IoT-based Experimental Aquarium Environment for Observing Crabs

There is a need to promote smart aquaculture using information science technologies such as ICT, IoT, and AI. Currently, smart aquaculture has been started in many species, such as oysters, mackerels, and shrimps. It is trying to improve work efficiency and secure appropriate production volume by converting what has been done by experienced and intuition into data. The paper focuses on crabs, especially Scylla Serrata, known as mud crab. Note that they have not yet been fully cultivated. To contribute to achieving the intelligent cultivation of these species, we first constructed an IoT-based experimental aquarium environment that can observe the ecology of these species on a laboratory scale. The sensing data and moving images acquired in the environment are displayed on the Web and can be easily checked remotely. The paper also introduces valuable examples through the operation and summarizes the future issues.