Artificial Intelligence Applications in the Aquaculture Industry: Sustainability, Efficiency and Innovative Solutions

Year 2025, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 172 - 181, 26.06.2025

Esen Damla Balo Utku , Banu Kutlu

https://doi.org/10.58626/memba.1728306

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly important to increase efficiency and sustainability by organizing processes and providing significant improvements in different sectors. AI is reshaping the aquaculture sector. AI is being used to help solve optimization problems in aquaculture, reduce costs, and find sustainable solutions. These scenarios guided the evaluation of the future role of AI in aquaculture and the benefits that AI brings to the aquaculture sector in this study. AI is improving the way fish stocks are monitored, live stocks are assessed, diseases among plants and animals are recognized, water quality is tested, and production lines are controlled. Aquaculture uses AI technologies to help detect diseases early, monitor environmental conditions affecting production, and improve both efficiency and sustainability. In addition, AI is examining and providing solutions to environmental issues such as global warming and water resource management.

Keywords

Aquaculture, Sustainability, Artificial intelligence

Su Ürünleri Endüstrisinde Yapay Zekâ Uygulamaları: Sürdürülebilirlik, Verimlilik ve Yenilikçi Çözümler

Abstract

Yapay Zekâ (YZ), süreçleri organize ederek ve farklı sektörlerde önemli gelişmeler sağlayarak verimliliği ve sürdürülebilirliği artırmak için giderek önemli bir hale gelmektedir. YZ, su ürünleri yetiştiriciliği sektörünü yeniden şekillendirmektedir. YZ, su ürünleri yetiştiriciliğinde optimizasyonla ilgili sorunları çözmeye, maliyetleri düşürmeye ve sürdürülebilir çözümler bulmaya yardımcı olmak için kullanılmaktadır. Bu senaryolar, bu çalışma kapsamında YZ'nın su ürünleri yetiştiriciliğindeki gelecekteki rolünün ve YZ'nın su ürünleri yetiştiriciliği sektörüne sağladığı faydaların değerlendirilmesine rehberlik etmiştir. YZ, balık stoklarının izlenmesi, canlı stokların değerlendirilmesi, bitkiler ve hayvanlar arasındaki hastalıkların tanınması, su kalitesinin test edilmesi ve üretim hatlarının kontrol edilmesi şeklini geliştirmektedir. Hastalıkları erken tespit etmeye, üretimi etkileyen çevre koşullarını izlemeye ve hem verimliliği hem de sürdürülebilirliği iyileştirmeye yardımcı olmak için su ürünleri yetiştiriciliği YZ teknolojilerini kullanmaktadır. Ayrıca, yapay zekâ küresel ısınma ve su kaynaklarının yönetimi gibi çevreyi etkileyen sorunları incelemekte ve bu konulara çözümler sunmaktadır.

Keywords

Su ürünleri, Sürdürülebilirlik, Yapay zekâ

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