of antimicrobial resistance [2]. The decreased use of antimicrobials had been recommended in July 2019 [3], where- the need for vaccine development was emphasized. However, as recognized in the letter to DG Sante from the Finfish Working Group, this is still far from reality and producers need still to use antimicrobials [4]. Thus, according to the current strategic guidelines, the control of the supply chain to ensure traceability is essential, as well as the availability of analytical methods to monitor these treatments. The use of IoT remote sensing platforms is essential as real-time water quality monitoring systems. The current approaches used in aquaculture are discussed in this communication.
[1]Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, The EuropeanEconomic and Social Committee and the Comitte of the Regions. Strategic guidelines for a moresustainable and competitive EU aquaculture for the period 2021 to 2030, 12.05.2021.
[2]Reverter M., Sarter S., Caruso D., Avarre J.-C., Combe M., Pepey E., Pouyaud L., Vega-HeredíaS., de Verdal H., Gozlan R.E., Nat Commun. 11 (2020) 1870. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15735-6.
[3]AAC_recommendation_Eligibility_of_fish_vaccines_for_the_EMFF_July_2019.pdf, .
[4]220622._AAC_letter_DG_SANTE_-_Medicated_feed.pdf.
Congreso: XI NyNA 2024: International Congress on Analytical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. September, 3-6 2024. Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
